AMD Radeon Deals & Offers

Yes it's a new architecture for the Nvida product. I only mentioned this to show that AMD had a reason to refresh their line ups. I read elsewhere about the RX590 name coming up on test sites. So maybe they will just release an updated product.

No worries, we'll see who is right :)

How are you certain it's Chinese only? And what about this 'AMD 590' that looks like it's small increase (refresh) on the 580. Tom's sees 8% higher results if it is truly a new card. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-radeon-rx-590-performance,37931.html Anyway, I think your comment about 'fake news' might just be the only fake news here.

A cut down Chinese only GPU isn't a refresh!

The rumors seem to be coming in as 'not fake news'. https://www.anandtech.com/show/13480/amd-launches-radeon-rx-580-with-reduced-number-of-stream-processors Another 580 refresh with less stream processors and ram, a la 1060 3gb model. Guess AMD fans have to dial back that critique, or at least apply it equally now. There is a rumour about the 590 appearing on benchmarking suites, and it doesn't look that impressive either... Who knows, can wait a few days on that one, I bet they are timing an announcement to coincide with the NVIDIA 2070 coming out in 2 days.

My case is the Zalman Z9 Plus. Plenty of airflow all around. There's a front 12cm adjustable RPM front case fan and a Noctua 14cm case fan at the top.

I'm so tempted by this! :D Must wait for NAVI!!!!!!

Been Intel + Nvidia since the 8800GT days, but my next build will definitely be Ryzen + Radeon. Can't justify the cost of either of them anymore. Currently running a 1050 + i3 7100 only because it's in a tiny ITX case (LianLi Tu100B), which strangely costs the same as having a 2400G APU build without dGPU, but has way less power and produces more heat.... Once I have space for an actual desktop though, bring on the space heater build 8)

(lol) Ah then you found yourself a good deal then, as I suspect that BenQ monitor with Gsync would normally (or at launch) be around £280~£320+. Also ATI is dead...they are now part of flesh and blood of AMD (lol) In some way I really wished PowerVR remained competitive was still in the desktop graphic industry being the 3rd competitor. Shame they have pulled out of this market mainstream graphic market after falling behind in the execution of directx after it took off, and they are now just doing GPUs for the mobile processors. The PowerVR2 chip in the SEGA Dreamcast at launch was a monster, comparing to the PS1 and the graphic card available for desktop PC at the time. Also I remember there was one year where PowerVR's card was so far ahead of Nvidia's fastest card, that Nvidia on one of their their onstage presentation where they were supposed to be talking about their products, they spend 50% of the presentation smearing PowerVR XD

Well, the 24" Benq G sync monitor cost £200 nearly 18 months ago so I doubt I would've found a Free sync one for much cheaper :D ATi next time round then!

MIght be useful... https://www.krcs.co.uk/mac claim to have discounts, have a 2 year warranty, and also have TCB. I found them on the TCB site.

I agree. I’ve had fantastic service from Apple including free repairs or replacements for products that were a year or two out of warranty. When my iPad 2 got dropped onto a stone floor resulting in a cracked screen I took it to an Apple Store. The guy I spoke too was incredibly apologetic for not being able to swap it straight away as they were in short supply - having only been launched 2 weeks earlier. As I could still use it he asked me to take it back for a replacement a week later and gave me a brand new one, free of charge (I didn’t even have Apple Care). Technical support outside of warranty has also been excellent, even without Apple Care. I’ve never had this level of service from any other company.

2016 and 2017 models. But there is a free repair thing for keyboards. Mines fine though. The 2018 keyboard is redesigned slightly because of the issue. Havent noticed any differences between typing on my partners and mine though. Also decided Apple Care wasn't worth the price for a three year warranty when I've dealt with Apple for products 12-24 months old and they've replaced incredibly quickly. You can get the 2018 256GB model for £115.40 more via Nus Student Discount: https://www.apple.com/uk-edu-803018/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/15-inch

There is an expectation that most of the range, with the exception of the pro, is going to be refreshed any time soon. This could mean a reprice of the pro as a result. I'm waiting to get a new one for work, don't need a pro unless I opt for the 13 inch, but been holding off and checking Macrumors daily.

