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nuke737
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  #3350992 7-Mar-2025 13:15
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Maybe my mistake was picking the closer, smaller PB branch ahahha




lagbort
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  #3350993 7-Mar-2025 13:18
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One of my friends managed to order a 9070xt Pulse from PB website yesterday by doing some sort of URL manipulation to get it into his cart.

Shipped yesterday from Auckland and has just been delivered in Wellington


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  #3350995 7-Mar-2025 13:26
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MaxineN:

 

pmnz:

 

Just picked up mine, orderd about 310am

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the one without the 12 volt high failure connector.

 

 

 

(sorry I had to)

 

 

 

 

Yep was staying away from those ones




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  #3350996 7-Mar-2025 13:29
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dustysmurf:

 

I haven't heard anything today.. Hopefully it will be tomorrow  (as per the ETA status on my order).

 

 

 

Guess it must be tomorrow already.

 

 

 


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  #3350997 7-Mar-2025 13:35
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nuke737:

 

Maybe my mistake was picking the closer, smaller PB branch ahahha

 

 

 

 

2nd of May... Wow that sucks.

I spied at least another 4-5 Sapphire cards waiting for pick-up... along with a mythical Asus-5090.


littlehead
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  #3351016 7-Mar-2025 14:30
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pmnz:

 

Just picked up mine, orderd about 310am

 

 

 

 

 

Bit of an aside, is it just me or does this look like  "Sapphire Puke" to anyone else? First thing I saw and had to do a double take. 


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  #3351023 7-Mar-2025 15:16
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Anyone planning to sell their old cards? :)


 
 
 
 

Trade NZ and US shares and funds with Hatch (affiliate link).
dustysmurf
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  #3351025 7-Mar-2025 15:18
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rdrrdr:

 

Anyone planning to sell their old cards? :)

 

 

I'm pretty sure that nobody is going to want my 1030Gt.. Thou I think it's the "good" one with DDR5. (2GB)


CrushKill

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  #3351034 7-Mar-2025 15:56
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Mauro145:

 

nuke737:

 

Tried to get a Pulse 9070XT at 3am from PBTech. Checkout at 3:04am and its saying pick it up in May rofl. Maybe they've presold it all to folks like dustysmurf

 

 

 

 

I got to buy one after it was freed from someone else's cart by 3:30. I just read this...

 

 

 

https://videocardz.com/newz/retailer-confirms-radeon-rx-9070-msrp-only-applies-to-first-shipments-price-set-to-increase-later

 

 

 

 

So, more fake msrp like nvidia.

 

 

 

What a timeline - AMD cards going UP after launch. Things are that bad.


CrushKill

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  #3351036 7-Mar-2025 15:57
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rdrrdr:

 

Anyone planning to sell their old cards? :)

 

 

Think I'll just keep the 3080 till it dies - hopefully it lasts to next gen.


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  #3351039 7-Mar-2025 16:12
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May end up selling a 5700 XT or a GTX 1070 once the 9070 XT arrives. More recent cards will just cascade down through the desktops.


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  #3351123 7-Mar-2025 18:08
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pmnz:

 

MaxineN:

 

 

 

This is the one without the 12 volt high failure connector.

 

 

 

(sorry I had to)

 

 

 

 

Yep was staying away from those ones

 

 

Honestly, as a 4090 owner with corsair 12vhpwr cable it’s been fine for the last two+ years. I’ve done my fair share of worrying back then and still check now and then including 12v sensors. A friend is also the same, so a sample size of two but still working without issue.

 

Edit: unless the radeons have a specific issue of course.


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  #3351153 7-Mar-2025 20:24
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SpartanVXL:

 

Honestly, as a 4090 owner with corsair 12vhpwr cable it’s been fine for the last two+ years. I’ve done my fair share of worrying back then and still check now and then including 12v sensors. A friend is also the same, so a sample size of two but still working without issue.

 

Edit: unless the radeons have a specific issue of course.

 

 

also 4090, but my GPU power draw has been under 350W. i think you have issues when going over 400W for long periods.

 

linus also did a review of the cables, not all connector cables are made equal. (the bad ones have short or retracting pins)


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  #3351154 7-Mar-2025 20:26
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SpartanVXL:

 

Edit: unless the radeons have a specific issue of course.

 

 

as mentioned, melting is to do with power draw and/or the pins being too short or some even retract when you push in the plug.


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  #3351284 8-Mar-2025 07:58
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Update on my Sapphire Pulse 9070XT order. Placed at 3am on the dot, pretty annoyed:

 

 

 


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