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devilchrist

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I decided it was not worth it to pay the extra cash for the immediate benefit.
ordered the XFX from amazon for 266. not sure how long it will take for them to get it back in stock for my order but at least I don't get charged until they ship.
 
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pyro451

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devilchrist said:
I decided it was not worth it to pay the extra cash for the immediate benefit.
ordered the XFX from amazon for 266. not sure how long it will take for them to get it back in stock for my order but at least I don't get charged until they ship.
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I did the same, just to get in line. However, that will not stop me from jumping on a card for $300 if one becomes available. Amazon will allow you to cancel that order up to the time they charge it.
 
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bmurray91

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Well, my open box "5850" came today. I was all excited, opened the box, and took it out only to realize that they had somehow managed to send me an Asus 9600GSO instead. Nice one Newegg.
 
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bmurray91

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No such luck. Their RMA's on open-box products are "refund only." Guess it's back to searching for me.
 
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bmurray91

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That's odd. It says auto-notify when you search "5850," but if you click it says add to cart. Anyways, ordered it, thanks for the update sovapid.

The race is on!!

edit: All gone.
 
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sovapid

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I was reading on another forum that, at least on new egg, the index page is cached and will be out of date for some time on their side. If you go directly to the product page, it will always be right.

Right after I posted, I went back and checked the 5870, one was in stock and I grabbed one of those too.

So far the 5850 is showing as charged, the 5870 still says processing.
 
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gtbuck31

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right now ewiz is showing sapphire 5850 available, the catch is that it's $339. all I can confirm is that it let me add to cart.

has anyone put a 5850 in your cart at amazon while they were on backorder and been notified?
 
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tribunal88

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Stryker7314 said:
Dang, why so cheap, lol!

These 5800 series prices are getting out of hand..
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Actually just the opposite, they could not be more in hand. It's supply and demand: While the supply is low and the demand is high the resellers can increase their margin, which in this economy they'll take advantage of. I was able to 'buy' a 5870 yesterday from zipzoomfly (I use single-quotes because it's still in a 'processing' state - I'm waiting to see if they actually ship me one) for the 10 minutes they had some in stock and the "Notify Me" button turned into "Purchase", but it cost me $439. That's $40 above MSRP ($60 if you count the $379 from launch), and sellers can charge whatever the market will bear until supply returns.

But it's important to remember that even with low supplies there's a threshold above which the products will not move. In that respect, the consumer still dictates price (hence my comment about still being "in hand"). The market is trying to find that threshold, and it will only be temporary. As soon as the demand is met, either by AMD increasing chip yields or the market becoming saturated with the product, the price will drop as resellers minimize their margins to gain market share.

My guess would be sometime before Christmas. AMD and the card mfgs will want to grab the Christmas market.
 
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Colt4545

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Newegg had some Sapphire 5870s in stock this morning, but they sold out before I could select my shipping option and click Submit.
 
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pyro451

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gtbuck31 said:
right now ewiz is showing sapphire 5850 available, the catch is that it's $339. all I can confirm is that it let me add to cart.

has anyone put a 5850 in your cart at amazon while they were on backorder and been notified?
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My Amazon order say "Will not arrive before December 25th" in the status. :(
 
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smoothvirus

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tribunal88 said:
My guess would be sometime before Christmas. AMD and the card mfgs will want to grab the Christmas market.
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Admittedly, I'm mostly going by my gut here, but I don't see availability of the 5800 series cards getting any better before 2010.

AMD did some interviews claiming that there was a problem getting the GPU's to market but the situation would resolve itself in a few weeks. That did not happen, indeed the situation got even worse. And now we are seeing the stories that the fab problems are not going to be resolved until 1Q 2010.

I don't see the current situation ending before the year is out. Prices are probably going to go up even more as Christmas approaches. I would not be surprised one bit to see retailers selling these cards at the $499 price point by then.
 
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ScorcherDarkly

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smoothvirus said:
Prices are probably going to go up even more as Christmas approaches. I would not be surprised one bit to see retailers selling these cards at the $499 price point by then.
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The introduction of the 5970 should keep 5870 prices from creeping up too high. After all, why pay $500 for 1 GPU when $100 more would get you two? Now, if price creep in the 58 series causes price creep in the 59 series, then we're just screwed. However, unless the demand for the 5970 is just way over expectations, I don't think that's going to happen.
 
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