RX 480 pricing at Newegg

[HotDiggityDaffodil]

I just ran my usual daily search for news on the RX 480 and an ad from Newegg showed up in the upper right corner. As you can see the 8gb version will indeed cost $239.99. When I clicked on the ad the actual site didn't show the price, so I'm assuming this is a small glitch. 

[ChrisCross]

that would be awesome since the nvidia cards werent anywhere nere the msrp.

[App4that]

2 minutes ago, ChrisCross said:

that would be awesome since the nvidia cards werent anywhere nere the msrp.

Really? Care to explain this then?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487243

[ChrisCross]

Just now, App4that said:

Really? Care to explain this then?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487243

yeah i was excluding the fanboy edition since nobody should buy it anyways.

[App4that]

1 minute ago, ChrisCross said:

yeah i was excluding the fanboy edition since nobody should buy it anyways.

So the Rx 480 in the ad isn't a reference card? Or are you yourself fanning?

[ChrisCross]

Just now, App4that said:

So the Rx 480 in the ad isn't a reference card? Or are you yourself fanning?

we dont know anything about how the new amd reference cooler is and the rx480 is a totally different card.

[App4that]

1 minute ago, ChrisCross said:

we dont know anything about how the new amd reference cooler is and the rx480 is a totally different card.

Exactly. You can say the AIB example stick closer to the RX 480 MSRP once we have pricing on them. This is the reference design for the RX 480, Radeon chose to compete with the AIB cards where as Nvidia priced the FE above the MSRP (which pricing is then set by the board partner not Nvidia) so as to NOT compete with them.

 

 

[tech tv]

33 minutes ago, App4that said:

Exactly. You can say the AIB example stick closer to the RX 480 MSRP once we have pricing on them. This is the reference design for the RX 480, Radeon chose to compete with the AIB cards where as Nvidia priced the FE above the MSRP (which pricing is then set by the board partner not Nvidia) so as to NOT compete with them.

 

 

to be fair i a agree whit chriscross the 1080 and 1070 are still too expensive 

[Delicieuxz]

MSRP for the 8GB RX 480 is $229, so $239 is still price-gouging, albeit by a small degree.

[Prysin]

1 hour ago, App4that said:

Really? Care to explain this then?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487243

i would not celebrate a Flamethrower Edition being MSRP. Just because its at MSRP, doesnt make the cooler any less shit.

 

 

[DXMember]

1 hour ago, App4that said:

Really? Care to explain this then?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487243

that's fonders addition

MSRP is 599

[GzeroD]

Let's stay on topic folks.

 

 

[DXMember]

1 hour ago, App4that said:

Exactly. You can say the AIB example stick closer to the RX 480 MSRP once we have pricing on them. This is the reference design for the RX 480, Radeon chose to compete with the AIB cards where as Nvidia priced the FE above the MSRP (which pricing is then set by the board partner not Nvidia) so as to NOT compete with them.

name one person in the OEM business that's gonna go to the board members and tell them - you know what, I've got a great idea, so here's the thing nVidia sends us - we rip it apart, make custom PCB, completely redesign our cooling systems to fit the new layout, add some RGB, cost to develop and maintain software for said RGB, manufacturing, research and QA costs and then BAM we sell it for $100 less than what nVidia has, nobody saw that coming, great right?

 

I suppose the meeting would go something along the lines of:

 

[Dackzy]

 

BACK TO TOPIC NOW!

It is nice seing MSRP pricing or so for the cards unlike Nvidia cards. 

Everyone just the BS about performance right now none of us knows anything about it and also stop the bs with the clock speed being low, the clock speed says jack shit about performance.

 

[DXMember]

1 hour ago, alphaproject said:

Last but not the least, it looks like there’s some problem with the overclocking capabilities of the AMD Radeon RX 480. Most of the reviewers have mentioned that the card isn’t pushing beyond 1350 MHz, and highest anyone was able to go was 1379 MHz. A PCGamesHardware team member confirmed that their review unit did not touch the expected 1400 MHz point.

I believe we recently saw XFX Black OC edition box that was in store inventory with a 1336MHz boost clock printed on the box and I believe those guys should be under NDA so they're like lying out of spite cuz they don't got no samples or something really sad has happened? Like [H]ard Cop was running around saying Intel's buying RTG or the year before where some guy that didn't get a review sample for his website went around posting bullshit about R9 300 series or was it Fury or something like that? Or the same XFX rep recently posting on Reddit that 480 is running hot, comes with AiO reference design and is $500, just short before probably getting fired?

[DXMember]

7 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

the clock speed says jack shit about performance.

but we want the late 90's ~ early 00's back... we want the Megahertz race to go on...

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, DXMember said:

but we want the late 90's ~ early 00's back... we want the Megahertz race to go on...

Well, AMD kind of killed it with the 5GHz 9590

[DXMember]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

Well, AMD kind of killed it with the 5GHz 9590

wait... there was stuff floating around with Intel going for custom 5GHz Xeon

[don_svetlio]

2 minutes ago, DXMember said:

wait... there was stuff floating around with Intel going for custom 5GHz Xeon

That sounds....volcanic - Intel CAN make hotboxes as evident by Prescott

[Dackzy]

1 minute ago, DXMember said:

but we want the late 90's ~ early 00's back... we want the Megahertz race to go on...

But it does not matter that much, just look at CPUs a quad core intel i7 running at 4GHz beats a eight core FX running at 5GHz, if it really matters the FX should beat the living shit out of a i7, but it does not also just look at GPUs AMD GPUs generally run at lower clock speeds, but yet they beat every single Nvidia card (that ran at higher clock speeds) last gen expect 980ti when it came to price to performance

[Dackzy]

3 minutes ago, DXMember said:

wait... there was stuff floating around with Intel going for custom 5GHz Xeon

I want to see that  

[GzeroD]

We seem to be wandering here again.

 

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Dackzy said:

But it does not matter that much, just look at CPUs a quad core intel i7 running at 4GHz beats a eight core FX running at 5GHz, if it really matters the FX should beat the living shit out of a i7, but it does not also just look at GPUs AMD GPUs generally run at lower clock speeds, but yet they beat every single Nvidia card (that ran at higher clock speeds) last gen expect 980ti when it came to price to performance

Erm, Dackzy, he was making a joke there.

[IGJoe2192]

So... Anyways, the pricing is where we expected it to be. Also based on the information it looks like there will be plenty of availability for these new cards compared to the competition.. I can't wait to see the market flooded with AMD hardware =D

[Dackzy]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

Erm, Dackzy, he was making a joke there.

yes, but you know who will jump at me if I don't clarify or you know who will go on about clock speeds and how much they matter.