Wow so affordable, such price to performance. Cheers Australian government cunts.
I like how mwave turns green when you select nvidia, I wonder howmuch that cost them
>>54797613
Probably more than AMD could afford to turn their shit red
>>54797597
Can see why would blame the government...
Not the importers/distributors...
>>54797677
the government forces overseas retailers to collect gst thus emboldening importers to raise prices
dummy
>>54797688
I am sorry?
You would rather offshore companies to not pay even less in taxes?
It's cute you think they would even drop the price without GST.
>protip, they won't.
>>54797597
i thought the founders edition costs extra money and has no additional performance over a non founders card.
>>54797688
you are talking about duty/tariffs right?
>>54797704
why should a retailer in another fucking country need to cowtow to whatever Fucking Australia wants
>>54797597
i import aluminium here to be welded to australian certifications (because our laws are so stringent), and the dropping dollar value is absolutely killing us.
there used to be a time where i joked about video games and technology being so expensive here, but now this shit is affecting everything and nobody's fucking laughing.
>>54797746
And people keep wondering why Australian industry is nose-diving..
>>54797717
OP here, photo is from an Australian retailer.
Also, because we are a handsome and athletic nation? I dunno
>10% GST Ausfailia
>Importers being retarded
>Blame Nvidia for high prices
>>54797764
AMD cards are no better, 950 dollarydoos for a fury x when amazon has them for 650 usd
>>54797776
650USD=905AUD
>>54797717
They aren't a foreign retailer.
You seem to not understand the importer section of the whole situation.
You want to know who is gouging the prices, guess what it's the importer.
And are you immensely dense, why the fuck shouldn't they be paying taxes.
>>54797597
In the third world I can't even buy one of those with that sky-rocket price
>>54797792
Guess the exchange rate is worse than I thought it was. Still not worth it for the watercooling meme
>>54797597
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=1179+aud+in+usd
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goods_and_services_tax_(Australia)
>An increase of the GST to 15% has been put forward
RIP IN PEACE AUSFAILIANS
>>54797796
The importer and/or distributor pay duty or tariffs on it once it enters the country.
>>54797597
Looks like I'll either stick to my 680 or upgrade to amd.
>>54797810
>847 = 700
live in a proper country not in another planet
>>54797755
>people
i think you mean blindly faithful socialists who don't seem to realize that their love and faith in "the system" is being exploited by disgraceful shit like WestConnex.
unrelated, but interesting bit of technological food for thought in australia, though:
when self driving cars are a thing (and they will be, in some form or another), we're going to lose an absolutely gigantic stream of federal income, as autonomous vehicles don't commit traffic offenses and it's cheaper for an owner to send the vehicle home than to pay for parking in the city.
they're effectively driving for twice as long, generating twice as much loading on roads, with nothing but bridge tolls now contributing to federal revenue.
your tax dollars are currently being spent on a crack team of g-men in the department of transport and main roads are trying to figure out how to squeeze money out of your future likelihood of owning an autonomous vehicle, while our country's major north/south highway, linking 3 states, is one-lane and 40km/h.
ITT strayapoor.
>thermal throttling
why would anyone buy this abomination anyway?
last time my shit thermal throttled was with P4 Prescott for fucks sake.
>>54797597
How's that expensive, isn't the euro worth about 2 times that of the AUD?
That's the same price in yurop, i'd reckon.
>>54797874
It's ok when it's with us Eurocucks :^)
>20-25% VAT YUROPOOR
>Blame Nvidia for high prices
>>54797848
NSW alone collects almost half a mill every day just from speed and red light cameras. Not even exaggerating either, it's a serious chunk of state revenue
Damn, I love that fan design yet it performs so poorly.
In my country, that's a lot of money.
I could live for months with $1199.
Thanks AMD, for my High-poor rig.
>>54797924
>people driving dangerously and illegally
>get fined
>fucking government
>>54797835
What is the goods and services tax...
