[Rumour] Nvidia Geforce GTX 400 set for extremely thin availability

[RRbot]

No one expects either the Nvidia Geforce GTX 470 or the GTX 480 to be available in any significant quantity come 12th April. Even optimistic rumours have placed the worldwide availability at 30,000 units. Nvidia themselves informed reviewers that the GTX 400 products will be available in >10000 units.

SemiAccurate, who have been accurate with most information regarding to Fermi/GF100, are now claiming the actual quantity is way lower. Even lower than their initial expectation of 8,000 units.

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[Ketzer7]

I'd say this is more than accurate.

Did anyone on here actually manage to buy a GTX 480 or 470 in the last couple of days since they became available?

I waited all day at work yesterday seeing if the EVGA 480 would come back in stock but it never did. Ones that do become available disappear in like 5 seconds. I got an in stock e-mail from EVGA for the 480 SC yesterday, and by the time I could click the link to look at the page it was already out of stock. Others brands/models weren't even lasting more than like 5 or 6 minutes.

Craziness. Seems yields are pretty shitty if the supply is that limited right now. :mad:

[scraps]

Yeah ketzer I had the same problems yesterday, the only ones that lasted more than a quick refresh or click of the buy it button were the SC editions of 470gtx's, not what I wanted........

[mcoffey]

Fucking pissed me off royally, but I'm over it now:bird:

andyc

[Kuro]

EVGA 480GTX $749 AUD (approx 694.80 USD) avalible on preorder if you still want one or two


pccasegear link (http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=13983)

If you still really really want them you can ask them if they have any more avalible for pre-order in the feed back box at the bottom of the page. If they do and you are willing to pay that much (I assume they are cheaper in the US) pm me and you can post them to me and I'll ship them over to you (they dont ship internationally). you will have to pay for shipping of course.

[Baleful]

:bird: that shit

When I checked Newegg yesterday around lunch time, the only thing left was a Galaxy 480, 5 minutes later it was gone as well.

I'll wait for the Fermi refresh before I buy in.

[Xilikon]

:bird: that shit

When I checked Newegg yesterday around lunch time, the only thing left was a Galaxy 480, 5 minutes later it was gone as well.

I'll wait for the Fermi refresh before I buy in.

Same here, it's a good thing I'm not pulling hair trying to get one right now.

[Icemaz]

SemiAccurate, who have been accurate with most information regarding to Fermi/GF100




/sigh

:shake:

[Marne]

lol failtastic launch ^_^ got 7 cards world wide there expensive as fuck and only marginally better than a 5xxx card unless you sli them, where they then proceed to shit on them to preposterous levels of pwnage.

[Ketzer7]

Well, I guess it makes it a little better I wasn't the only one fukkin pissed off about it yesterday then.

I wouldn't care so much if I wasn't trying to finish a new build by May 22nd for the LAN party, but after watching this BS the last couple of days, I'm not having much confidence that there will be any better supply of cards before then. And to top it off I sold all the 5870s I did have thinking I would pick up some 480s.

I'm half considering instead now picking up a couple of Eyefinity6 5870s as a temporary solution, but fuck I don't want to deal with ATI's drivers :bird:

:mad1: :pissed: :mad3:

[Greedseed]

haha overpriced unfinished card that are not in stock so super hard to get wont to be better then ATI again xD

FAIL

[Crow]

The availability thing is BS. Inno3D, Zotac and EVGA released pictures showing assloads of cards. They've been selling crazy fast and Pre-Orders have been going fast. I think Charlie's forgot that ATI also had thin as fluff availability when the cards released. :shake:

:bird: that faggot shill, Charlie.

[KaptCrunch]

i smell something on this hype, best wait for they flog this POS, an have few months later the fixed version released

[rubidium]

:bird: that shit

When I checked Newegg yesterday around lunch time, the only thing left was a Galaxy 480, 5 minutes later it was gone as well.

I'll wait for the Fermi refresh before I buy in.

My sentiments exactly.

[mcoffey]

:bird: that shit

When I checked Newegg yesterday around lunch time, the only thing left was a Galaxy 480, 5 minutes later it was gone as well.

I'll wait for the Fermi refresh before I buy in.

My sentiments exactly.

Yep...way to much pain in the ass..I wore my CTRL F5 button out waiting for these to hit on Newegg...stepped out to play a round of golf, came back and every one was out of stock:rofl: Not like I'm going to stay up all night, put everything in my life on hold and then spend 1000.00 on top of it....

