Something happened with AMD Vega prices?

[Timbs]

Can somebody explain the situation? Try refrain from using large words too please. 

[WereCat]

The actual prices are $100 more than on release.

The release cards were cheaper because AMD told to some retailers to sell a very limited supply for less.

Most reviewers were not told about this or just haven't mentioned it.

[Cajmo]

The latest WAN show explains it, but in a nutshell, AMD offered the biggest retailers and etailers the Vega cards at 499.99, and when they sold one they would give them a rebate, or refund them, $100. However this was only for a period of 1 week, so now the prices are going up to 600 or more.

[Timbs]

3 minutes ago, WereCat said:

The actual prices are $100 more than on release.

The release cards were cheaper because AMD told to some retailers to sell a very limited supply for less.

Most reviewers were not told about this or just haven't mentioned it.

Ohhh. Dude, thats like, shitty. I was gonna try and buy one for my buddy cause he's a total AMD shill, and he received a new system for christmas but it's only got Intel parts in it. I think he's on the forums too.

[Timbs]

That hella sucks my guy. Kinda how I was dicked off $50 for my 1050 Ti.

[WereCat]

Just now, a e s t h e t i c a s said:

Ohhh. Dude, thats like, shitty. I was gonna try and buy one for my buddy cause he's a total AMD shill, and he received a new system for christmas but it's only got Intel parts in it. I think he's on the forums too.

All I mentioned is about Vega 64, I am not sure if the price increase will happen for Vega 56 as well. It is shitty unfortunately

[Damascus]

9 minutes ago, a e s t h e t i c a s said:

That hella sucks my guy. Kinda how I was dicked off $50 for my 1050 Ti.

How did that happen?

[Timbs]

1 minute ago, Damascus said:

How did that happen?

NVM, just checked, its back up to regular pricing. Bought it for $164.65 when it was around Christmas, then it was like, $110 for a while. Now it's back to $160.

[Asthetic]

1 hour ago, a e s t h e t i c a s said:

Can somebody explain the situation? Try refrain from using large words too please. 

Ouch. now the only reason to get AMD Is for freesync(which I barely notice with my rx 480) :c

I'd expect it to be atleast the same price!

[Timbs]

Just now, Asthetic said:

Ouch. now the only reason to get AMD Is for freesync :c

I'd expect it to be atleast the same price!

Good thing I'm too cheap to get a Freesync monitor lol.

[Asthetic]

Just now, a e s t h e t i c a s said:

Good thing I'm too cheap to get a Freesync monitor lol.

Lol. you're not missing much
I feel like 144hz and freesync and all that are things you don't really care about until you use them. They just make you nitpicky. 60fps was fine to  before my new monitor for example. now it's garbage and 144hz isn't special anymore. Personally I don't see the point.

[Timbs]

1 minute ago, Asthetic said:

Lol. you're not missing much
I feel like 144hz and freesync and all that are things you don't really care about until you use them. They just make you nitpicky. 60fps was fine to  before my new monitor for example. now it's garbage and 144hz isn't special anymore. Personally I don't see the point.

1080p60 is perfectly fine with me. Maybe in the nest few years when 1440p120 is standard then I'll upgrade. But I got both my monitors for free, so I can't really complain.

[Asthetic]

1 minute ago, a e s t h e t i c a s said:

1080p60 is perfectly fine with me. Maybe in the nest few years when 1440p120 is standard then I'll upgrade. But I got both my monitors for free, so I can't really complain.

 cool! I feel like a monitor (with good color production and etc, but nothing crazy with 100% adobe rgb) is the most important thing in a gaming pc

 

EDIT: ehmm sorry If I turned this into an unrelated conversation :c

[Timbs]

Just now, Asthetic said:

 cool! I feel like a monitor (with good color production and etc, but nothing crazy with 100% adobe rgb) is the most important thing in a gaming pc

 

EDIT: ehmm sorry If I turned this into an unrelated conversation :c

To me the mst important thing is how snappy it is. I can easily live with a shit monitor, but as long as the PC can handle it I am fine with it.

[Jon Jon]

5 hours ago, a e s t h e t i c a s said:

1080p60 is perfectly fine with me. Maybe in the nest few years when 1440p120 is standard then I'll upgrade. But I got both my monitors for free, so I can't really complain.

Freesync was able to breathe some life into my R9 380 2GB that I am thankful for, since the pricing for new cards is ridiculous now.

 

I was hoping to jump onto the Vega bandwagon, but it seems like it'll end up being unobtainable by common folk for a fair price.

 

I am sad, but at least I can drop down to 40fps on my current monitor and not notice it, so I should be good for another year or so.

[ltguy]

7 hours ago, WereCat said:

The actual prices are $100 more than on release.

The release cards were cheaper because AMD told to some retailers to sell a very limited supply for less.

Most reviewers were not told about this or just haven't mentioned it.

You mean $200 more. The individual cards are $700 dollars at newegg and amazon. Thats sold by amazon and newegg, not third party sellers marking them up.

[Princess Luna]

7 hours ago, a e s t h e t i c a s said:

Can somebody explain the situation? Try refrain from using large words too please. 

They spiked a lot due to HBM2 being a bad bet, now nVidia's more than 1 year old Pascal cards are still a much better purchase for every thing from gaming general usage and cuda but mining apparently.

[roylapoutre]

14 hours ago, Asthetic said:

Lol. you're not missing much
I feel like 144hz and freesync and all that are things you don't really care about until you use them. They just make you nitpicky. 60fps was fine to  before my new monitor for example. now it's garbage and 144hz isn't special anymore. Personally I don't see the point.

When trying out something new and getting used to it makes your previous experience quite terrible and sluggish in some cases, it means the older situation wasn't that great to begin with. Following your logic, console players that are used to play a lot of AAA games at 30fps shouldn't see any reason to want 60fps because they're used to less, but we pretty much all agree that 30fps is a shitty experience. You never go forward with that logic. 

[Asthetic]

13 hours ago, roylapoutre said:

When trying out something new and getting used to it makes your previous experience quite terrible and sluggish in some cases, it means the older situation wasn't that great to begin with. Following your logic, console players that are used to play a lot of AAA games at 30fps shouldn't see any reason to want 60fps because they're used to less, but we pretty much all agree that 30fps is a shitty experience. You never go forward with that logic. 

but what matters is weather you enjoy that experience or not  isn't it?

[coconuts4eva]

I think you mean $239 over priced.

 

$100 increase + $139 for the two games that nobody wants and you can't buy without.

[roylapoutre]

On 8/22/2017 at 1:51 PM, Asthetic said:

but what matters is weather you enjoy that experience or not  isn't it?

To some extent, yes. But if that's your argument, don't say "you're not missing much", because that's incredibly misleading and can still be quite subjective! I'd be enjoying a lot of games with my old 660ti at 720p, but that doesn't make the experience good compared to other affordable options. Enjoying a crappy experience doesn't make said experience much better unfortunately