5970 -- any clue when they're going to be in stock please?

Galea · 27 Nov 2009 at 19:49

I'm planning to make a hefty purchase: that of either a Sapphire or XFX 5970 AND a modular Corsair PSU 850W.

I'm just itching to purchase the PSU to start off with. What's holding me is that were I to order both together I'd pay €30.21 in shipping whereas where I to order them separately I'd have pay a total of €43.03 in shipping.

Hence my question, are the 5970's envisaged to be in stock and available before the end of the year?

Thanks.

Exergy · 27 Nov 2009 at 20:01

Would also like to know this...

PrincessFrosty · 27 Nov 2009 at 20:05

Any explination for the missed 27th shipments would be appreciated, OCUK isnt the only place to miss this deadline, just interested in knowing what happened.

Ghengis · 27 Nov 2009 at 20:12

PrincessFrosty said:
Any explination for the missed 27th shipments would be appreciated, OCUK isnt the only place to miss this deadline, just interested in knowing what happened.

.......... Guess you're waiting for your cheap-sapphire as am I!

jigger · 27 Nov 2009 at 20:34

I would imagine the big system builders are getting them all between now and Christmas.

Pr0SteR · 27 Nov 2009 at 20:38

there was a load of them, with select numbers available, bah humbug, and I just got Antec 1200 for it (

PrincessFrosty · 27 Nov 2009 at 20:46

Ghengis said:
.......... Guess you're waiting for your cheap-sapphire as am I!

What did you get yours for?

The pre order included a set amount so I find it hard to believe they're just taking preorders willynilly, they'd just have unlimited pre orders otherwise yet once they were filled the product just went out of stock. The fact other stores have the same date means something must have happened.

If a lorry load of these cards crashed leaving the sapphire warehouse and destroyed a shipment I might cry.

Pr0SteR · 27 Nov 2009 at 20:49

did you ring up and ask whats the situation? I am hesistant with phones.

Axion · 27 Nov 2009 at 21:10

When questioned about the XFX 5970 BE I received the following courteous reply via a webnote, "No stock has arrived sir, we suspect it wont turn up until next week now."

Ghengis · 27 Nov 2009 at 21:18

PrincessFrosty said:
What did you get yours for?

The pre order included a set amount so I find it hard to believe they're just taking preorders willynilly, they'd just have unlimited pre orders otherwise yet once they were filled the product just went out of stock. The fact other stores have the same date means something must have happened.

If a lorry load of these cards crashed leaving the sapphire warehouse and destroyed a shipment I might cry.

........Ordered a Sapphire @ £434.04 (free delivery) and also a XFX BE @ £485 (inc delivery). I thought I'd see which comes in first and cancel the other.

PrincessFrosty · 27 Nov 2009 at 21:26

Heh good plan, yeah I got my sapphire for the same. A steal if they ever arrive.

Phoned them today and they didnt have any managers about so no idea on why the delay, one of the managers is emailing me back on monday with an update. If they give a believeable reason other than "we were guessing" i'll update y'all

zgap112 · 27 Nov 2009 at 23:31

PrincessFrosty said:
The pre order included a set amount so I find it hard to believe they're just taking preorders willynilly, they'd just have unlimited pre orders otherwise yet once they were filled the product just went out of stock.

Why not? The list hasn't changed for weeks... probably taking lots of pre orders... getting all the £££ in... shame that interest rates are low...

PrincessFrosty · 28 Nov 2009 at 01:18

I'm not talking about OCUK, I'm talking about the place I pre orderd my card which had the same 27th availability date. They had a set number of pre orders once they ran out the card was removed from the site, there was about 10 for the sapphires.

Galea · 28 Nov 2009 at 15:08

Does anyone staff @ OcUK know the arrival date of the 5970's?

TAC4U · 28 Nov 2009 at 18:21

I'd like to know too, as I've been waiting 10 days now.

=VTA=MANFACE · 28 Nov 2009 at 18:34

Galea said:
Corsair PSU 850W.

Great PSU bought it to go with my 5970.

marley82 · 28 Nov 2009 at 19:12

Will a Corsair TX750 be enough for a 5970 you think? I hope so

PrincessFrosty · 28 Nov 2009 at 20:58

Bump for answer also.

=VTA=MANFACE · 28 Nov 2009 at 22:03

marley82 said:
Will a Corsair TX750 be enough for a 5970 you think? I hope so

PrincessFrosty said:
Bump for answer also.

Yeah, they should do fine. I was running a Jeantech 700Watt with this 5970 and no problems.

PrincessFrosty · 28 Nov 2009 at 22:20

Checking the store I see the Sapphire expected date has been changed to 01/12/09 which is tuesday, can any official OCUK staff comment on what caused the delay? And also how solid the 01/12/09 date is?