Fuck these assholes:rofl:

andyc

[mcoffey]

Well, I did find them in stock at Tiger under the Galaxy brand name. Never really heard of Galaxy, so looked them up on the web and gave their tech support line a call just to get a feel for the way they do business. Got a recording that said "leave a message, and we'll call back within an hour"......hmmmm....let me think about that for a second before I make up my mind......oh yeah!

"HEY GALAXY......GO FUCK YOURSELF WITH A BROKEN BROOM STICK" :bird:

......next........

andyc

[Baleful]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh shit that's just fucking awesome :rofl:

[Crazy V]

Well, I guess it makes it a little better I wasn't the only one fukkin pissed off about it yesterday then.

I wouldn't care so much if I wasn't trying to finish a new build by May 22nd for the LAN party, but after watching this BS the last couple of days, I'm not having much confidence that there will be any better supply of cards before then. And to top it off I sold all the 5870s I did have thinking I would pick up some 480s.

I'm half considering instead now picking up a couple of Eyefinity6 5870s as a temporary solution, but fuck I don't want to deal with ATI's drivers :bird:

:mad1: :pissed: :mad3:

Should have told me i would have picked some up else where so you could have finished your build.:)

[Ketzer7]

Should have told me i would have picked some up else where so you could have finished your build.:)

Not at all :) I was happy to sell them to someone who will use them before I get around to it.

Reading HardOCPs latest article on the E6, I'm starting to get more intrigued. Yeah it's a fukkin crap shoot with ATI's drivers and whatnot, but I sure think I would like gaming on 3 monitors at once..

Some of the videos of that shit in action make me :slobber:

[Ketzer7]

andy,

Are you sure you called the 'new' super duper support #??? :D

Technical support
new 24/7 service number : 1-877-253-5841 (Canada and US)
E-mail : techsupport@galaxytech.com
GALAXY Technical Support toll-free service is now ready to serve you 24 hours per day,
7 days per week!


Even flashing in red and all at the top!!

Their website looks like a 10 year old made it.

:rofl: :rofl:

[Jtrain]

Yeah seriously about the ATi cards as well, they launched in what? September? And they're still selling out like crazy.

[Ketzer7]

Hrm, seems I just scored myself an EVGA GTX 480 SC. Have to wait and see if it actually ships, but so far it seems legit and went through.

Unfortunately it was limit 1 per customer, and I had to pay $50 over MSRP, but oh well, CrazyV funded the purchase anyways :haha3:

[mcoffey]

andy,

Are you sure you called the 'new' super duper support #??? :D



Even flashing in red and all at the top!!

Their website looks like a 10 year old made it.

:rofl: :rofl:

Oh yeah..that's the number I called at about 3:00 PM EDT:up:

andyc

[Crazy V]

I see how it is....:bird: LOL

[Crazy V]

Hrm, seems I just scored myself an EVGA GTX 480 SC. Have to wait and see if it actually ships, but so far it seems legit and went through.

Unfortunately it was limit 1 per customer, and I had to pay $50 over MSRP, but oh well, CrazyV funded the purchase anyways :haha3:

I see how it is.... :bird: LOL I think i'm going to look for a couple EVGA GTX 480 SC as well. I'm intrested in seeing the performance gains.:crack:

[Marne]

You shit pink fifties. Don't you.

[Crazy V]

LOL Not the last time i checked but i can check again.

[mcoffey]

Shipped - These items have shipped. Please check your email for tracking information.

he he...I was able to snag 2 of the EVGA GTX 480 SC GPU's from Tiger Direct...:woot: Just happened to stumble across them, and as soon as I ordered them they were out of stock. Just blind luck:D

Nice and very happy.

andyc

[ablatman]

Shipped - These items have shipped. Please check your email for tracking information.

he he...I was able to snag 2 of the EVGA GTX 480 SC GPU's :woot: Just happened to stumble across them, and as soon as I ordered them they were out of stock. Just blind luck:D

Nice and very happy.

andyc

Where did you end up getting them from?

[mcoffey]

Tiger Direct...they were 20.00 higher per card than Egg, but it's a little known fact they'll price match:D

I've always had good luck with Tiger Direct, and I think their customer service is better than Egg's.

andyc

[scraps]

Maybe soon you'll show me and ballz0r who's boss on our GPUGrid team! LUCKY

[ablatman]

Tiger Direct...they were 20.00 higher per card than Egg, but it's a little known fact they'll price match:D

I've always had good luck with Tiger Direct, and I think their customer service is better than Egg's.

andyc

How do you go about getting them to price match someone?

