FAO everyone interested in the r9700....

[PiLsY]

Need a rough idea of how many people would like to band together so I can sort out bulk buy pricing on these cards :). Europe only im afraid for shipping.

Please could you post below if you want one (and only if you want one - theres another thread for any other info). At a rough guess its probably going to be thursday or friday for ordering, then we need to sort out transferring money over.

PiLsY.

[Entuscan]

I want one, but it's going to depend on the price a bit. ($400 isn't £400 he)

What's the "worst case scenario" price for a card?

Thanks for helping us out, great thing for you to do :)

Entuscan

[Creative]

Europe only Pilsy?

What about your sister country Australia :p
hheheh

[Malecky]

I would be interested.... not for the first shipment but then when NV30 is out and the price hits bottom:D

Or someone gives me a used one and buys a NV30 as you can see I can hardly
aw8 the time when NV30 is released:D :D

Slovenia is counted as Europe or not????

[PiLsY]

Yeah strictly speaking I can ship anywhere - its just by the time it arrives thru the post to anywhere except europe (3 day delivery to europe) the damn thing may well be available in the shops wherever you are. Shipping to the states can take easily a week for example, by which time no doubt newegg etc will already have them in stock.

If you guys are sure you want to take the risk of paying extra and having the card available when it arrives thru the mail locally then ive no problem with it :).

£ to $ conversion is roughly £1 = $1.50. I should think that with insured shipping and everything to the states worst case scenario the cost could be as high as $550. I'll have to check and make sure tho. I found a couple more places who received the card in stock this morning, so ill be comparing prices and picking whoever comes out best :). Should have pricing info by friday latest.

PiLsY.

[Jupiler]

Is the 9700 already available in Europe?
If so, where?

[killersushi]

Switzerland here, you work at a shop or where do you plan to get them?

[Entuscan]

Pilsy I'm from Belgium, and a few more people here are. they are practicly all interested in the R9700 (Jupiler, Gamer,...)

Maybe you could ship those together, or maybe I can come and pick them up?? If shipping is very high offcourse :)

If you could take a look at shipping costs per weight etc ..
we (or you) could calculate the prices for (eg 1, 3 , .. cards)

[Paul.K]

I'm interested Pilsy,

Im from Ireland so I'll get one of these puppies off of you if you have one hehe!!!


Paul.K

PS My money is waiting to be transfered........Just say yes Pilsy..

[Hiwayman]

Count me in sir:D

[Creative]

Yep Pilsy Ill prob be whil;ling to take the risk getting it sent to Australia. We wont be getting it here till early November so its a bit different that the USA.....like 2 months :D
hehehehe

See how it goes and if you can pls let me know what it would cost....I dont think u have mentioned any costs as yet?

Cheers dood
:)

[Entuscan]

Yep Pilsy do you have an idea about the cost of the card?

S&H will be different for everybody i guess, but the cost of the card is what most of us are interested in.

[calantak]

I'm interested too, so that means 4 or 5 cards to Belgium. We need one big package for that :-)

[Entuscan]

I could go and pick them up, might be cheaper :)

[Gamer]

and the price is ? :)

[PiLsY]

I wont get a price off them until I knwo how many cards im gonna be ordering :). The way these things go im afraid. we should be looking at about a 5 - 10% saving over standard retail price at least tho. Judging by ATIs previous release prices that means somewhere between 300 and 350 GBP I'd imagine. Ill be leaving it until sunday night so everyone who wants one gets a chance to say so, then i'll go ahead and get a full quote etc.

PiLsY.

[Entuscan]

Pilsy could you check what S&H would be for Belgium for 1 card and for (lets say) 5 Cards at once?

Then I can see if it's worth going over to the UK and picking them up myself???

Thanks in advance

Entuscan

[Creative]

300-350 pounds is about 950-1000 Australian dollars....woah :eek: :eek:

Ill let you know but its looking pretty promising at this stage....:)

[Gamer]

more info yet ?

[RichBa5tard]

Originally posted by Entuscan
Pilsy could you check what S&H would be for Belgium for 1 card and for (lets say) 5 Cards at once?

Then I can see if it's worth going over to the UK and picking them up myself???

Thanks in advance

Entuscan

You can check it yourself here (http://afis.postoffice.co.uk/Parcelforce/Internet/CustServGuide/calculator.asp).

5 boxes (about 3kgs?) from UK to Belgium within 48hours: 28£ (€45) with "parcel force wordwide" (recommend parcel service UK).

[Entuscan]

Pilsy do have an idea about price, s&h, etc now ??

