Radeon RX Vega 64 Graphics cards out of stock or a 100 bucks more expensive
There's a number of things going on surrounding the Radeon RX Vega 56 and 64 release. First off, there is this rumor that prices have been jacked up, as the normal launch prices of 399 and 499 are no longer in effect, there seems to be a 100 USD difference.
The MSR prices for the standalone Vega 56 and 64 Black (as we reviewed them) are 399 and 499 USD repectively, as AMD let the media know these prices. Both cards can be spotted and advertised (if you can find them at all) for 499 and 599 with the 56 being a preorder and the physically 64 available. However that 100 bucks extra, here's the thing these would be the bundled versions with Prey and the to be released Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. So, if the cards are physical available then the question rised, was the stock for non-bundled Vega kept low deliberately ?
A number if things could have happened if you think about that thesis. Etailers might have had low volume available, stock and have driven up prices to make a quick extra buck? AMD also might have figured the same thing, we do not know really. It also can be a misjudgment, AMD thinking that people would be more interested in the game bundled versions.
If we take the Radeon RX Vega 64 and look at pricing with VAT we are ending at roughly ~650 Euros right now. We checked these prices at Geizhalz.eu
Now here is the thing, these cards do not seem to be the bundled ones. When we move to the UK, then we see that at Overclock3rs the first cards had normal prices in a bit of a pre-order, however after minutes of the launch prices got jacked upo by another 100 bucks, here again only the more expensive bundle version is available.
Currently, where I reside in the Benelux, cards are simply not even available. All in all we are rather confused about this launch, and the prices are a bit of a mess with all these confusing bundles and low availability of the standalone cards. Currently prices are way higher compared to the GeForce GTX 1070 and 1080.
Long story short, if you are in the market for a Vega 64, you'll be spending at least a 100 USD/EURO more opposed to the introductory prices. What do you guys think, let us know in the thread below.
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if you think the price hikes in the shops are bad, have a quick search on ebay for vega64
LOL
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If i remember correctly AMD admitted that the number of standalone cards would be small in order to prevent miners from buying all the cards meaning that the majority of Vega cards would only be available on bundle... The idea was to have plenty of cards available for gamers but apparently it backfired...
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Over at the AMD subreddit, theres a news post describing a new "mining only" beta driver that gets ETH hash rates to between 36~41 MH/s on a Vega 56.
Also, Vega has got to be the most botched hardware launch Ive ever witnessed. All this teasing and hoopla leading up to launch and then two days and theres none available at MSRP?
Vega has inferior perf/watt than the competition-- its ONLY *possible* advantages are freesync and price. Take out price and you are not left with much What sensible person would pay more for less?
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Do you seriously believe that?

Investors look for short or medium term (at best) benefits, AMD CEO herself declared miners will improve ( A LOT) their Q3 sells so this is not a "surprise" for them.
The delay in launch didn't help at all to have a MASSIVE first batch ready for stores.First batch run out almost everywhere in minutes.
The Vega gaming GPU launch price/first batch low price was a marketing scam for gamers and a way to profit from miner crazyness, plain and simple.
You can believe online shops want a fair cut of the "300$ benefit compared to competition" whole system including adaptive sync monitor Vega announced and get 100$ for them.

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Have fun waiting until October