[mcoffey]

How do you go about getting them to price match someone?

I usually wait close to the 30 day window and call them stating they're cheaper somewhere else. They look it up, and issue the credit ASAP unlike Egg who are total pricks about shit like that.

Remember back when the GTX 280's hit the scene and the GPU vendors jacked up the price, then dropped it 2 weeks later by 200.00. Fucking New Egg were total assholes about it and wouldn't give me the difference until I threw a fit and spoke with every manager they had. I ended up getting only partial credit.

I bought the 2 GTX 295's from Tiger and the same thing happened again. But Tiger never blinked an eye an issued a credit with no hassle. They've always been much better to deal with than New Egg, but New Egg usually has better pricing and selection.

Just like anything else....there's lots of ways to work with vendors to get deals as long as your more committed to that, than throwing fits and bitching.

andyc

[Crow]

TigerDirect doesn't seem like a bad store. Website is horrible to navigate though. I can't shop from them though, because they don't ship to courier addresses. -_- :bird:

[mcoffey]

TigerDirect doesn't seem like a bad store. Website is horrible to navigate though. I can't shop from them though, because they don't ship to courier addresses. -_- :bird:

yeah...I'm just like most people and go to Egg first, but nice to know there's an alternative for hard to get stuff. Tiger's alway been pretty good about new GPU cards.

andyc

[Ketzer7]

Shit, wish I had gotten on the computer last night and checked TD 'cause even though I got one 480 SC from Mwave (they had a 1 per customer limit), I still need to pick up one or two more and who knows when they will be available again. D'oh!!

[mcoffey]

Shit, wish I had gotten on the computer last night and checked TD 'cause even though I got one 480 SC from Mwave (they had a 1 per customer limit), I still need to pick up one or two more and who knows when they will be available again. D'oh!!

Yeah...funny you mention that because I just saw that site via EVGA.com and they're out now too. Just blind luck on my part finding two of those EVGA cards, because I wasn't about to get any other brand. I learned my lesson with the two BFG GTX 295's I bought and then sold. Took me over 2 months to get another one RMA'd from those assholes.

From now on, it's either EVGA or nothing for me as far as GPU cards go.

andyc

[Ketzer7]

That's kinda how I found the ones on Mwave, just happened to go to their site and see before I was leaving work, and by dumb luck they were available. Unfortunately they had that damn limit 1 per on it though. After ordering the first one I should have gone back and ordered another and seen what happened. Oh well, fuck, now I gotta keep hunting for more heh

[mcoffey]

That's kinda how I found the ones on Mwave, just happened to go to their site and see before I was leaving work, and by dumb luck they were available. Unfortunately they had that damn limit 1 per on it though. After ordering the first one I should have gone back and ordered another and seen what happened. Oh well, fuck, now I gotta keep hunting for more heh

Keep trying Tiger..I just set up a search for Fermi and GTX 480 off their home page, keep the page on my screen and refresh using CTRL F5.

good luck,

andyc

[Jtrain]

Another little known fact is the newegg actually owns tigerdirect.com, so thats probly why they'll price match it :up:

[mcoffey]

Another little known fact is the newegg actually owns tigerdirect.com, so thats probly why they'll price match it :up:

No they don't.....Comp USA and Tiger merged together, and have nothing to do with Newegg:up:

andyc

[Ketzer7]

Keep trying Tiger..I just set up a search for Fermi and GTX 480 off their home page, keep the page on my screen and refresh using CTRL F5.

good luck,

andyc


haha Tell me about it. I have 5 tabs in my Firefox browser that are dedicated just to the pages for the listings of 480 SCs on EVGA's site, Newegg, Mwave, Tigerdirect, and Zipzoomfly. I haven't been hovering on them non-stop, but I'm F5'ing them pretty regularly. Doubt I will see any today, but hoping maybe some by Friday or early next week, who knows. Shit, it's like only getting a taste of the :crack: instead of the whole deal :down:

[cyriene]

The company that own Tiger bought Comp USA and some Circuit Cities as well. Tiger has high bing cashback which is nice. I have to pay tax there though living in FL whereas with newegg I don't. I just wish Tiger had Micro Center's cpu prices...

[mcoffey]

04/15/2010 7:16 a.m. Out for delivery :woot: :jumping2::coke::crack:

Oh yeah...EVGA in da house bitches:dick:

http://home.comcast.net/~mcoffey22/pwpimages/DSC_0002-1%284%29.JPG

andyc

[ablatman]

Well quit teasing us and whip them out! BENCHMARK HO!

