7970 Purchasing Thread

That's_Corporate said:
all gone on newegg

wow that was fast
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Yeah...just wow! Happy I got my order in though. Goes to show you even though this card isnt the be all end all card...its still good enough to sell out globally within a day LOL

Marketing 101: Just give us a GOOD ENOUGH product and we will do the rest.

Thats what this launch is all about...good enough....wish it was more, like we all do, but Im still happy coming off a gtx 285. Cant wait to get my card. What do you guys think. Do I have a good chance of getting my order this week with top shipping from Newegg to montreal canada ?
 
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Porter_ said:
interesting. so it looks like XFX will have the following lineup:

HD 7970 3GB CORE Edition
ref card, 925/1375

HD 7970 3GB BLACK EDITION
binned chip, 1000/1375, 2oz copper PCB, solid capacitors

HD 7970 3GB Double Dissipation (DD) Edition
non-binned chip, 925/1375, dual fan non-reference HSF

HD 7970 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation (DD) (the one currently offered on newegg)
binned chip, 1000/1425, 2oz copper PCB, solid capacitors, dual fan non-reference HSF
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How do you know they use binned chips?
 
Psychor said:
Care to share the link? Thanks!
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he tried, it's blocked on [H] for some reason. the article states the black edition cards are 'binned chips', though i have no idea if it will actually affect overclocking potential.
 
If XFX is using binned chips then it is all the more reason to avoid a non-black cards because the better ones from the first batches delivered would have already been allocated to the black cards.
 
inglewood78 said:
Wow at the pcper review! Wtf happen to xfire performance? Damn AMD and their drivers
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Yeah, that's pretty horrid. Makes me kind of glad for not pulling the trigger here at launch. Will watch how this all plays out. I'm particularly interested in seeing if AMD can improve their crossfire driver issues.
 
addictedto60fps said:
Yeah, that's pretty horrid. Makes me kind of glad for not pulling the trigger here at launch. Will watch how this all plays out. I'm particularly interested in seeing if AMD can improve their crossfire driver issues.
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Suddenly wondering about going to the card, even as a single setup.... was thinking it might be nice to be on a single-card setup even if it's a bit slower (when oc'd to the max) than my GTX 570 SLI but... hmm...
 
GoldenTiger said:
Suddenly wondering about going to the card, even as a single setup.... was thinking it might be nice to be on a single-card setup even if it's a bit slower (when oc'd to the max) than my GTX 570 SLI but... hmm...
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I think as a single card, it should be ok. But for crossfire, yeah, I'd hold out and see if AMD can improve their drivers. Looks like the problems of the past are still present. And hopefully, Nvidia will announce/show something at CES.
 
That's_Corporate said:
all gone on newegg

wow that was fast
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And yet people complained and screamed bloody murder for AMD's pricing.
And of course, they still bought.

AMD knew exactly what it was doing with the pricing. It's called good marketing. Have the fastest single card on the planet, charge whatever the market will bear. Econ 101.
 
Blah. XFX binning process! I hope that is marketing BS! Because I bought a XFX 7970 stock one and paid an extra 10 over sapphire. Sapphire offers all the supplies. But who knows, I guess I got the lifetime warranty. Hopefully Amazon gets theirs up so I can buy them and get them shipped.
 
Falkentyne said:
And yet people complained and screamed bloody murder for AMD's pricing.
And of course, they still bought.

AMD knew exactly what it was doing with the pricing. It's called good marketing. Have the fastest single card on the planet, charge whatever the market will bear. Econ 101.
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Bitcoin hash rate will double on tuesday.
 
one is black edition and the other isn't. same hsf, dif clocks probably has a small part in the different results
 
I want an MSI and I want Amazon to get their stock. Looks like im staying up. Hell maybe tiger direct can get some and ill buy there.
 
Amazon has the cards at a $40-$150 markup! yeesh! Prime shipping is not worth that and makes me glad to have bought from the egg.

Further notes, Tiger Direct has not yet updated listings and Amazon has a 7950 (shipping in 1-2 months) at $539
 
Teenyman45 said:
Amazon has the cards at a $40-$150 markup! yeesh! Prime shipping is not worth that and makes me glad to have bought from the egg.
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I just looked and god damn! did they mark them up.

Looks like I might as well stick with Newegg order. Where is tigerdirect with these cards? Amazon has some 7950 listed as out of stock. They really need to lower those prices
 
NCIX has the XFX DD Black for $572. which is actually less than most of its other 7970s at $599. Of course, the one time I ordered from them the shipping charges were massive.
 
Teenyman45 said:
NCIX has the XFX DD Black for $572. which is actually less than most of its other 7970s at $599. Of course, the one time I ordered from them the shipping charges were massive.
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It's showing out of stock for me right now........
 
Sad about the Amazon markup and lack of models. Guess I'll be waiting for Amazon to level off and get stock (I've got a bunch of Amazon GCs to go towards my purchase). Also, anyone else notice half are 7950s?
 
ckelly said:
Sad about the Amazon markup and lack of models. Guess I'll be waiting for Amazon to level off and get stock (I've got a bunch of Amazon GCs to go towards my purchase). Also, anyone else notice half are 7950s?
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yea its really pissing me off.....
 
I'm really shocked to see amazon be the one overpricing while newegg was pretty much msrp.
 
Just bit on the DD for the lifetime warranty @ NCIX

Happy early birthday to me!

Tiporaro said:
I'm really shocked to see amazon be the one overpricing while newegg was pretty much msrp.
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Amazon is growing while newegg isn't.

I'm not shocked.
 
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