If it makes you feel any better, the HD 3870 sold out in 30min.
Those employees must have alot of $$$. Ass holes.
Maybe Jen Hsun bought them to prevent the truth from getting out
So, do we know anything about RV670 yet?
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Maybe Jen Hsun bought them to prevent the truth from getting out
Gibbo said he had 3850's still in stock, I don't think he ever said he sold out of them. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.
I missread it, ok 100 cards in 1 hour? Thats still really far fetched. and why is he getting so many more cards then NewEgg? I know Newegg has at least 10 warehouses around the US, they are quite a bit bigger then OCUK, allocation must be going to Europe first then the US, or OEM cards being bought by OCUK?
Or perhaps Newegg misjudged how many cards they'd need and didn't order enough of them? It's not like AMD calls up e-tailers and says "you need this many cards", the opposite is true.
7 in an hour and they missjudged? They have enough to cover the day. Maybe Gibbo misjudged and ordered too many.
Sound_Card
Regular
Their were more than 50 HD 3870's on newegg per AIB. Thats at least 150 sold out in less than a hour.
ASUS, MSI, Powercolor, Gecube etc... still have not shipped to newegg.
Then you'd have to assume he's lying about how many he ordered and how many he sold.
he has lied or telling things that are stretched out that would be beneficial to his sales about certain products in the past
I can't say anything about the 3870's S_C, when they come back in stock I'll keep my eye out on them then.
Anarchist4000
Veteran
Newegg seems to have stocked more of the 3870s. They sell out then an hour or two later they're available again.
Sound_Card
Regular
Just sold out again.
Based on historical conventions, I still have a problem with naming 2xRV670s ASICs on a board as R680. I hope with R700 we get something like R701/2/3 etc, based on the number of cores. I wonder if they've used 64bit memory channels with front/back PCB mounting or 8x32bit channels distributed front/back of the PCB.
HIS & PowerColor back in stock again.
It's a well-worn sales tactic that often works...
You place in-stock notification for hot items in small groups so as to spur excitement and to get people to pull the trigger because they're thinking, "Man, they're almost sold out! I'd better order right now!"That's the whole idea. Where a hot, new item is concerned, it's much more motivational to read "30 in stock" than it is to read "3,000 in stock," isn't it?...
Sound_Card
Regular
just went out stock again.
It's a well-worn sales tactic that often works...
Exactly. Just like how Best Buy sells items.
Shipping on the first spin has a tendancy to buy you something...