[Ketzer7]

Yeah, I'm jealous. I have one SC on the way but I need at least one MOAR!!!!

Congrats btw andy for snagging them

[Kuro]

Mcoffey has had them for more then an hour and no benchmarks?

All that hardware p0rn must be getting to him :cum:


:rofl:

[mcoffey]

Well quit teasing us and whip them out! BENCHMARK HO!

Yeah, I'm jealous. I have one SC on the way but I need at least one MOAR!!!!

Congrats btw andy for snagging them

Mcoffey has had them for more then an hour and no benchmarks?

All that hardware p0rn must be getting to him :cum:


:rofl:

7.5 hours of calls for work :banghead: They'll be coming as soon as I get the bench moved downstairs to the new shop and fire them up:D

Here's a little blast from the past to wet your whistle though:D

http://home.comcast.net/~mcoffey22/pwpimages/DSC_0006-2.JPG

I'll be running them thru their paces stock at first:up:

andyc

[iandh]

I see you purchased the "SSC For Tha Muthafuckin Win Muthafucka Fried Chicken BBQ" edition.

[p0Pe]

I see you purchased the "SSC For Tha Muthafuckin Win Muthafucka Fried Chicken BBQ" edition.

well i guess he´s gonna watercool them, and with that mo-ra heat wont be an issue:bird:

[just a noob]

04/15/2010 7:16 a.m. Out for delivery :woot: :jumping2::coke::crack:

Oh yeah...EVGA in da house bitches:dick:

http://home.comcast.net/~mcoffey22/pwpimages/DSC_0002-1%284%29.JPG

andyc

Tell me how you like them

[Darkvine]

Cant wait to see your numbers. HWC just did a 470 SLI review and nothing to write home about. In almost every high res test 5850 crossfire beat them in the rest they were within 5-7 frames.

Seems like you really have to go 480 to make it worth it. I have to admit it seems like ATi is getting their shit together with crossfire, slowly but surely now they need to work out the rest of the driver elements.

[Liu Kang]

Seems like you really have to go 480 to make it worth it. I have to admit it seems like ATi is getting their shit together with crossfire, slowly but surely now they need to work out the rest of the driver elements.They've always been slow on that front in comparison to NVIDIA, which still makes me hesitant to buy a 58xx card.

[Darkvine]

They've always been slow on that front in comparison to NVIDIA, which still makes me hesitant to buy a 58xx card.

Agreed, but it seems they are getting there now, performance of the drivers wise (still get a lot of bus)

but when I look at the benchmarks, then see that the price of the 5850 is $50 cheaper I say ATi has won the lower high end, at least for the time being. For crossfire that is a cool $100 bucks in your pocket for the same performance.

$100 isn't much money, but in my mind with no real difference in performance it seems a waste.

Still, got to wait for the 485 vs 5890 in my mind.

[mcoffey]

You'll be waiting a long time then:D

andyc

[Marne]

I don't see anything in the pipe till at least new years.....2246. They fell off simple as that

[Baleful]

You mutha fuckers can have your ATI cards. I've got several 4870's, a 4850, and a 5770 and can tell you right now, driver and GAME support fucking blows. Once they do get their shit together, they are decent cards - but at what price? The level of frustration that you have to put up with when it comes to driver/game support is a total deal breaker for me.

I'll be buying some new cards, but it won't be anymore ATI cards.

[Darkvine]

You'll be waiting a long time then:D

andyc

I can wait. No need dropping cash on Nvidia when I wouldn't be able to SLI what I get now with what I get later, rather go with low end (or 5850) ATi so either don't waste what much money if I go green and if I stat red I can crossfire it with whatever comes out.


That is one thing I have to hand to ATI, allowing you to step up without your old card becoming a paperweight.

[LowBrowser]

The level of frustration that you have to put up with when it comes to driver/game support is a total deal breaker for me.
Haven't had a single problem with my 4870x2. The experiences I've had with nVidia and ATI has ATI on top, in terms of hardware reliability and driver support. Sorry to hear about your troubles anyway.

[Crow]

If anyone's still interested in picking up GTX 480s, stock has been steady on all brands over at Newegg.

[MaartenvdE]

I ordered my GTX470 today for 360 euro, since i was waiting for my 5870 by asus for 3 weeks and the shop told me that it would probably takes like 2 months before they get new ones. Hopefully i am lucky with 12th of april. but both ATI and nVidia are badly available