>>54797924
i'd usually laugh at them for being dumb cunts, but these days they're handing out tickets for things like having your car radio on too loud
Ã'm terrified that australia's going to go broke and that i'm not a rich enough man to weather the economic fallout
>>54797968
lets be real here, the "ticket quota" that the police have been denying since the 80's has been essentially proven to be true
>>54797968
At what point did I say it was a bad thing? It wasn't even implied. Learn to read m8. I bet you drive like a cunt.
>"No household needs more than 1Mbps"
>"No household needs a gun"
>"There is no need for pornography and drug use in video games""
>"The tech industry is detrimental to Australian culture"
>"Tech imports should be taxed heavily to encourage Australians to make their own stuff"
>"Our politicians should be entitled to a 350% raise, they work more hours a week than any job out there"
>"Coal is the future"
>"Australian citizens should be taxed heavily for using coal for electricity - then the coal companies can be given tax breaks to help them meet quotas"
>"It's in Australia's best interest for China to buyout our busi'nesses. Australians simply aren't good with business"
>"We [the government] shouldn't be paying for a welfare system - the people should learn to take care of themselves. The welfare system builds a community of a lazy people that sit around doing nothing expecting help"
Australia's politicians.
Why do you care?
Do you even know CUDA?
You should get more babies.
Of course it's expensive to ship shit to the end of the world for a population thats so tiny as yours.
>>54797982
The price difference is a bit greater than 10%...
>>54798015
who need babbies when we can just import kiwis, lebs and rajpreets
>>54797993
You forgot
>It's a good idea to let chinese investors buy up massive amounts of property in capital cities
>If you want a house just ask your parents for money
>If you're poor just get a better paying job and be rich, idiots
>>54797993
The last one is absolutely true, we ought to be doing everything we can to prevent rewarding people for their bad behaviour. I'd start with bringing back work for the dole, and finish off with denying people who access government handouts the right to vote. Socialists shouldn't be allowed to bribe voters.
I'm completely with you on the rest though. Nice post anyway.
>>54798015
It's cheaper to fly to the US and buy Adobe shit than it is to buy it online in Australia.
Does it cost more to send photoshop all the way through the internet pipes to Australia or something?
The economy of scale argument doesn't justify the massive price increase most of the time, for any type of goods be it physical or digital
>>54797848
>send the vehicle home
Fuck that, I'm going to tell mine to stay as close as possible, do slow laps, hang out in standing zones and wait on backstreets like a vagrant. Optional availability plus.
>>54798045
Somewhat agree, but I feel sorry for all the poor cunts who were born into shit families in Mount Druit. I wouldn't want them to starve to death because their parents are fuckwits, but I'd also never want to hire any of them if I was a business owner.
The dole is shit anyway, if you have to live on that little money your life sucks.
>>54798098
I'm going to tell mine to plow through pedestrian crossings near schools
>Ausfailia voted for Liberal Part
>They killed FTTH and instead give you inferior FTTN
TOPPEST LELKEK
>>54797987
>lets be real here, the "ticket quota" that the police have been denying since the 80's has been essentially proven to be true
Ticket quotas don't apply to cameras, which is what was specified.
>>54797597
Asus founders edition Aus $1199 = £590 in the U.k
Asus founders edition U.K £650 = $1322 in Aus
Stop complaining we have it worse.
>>54798119
Check out the new man, turns out FTTN is fucked and will end up costing waaayyyy more than FTTH (Massive fucking surprise there). Now Turnbull has done a full 360 and walked away by switching to Labor's original FTTH plan.
Toppest of Keks indeedd
>>54798139
Yes but you are an uncharismatic nation so no one sympathises with you.
>>54797871
180w tdp and full-cover waterblocks
i'll use the reference cooler until it shits me too much and then it's water time
>>54797924
the butthurt in vic parliament was hilarious when we all started to behave ourselves on the roads and they "lost" a fuckload of revenue they'd been banking on
>>54798189
Wouldn't work in NSW, no one can out-grandma the grandma state
>>54797597
>buying the Goyim edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22ePLtROm6I
This one is 50 bucks cheaper, it is still just a reference card with a better cooler, but much quiter, cools and oc'd much better and its cheaper top kek.