Damm I want one, esspecialy now i've got the funds together :)

[PiLsY]

I make that 11 cards myself and bigtoe included :). Should be able to get back to you tomorrow evening with prices. After that its a case of sorting out payments and shipping addresses.

PiLsY.

[Entuscan]

Pilsy where are you from? Or better what region of UK do you get the cards?

Just to see if it's viable to come over and pick my (and the other cards for Belgium) up myself.

If I came by train I would be in Ashford or London.
By plane I could get to Glassgow,Liverpool and london.But I don't know if I can get several cards with me on a plane

Just to get an idea of how far I would need to travel in the UK. (figure out the travel cost)

[PiLsY]

Itll be about 60 euros to ship 5 cards over insured m8. Not worth flying over really. FYI the nearest airport to me is manchester - about 35 miles away.

PiLsY.

[Entuscan]

PiLsY What about the cost of the card?

We are Yesterday's tomorrow today. damm that's making it difficult ;)

I Want one BAD :D

[PiLsY]

First off - apologies but I didnt get chance to find out today. My prometia arrived so ive had my hands full ;).

I'll find out the price from work in the morning and ask Bigtoe to post it up here if hed be so kind.

Heres a list of whos after one - correct me if your name is missing or included when it shouldnt be.

Me :p
Bigtoe
Entuscan
Creative
Killersushi
Paul K
hiwayman
Calantak
Gamer

As mentioned above - if youre missing or mistakenly included please correct me asap.

PiLsY.

[killersushi]

Well I just want to warn you in advance, that probably it's gonna be too expensive for me since GBP ist about the most expensive currency here in Switzerland. But we shall see before we yell :)

[PiLsY]

No probs m8 :).

[Entuscan]

PiLsY, you're making quite some in investments in such a short time; Prometeia & R9700.

As long as our R9700 don't cost 10% extra it's all good ;) j/k

PiLsY/Bigtoe try and ad availability too

thanks

Entuscan

[Gamer]

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can you beat that price Pilsy ?

[Entuscan]

Don't forget to add 21% tax to the price including S&H he Gamer !!!

PiLsY give us some prizes plz :)

[Creative]

Ive seen it as low as $349 in the USA and thats mega cheaper than the UK prices.

Ill let you know Pilsy very very soon, like in next 24 hours with a definate aswer...:)

Cheers buddy

Creative

[Bravo]

Originally posted by Creative
Ive seen it as low as $349 in the USA and thats mega cheaper than the UK prices.

Ill let you know Pilsy very very soon, like in next 24 hours with a definate aswer...:)

Cheers buddy

Creative

Creative, let it pass. Woofer on OCAU back home is going to order a 9700 for 324 US, and im going to order one with him.

[Creative]

Originally posted by Sinnah


Creative, let it pass. Woofer on OCAU back home is going to order a 9700 for 324 US, and im going to order one with him.

interesting :)

[PiLsY]

Im still waiting to hear whether its the Pro or bog standard 9700. Remember theres a difference of 25mhz core and mem when you look to buy. Dont forget guys - im not making money off this - its nota question of beating prices. What I can get it for is what I can get it for regardless of whether you can import from the US for cheaper :).

PiLsY.

[Gamer]

it's already nice that you want to do this PiLsY :)

I want the 9700 Pro version, not the regular 9700.

keep us informent.

[Entuscan]

I'm guessing everyone of us wants the PRO version gamer :D

[Paul.K]

I think you could be right!!! hehe...

[calantak]

;-)

[Gamer]

you think ?

:am:
:censored:
:lol:

[Entuscan]

Pilsy did you get some info and prices yet?

We'll soon be able to preorder the R10 000 I guess :)

[Gamer]

I think he's busy for the moment, benchmarking :)

[PiLsY]

Yeah sorry ive been a bit distracted recenty :).

Anyway, I found out on friday that the cards are actually R9700s, NOT the Pro version. needless to say im now waiting to hear back on an ETA on the pro cards.

Stay tuned :).

PiLsY.

[MrIcee]

Guys:)

From what I'm gathering there is only 1 version of the R9700..the R9700 Pro.

Randi:D

[Gamer]

ATI Radeon 9700
Atlantis AGP 64MB

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
Atlantis
AGP 64MB

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
AGP 128 MB

[PiLsY]

Randi...

The R9700 is a standard vid card, comes with dvi, analogue and standard stuff.

Pro version comes with all sorts of funky stuff (basically like the old all in wonder cards), but most importantly is clocked 25/25 higher :). It costs a lot more due to the extra features (even a radio control i think..), but the most important part is the clock increase. Itll either be higher yield chips or higher rated chips. Either way I want the best one ;).

PiLsY.