#1 It's worth mentioning that you really need to take out AppleCare for these machines from 2017 and 2018, as they have 'known' faults with the keyboards otherwise it will soon turn into an expensive doorstop. #2 Its possible to run mac os on non apple hardware these days very very successfully.

I bought this 2 weeks ago from the same retailer for £185 wonder if the free game promotion is still going on

my dilemma is...worth the upgrade from a 2gb GTX 670? my 670 is terrible in PUBG but for most of the other stuff is sort of ok - it copes....

i read somewhere that the games will only work on a certain set of radeon cards - so can sell but limited market

ordered. someone should probably repost this.. so it gets back into the top list of deals for visibility.. there'd be lots of interested people after the Scan deal has ended

how much can you sell the games for? or is it nit possible to sell? after a graphics card, don't care for the games.

Decent price, but it is worth buying for one of the retailers from which you can claim the 3 games from AMD.

I would consider buying this after tomorrow's Euro million draw.

So pathetic that this is voted cold. Fantastic deal, I don’t know when saving over a grand is a bad thing (lol)

Who in Stanley has £3.50 to buy anything?

Hot!

I normally dislike mac deals because they offer poor value for money compared to a PC equivalent, but for the spec, this isn't a bad deal (which shows how overpriced it would be at full price!). The pc equivalent would be something like a HP Z6 G4 workstation - something like this store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=2WU46ET&opt=ABU&sel=DTP That's a ten core, same ram, smaller ssd - without a screen its £2300. That's full price though. Not as pretty as the imac, but much much more upgradable.

No need for the apology mate it's a perfectly valid reason :) lots of people care about their temps (especially in smaller cases etc)

I think it's a great find, and I apologise for the cold but I simply wouldn't touch it! Thanks

sorry you feel this way. It's still a good deal considering you can't get another 8GB version for the same price. As long as you can keep the airflow in your rig pretty cool then this should be fine. Or you could replace the stock thermal paste for cheap. :)

Cold, only because it's the worst RX 580 in existence - the armour cards are by far the cheapest with the worst cooling.

Lol thanks for the feedback. I'm thinking of setting up an ML machine using a decent graphics card.

Back at £499 now

Yes i know... miners:D They kept AMD alive. Good thing its a miners forum. Oh wait... AMD cant get even close to nvidia when it coms to performance/watt/price. I cant belive where they ended up having in mind times like 5870 vs Fermi. Its exactly oposit. 5870 VaporX was masterpiece. Now, look at the size of the cooler on VEGA:/

vrm temps are bad on strix amd cards

Yes. Good card, even better at this price. There's not much my 56 can't run that my 1080 can. In certain scenarios it's more powerful than an equivalent NVIDIA card too - miners will attest to that.

is it?

For somebody on a budget - 6 GB GTX 1060 only £164 on amazon warehouse deals (sold by amazon): https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B01LZ2TDZO/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used 2 available. Be quick!

I got mine last year and it does seem to be improving over time (Sapphire Pulse)... [PS No point engaging with the resident Nvidiaj/Intel shill, he'll just go on another fanboi rant about how crap AMD is LOL] (horror)

Look at rx580 reviews from this year. When the 480 and 580s came out they were losing to the 1060 6gb much of the time. In more recent 2018 RX580 reviews the trend tends to be reversed with the RX580 edging ahead of the 1060 6GB

How is it 'aging well' just out of curiosity? I haven't seen any signs that the AMD Fine Wine (TM) has occurred at all in the last 2 iterations of cards. https://www.hardocp.com/article/2018/09/20/amd_gpu_generational_performance_part_2/18 Where have you seen this change?

