Krikey I hope I did the right thing...

[Black Panther]

I just had a quick glance at the OcUK forums, and there's rumour around that the 5970's won't be available till end February / early March.

Well, I'm definitely not going to be kept hanging for more than a month. I mean this is ridiculous.
It sucks because they've disabled pm'ing in their forum (probably to prevent people from suggesting other etailers through pm) so I couldn't pm Fatboy their ordering guy, but I sent them a webnot attn: Fatboy perhaps I get a good reply. The last reply I had got was that I shouldn't be waiting for more than 2 weeks, but those 2 weeks just passed.

I think I'll be cancelling the 5970 order from them and just get the 850W Corsair PSU.

Now, perhaps someone can offer to buy me the graphics card and ship it to me....... Preferably someone from Europe...
I'll consider from any location though, as long as seller gives some kind of reliability proof...

 

[assaulter_99]

Jeez that sucks. I guess you were too excited lol! Anyways no one should be made to wait for so much time, especially for such hardware, defo get it from somewhere else.

 

[Black Panther]

Meh I'm so disappointed, I just got a reply, I dunno if it was from their GPU ordering guy Fatboy though....

Dear Attn: To Fatboy from BP,

Thank you for your web note. We unfortunately do not have any firm ETA currently on these cards.

Regards,

Steven Levitt

Guys, anyone who can ship me this?
I also made a WTB thread for this.

Meh it's outrageous, I so want to buy this card, I can't find it anywhere, and currently there's a "global recession"?? WTF Hello? I've got €600 in my pocket they're just bouncing around just waiting to be spent on this??

 

[Duffman]

wow, what a process...

I now

newegg even more

 

[assaulter_99]

wow, what a process...

I now http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p5/awellingsen/Symbols/EMOTICON_HEART.png newegg even more

Lucky you! pity they only ship to NA. I wonder why they don't wanna expand their business worldwide... that would be really cool.

 

[Duffman]

yeah, i think they only do the US, Canada and China. Such a strange mix of places. They can do China but not the EU? It doesn't make much sense to me

 

[Wile E]

I just had a quick glance at the OcUK forums, and there's rumour around that the 5970's won't be available till end February / early March.

Well, I'm definitely not going to be kept hanging for more than a month. I mean this is ridiculous.
It sucks because they've disabled pm'ing in their forum (probably to prevent people from suggesting other etailers through pm) so I couldn't pm Fatboy their ordering guy, but I sent them a webnot attn: Fatboy perhaps I get a good reply. The last reply I had got was that I shouldn't be waiting for more than 2 weeks, but those 2 weeks just passed.

I think I'll be cancelling the 5970 order from them and just get the 850W Corsair PSU.

Now, perhaps someone can offer to buy me the graphics card and ship it to me....... Preferably someone from Europe...
I'll consider from any location though, as long as seller gives some kind of reliability proof...

What good will canceling your order do you? Find the card somewhere else first. If nobody has them in stock, you may not get it until March anyway. If you find one elsewhere, cancel, if not, keep waiting. If you don't find one, you'll wait just as long whether you cancel or not.

 

[troyrae360]

That Sux!! We got them in stock here in new zealand, I dont know how long shipping would take though, anyway heres a link http://www.ifocus.co.nz/Video+Cards...+x+2)-bit+GDDR5+PCI+Express+2.0+-+Retail.html

 

[MRCL]

I found a shop that has a Sapphire 5970 in stock here for around 540 Euro. Shipping to Malta would be approx 20 Euro.

Your call

Edit: Just saw that those 540 Euros will be a good 100 more than that off ocUK... I'd wait if I were you.

 

[pantherx12]

This is why I don't shop at OCUK, bunch of twats. *shakes head*

 

[InnocentCriminal]

Can't say I've ever bought anything from OcUK since they screwed me over a few years ago. Full on arrogant bastards!

 

[Black Panther]

I'd wait if I were you.

Yes, I'll try to wait.
I mean if something happens and I'd have to rma the card it'd be very impractical...

 

[MRCL]

Yes, I'll try to wait.
I mean if something happens and I'd have to rma the card it'd be very impractical...

That is true yes.

 

[pantherx12]

Yes, I'll try to wait.
I mean if something happens and I'd have to rma the card it'd be very impractical...

Buy a brand of card that you don't have to RMA via the place you bought it from, I.E don't buy an Asus card, not sure what other companies make you do this.

 

[Black Panther]

I've decided to wait a little bit (yet again?) for now.