The ones with custom pcbs are really going to trash anything AMD has
>>54798226
Agreed but I wish EVGA had of kept a similar design to the 900 series coolers, the stealth look was so sexy. Guess it doesn't matter to most, unless you have a window case
>>54798244
I don't think it looks to bad honestly
>>54797597
> Founders Edition
> Founders Edition
> Founders Edition
> Founders Edition
Founders Edition cards are intentionally more expensive. Wait until they post prices for the non-rice versions. Or better yet, wait six months for the price to drop
>>54798281
>non rice-versions
You mean the rice-versions, which will be cheaper
I know this happens every election cycle but which of my Ausbros are truly sick of living here?
It just happens to be election time, but the endless barrage of stupid shit happening here just makes me want to pack my bags and try living somewhere else. At least a country that isn't stuck in the stone age with internet infrastructure. It's becoming truly pathetic at this point.
One thing about Australia is the country isn't forward thinking, at all. Who cares about renewables. Who cares about internet infrastructure.
I'll tell you what is important though, buying that investment property.
>>54797677
i blame the government for my shitty internet
>tfw no qt fibre to my home
fuck this gay earth
>>54798375
Other than your politicians and tech stone age your country is sweet was fuck though.
I was there for a month and it was beautiful
>>54798390
I'm sure it is fantastic to come to Australia on a holiday. But living here is a different situation familia.
>>54798281
Prices for the other versions are even higher.There are no cheaper models available at launch.
>>54798226
>stock reference PCB
>$50 extra than MSRP just for the cooler
Nah.
>>54798446
I think you should let go of the dream that any cards will be launched at MRSP
Custom cards always carried a small premium over the MRSP
>>54798385
Relevant to pricing of retail.
Oh wait, it isn't.
>>54798139
Not even the most expensive version, ~$1237 AUS.
We always have it worse in the EU.
I know the prices are fucking bad in Australia, but are they bad in Kiwiland?
t. bong
>>54798375
>I'll tell you what is important though, buying that investment property.
To be fair, how the fuck else do you make money here?
>>54798016
Oh no its 15% more with a ten percent tax on it. In a geographically isolated island nation. Jesus fucking christ cry more.
Founders edition cards are ideal for SLI due to the blower fans.
>>54798453
That is not the case with Radeon for years where sometimes the price for custom card is cheaper than the base card.
Same shit can be said about GTX900 series.
But for some reason the AIBs for Nvidia is having a hard time matching the MSRP Nvidia stated with most of it floating closely to $700 mark.
>>54798563
>That is not the case with Radeon for years where sometimes the price for custom card is cheaper than the base card.
That's just due to price cuts, obviously you need to compare prices at launch
>>54797688
>>54797677
>>54797597
It's your fault you live in the other fucking end of the world. Importing this shit to your shithole costs money you know.
>>54798695
The import costs are not the big deal here, rather the import tariffs on imported technology that the government imposes
>>54798375
I don't want to live somewhere else, I just want to government to be a bit more forward thinking, rather than cunts like Abbott actively taking us back in time.
>>54798695
Thanks for your opinion big strong american
*tips trucker hat
>>54798706
It's really not that expensive, the money made selling products here massively outweighs the cost of getting them here. It's just regulations on pricing as weak as shit so companies can get away with whatever they like
>>54798817
>government regulations like tariffs and GST artifcally raise the price
>obvious answer is more government
>>54798695
>goods made in Asian countries cost more to ship to Australia, then the U.S.
Sure thing champ.
/g/ trying to explain basic economic concepts is amazingly awful
>>54798695
pls stop
A New King!
>>54798853
/g/ trying to explain technology is amazingly awful most of the time, anything else is off the spectrum
>>54797636
Amd is already in the red
What's with all these literally who websites?
Where's Amazon/Newegg?
>>54797613
Centrecom does the same shit, Nvidia going hard
>>54798873
That's straight up criminal.
>>54798920
newegg is a literally who website amerifat
>>54798920
Here you go senpai.
>Nvidiots will actually pay this much
>>54798969
Does it come with a blowjob or something? Surely that's meant to be in USD not pounds?