Yes, the rear fan failed on 4 of ours in the office. Horrible sleeve bearings and Gigabyte support just said 'go back to retailer', no way of getting replacement fans from them. If I was buying an RX 570/580 now, I'd get a Sapphire Pulse (dual-fan) or Nitro+ now, Asus ROG Strix also pretty good.

They are pretty much neck and neck with the radeon card edging it with some dx12 titles but the rx 580 uses significantly more power than the gtx 1060. Id go for the 1060 (i did) and i reduced its power consumption with no ill effects by 40% it only lowered frame rates by about 3fps in most games iv tried.

Ballicom on ebay are selling brand new XFX cards for £220 if anyone is interested: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/382532093452 A bit weird one, as they are selling the same cards for £238.80 on their own website. However, listing states 8GB VRAM so that is what you should be getting. And yes I did check, that is an actual ballicom ebay store. I have XFX RX480 - awesome cards, nice and quiet, runs cool, no complaints what so ever.

If you set the fan speed to 2400rpm will be fine, the 3500rpm is like a propeller. Temps in my case don't reach 80C in the gpu and I have an overclocked x58 based system and it generates a lot of heat in fractal design mini c with sound dampening.

Can you tell the difference after reducing the fan speed? Fan noise is putting me off at the min.

have the same card and it is loud, but in Global WattMan AMD software you can set the fans to 2300-2500rpm (from stock 3500...) and it is much better this way also undervolting helps, temperatures are fine at 2500 rpm. found this on some forum, about undervolting and the settings work with mine card, good luck:

:)) if you are not happy doesn't mean all miners aren't. I can tell you for sure who is for long enough in this thing will tell you that even now we make nice profit from rigs. Marketing and all other bulls*** are to scare and remove new newbies like you from this branch. Like always fewer miners better price. Nice price for this card but still nitro plus will rule over all rx580 in terms of thermo and efficency. P.S a ROI now is back to 1,5 /1 month depends on how much time you spend on research;) now do the math and tell me who is not happy that after max 2 month you are gaining profit. Enough with disclosure... we need more people like you to keep newbies away:d so kids listen to this guy...dont start mining...we are not happy :))

Bitcoin is still 80% above from last year.

Let them eat digital cake.

FYI guys ... the Miners are not happy .. Crypto currency have dropped to 80% of what it was at start of year.. miners are unimpressed.

Nope

£500 for a mid-range card is madness

rx 570 4gb were £161 just a couple of days ago (amazon uk), i am sure the cards will be back in stock soon.AMD has no choice now, having no ready answer to rtx they will have to price their products aggressively to loose a little less mktshare. Vega will get cheaper too, it's just a matter of time (not to distant future imo). Vega 64 is about gtx 1080 speed with some nice extra features (and some disadvantages too).Nonetheless this is good deal for top AMD chip.

If it drops by another £200 I'll bite.. Remember when R9 290s were around £250? RX 470s for 160? Can we have that back please?

You say that but my experience with AMD cards is that they last longer than any other. They continue to be supported, and the GCN delivers well still many years later. Also, from my own personal experience, none of my AMD/ATI components have ever died, including my k6-2, an 18 year old overclocked duron, and 5 gpus, whilst I have had a few intel and nvidia blowouts including my beloved 8800gtx, 2 days over warranty at stock everything...

AMD cards deserve a pricecrash soon, the lack of RTX means the high-end are already halfway into the grave. £440 for this, when the 2070 RTX will only be £499? Madness.

Because Amazon price match only.

Why does this change prices pls?

Yep because someone bought the 3rd party sellers one = Amazon put their price up massively 😥

Expired £200+ now

Just got it for £135 after getting £20 voucher for the credit card offer via Amazon and £6 extra when you top up £30 on vouchers. Should be here tonight. Finally, been wanting to upgrade my aged 7850 for a while now.