Anyway, I got the last webnote as I stated in previous post that they have NO ETA for these cards.

There's no way to contact Fatboy (their GPU ordering guy) and I'm not bold enough to create a new thread myself asking when MY card is going to be delivered..... but I was kinda lucky in finding a thread ready for me created just yesterday, in which I found Fatboy's update stating -

February is going to be a bad month for all 5*** cards. Chinese new year and problems in production will virtually make supply next to nil until late February early March. I ave some 5970 on the way but no free stock I am afraid. If you post me your order number I will advise if you need to change or if I think you will see a card in the next 7 - 10 days.

As always I will try my best to sort everyone with back orders you will just have to bare with me until I know exactly what is what and I can confirm what we will receive.

I still can't understand a heck of what's up with this.
I contacted 5 local shops today, just to check since from other pricings I know they'd be charging at least 20% more than OcUK for this card, and they told me they're taking orders.

What sense is there to put up something for sale if you don't have it? Why is ATI doing this?

Lol using the same reasoning I might as well make a thread in the FS/FT/FF forum on TPU advertising every bit of hardware in existence on paper, and when I get a pm from someone interested I'll just take their money, put it in my bank, and post a webnote saying that when the blue moon shines and I get the item I'd be sending it!! :shadedshu

Please allow me some virtual headbangs, they save me from doing the real thing....

 

[Wile E]

I've decided to wait a little bit (yet again?) for now.

Anyway, I got the last webnote as I stated in previous post that they have NO ETA for these cards.

There's no way to contact Fatboy (their GPU ordering guy) and I'm not bold enough to create a new thread myself asking when MY card is going to be delivered..... but I was kinda lucky in finding a thread ready for me created just yesterday, in which I found Fatboy's update stating -



I still can't understand a heck of what's up with this.
I contacted 5 local shops today, just to check since from other pricings I know they'd be charging at least 20% more than OcUK for this card, and they told me they're taking orders.

What sense is there to put up something for sale if you don't have it? Why is ATI doing this?

Lol using the same reasoning I might as well make a thread in the FS/FT/FF forum on TPU advertising every bit of hardware in existence on paper, and when I get a pm from someone interested I'll just take their money, put it in my bank, and post a webnote saying that when the blue moon shines and I get the item I'd be sending it!! :shadedshu

Please allow me some virtual headbangs, they save me from doing the real thing....

ATI isn't doing this, per se. They aren't getting the yields they expected, and probably don't have all the fabs up and running yet. They have to focus most of their attention on the lower end cards, as that's where they make the most money. It's not like they are personally holding your card back from you. lol.

 

[pantherx12]

Chinese holidays can't really be helped either, they have A LOT of days where there's no work actually, surprised they manage to be so industrious!

 

[Black Panther]

It's not like they are personally holding your card back from you. lol.

Well, some good news at last.
On the 1st/2nd February they'll be shipping the Sapphires, and after dealing with all pre-orders they'd still have a 100 available in stock.

So if anyone in Europe wants to get one, they'd be having them next week.

 

[Bo$$]

This is why I don't shop at OCUK, bunch of twats. *shakes head*

only thing thats worth buying in thermal grease and other comsumables, their cooling ranges are unparrallel

 

[Black Panther]

Well, honestly I couldn't find a 5970 at a cheaper price. From Newegg it's cheaper but then they don't do EU shipping.

 

[TIGR]

Congrats, you chose well I think.

 

[Black Panther]

Let's just hope ATI takes care of its drivers. It sucks getting a good gfx card which gives buggy gameplay.

 

[TIGR]

nVidia seems to be more aggressive in updating their drivers but I'm sure ATI will get improvements out soon.

 

[human_error]

Let's just hope ATI takes care of its drivers. It sucks getting a good gfx card which gives buggy gameplay.

To be fair the 9.12s, 10.1s and 10.1 ME2 hotfix drivers havn't given me any problems - the only issue was no AA in ME2 but that was fixed with the hotfix (allowing the CCC to force AA). So the driver side is pretty solid.

With the 10.2 and 10.3 drivers bringing new features like user created/selected crossfire profiles having a crossfire setup is going to be getting a lot better

 

[Black Panther]

Finally.
There's a real ETA on their website of 2nd February, tomorrow.
If all goes well I'd have a new toy to play with next weekend!

They said the cards will be arriving in batches of 20. A guy who ordered last Friday said he was #16. Since I ordered 9th January I'm safe to assume I'll get the card from the first batch...