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[Zed Clampet]

@neogunhero if you saw the post I made that I then deleted, I looked more closely at the product and realized the positive reviews are fake. Other similar products by the same company have very poor reviews, so I would have to look around. I'm sure someone makes a good one. It was a $100 windowless air conditioner, kind of like a space heater.

 

[Colif]

It would seem there aren't enough 9070/XT in stock, that is why prices are high on what is available

GPU Price Index 2025: Lowest price on every graphics card from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel today

Check the best prices on Nvidia RTX and AMD Radeon graphics cards

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Its not easy to get either Nvidia or AMD current gen cards at stock value

 

[Zed Clampet]

It would seem there aren't enough 9070/XT in stock, that is why prices are high on what is available

GPU Price Index 2025: Lowest price on every graphics card from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel today

Check the best prices on Nvidia RTX and AMD Radeon graphics cards

www.tomshardware.com

Its not easy to get either Nvidia or AMD current gen cards at stock value

Unless you have Amazon. Maybe they are more expensive in Australia, but I can get Nvidia's relevant cards at stock prices right now. Meanwhile the 9070XT is sitting at $850. It's actually more expensive than the 5070 ti.

 

[neogunhero]

@neogunhero if you saw the post I made that I then deleted, I looked more closely at the product and realized the positive reviews are fake. Other similar products by the same company have very poor reviews, so I would have to look around. I'm sure someone makes a good one. It was a $100 windowless air conditioner, kind of like a space heater.

My local Walmart has window units on sale since we're getting closer towards fall. They're not very strong for the size of my living room, but at $120 I could make it work by placing a standing fan in front of it to help push the air around. That's basically what we did all summer, though the AC that failed us was probably a good 10-15 years old, a newer one will surely work better and use less electricity. I'm still debating if it's worth it or not, because in just a month or so we'll have to take them out the window anyways.

 

[neogunhero]

Actually I lied, I must have seen them cheaper at Home Depot. Though Walmart does have Midea brand ACs, maybe the power of Shaq will help cool my home faster.

Hold on. I'm having a Mandela effect moment. I could have sworn I saw Shaq in a Midea commercial and thought how weird it was that he's in commercials for everything including ACs. I can't find any information on it at all. When I look up his name and "air conditioning commercial" or "Midea", nothing shows up. I go to Midea's website and all I can see is Erling Haaland. My brain is melting wtf.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Actually I lied, I must have seen them cheaper at Home Depot. Though Walmart does have Midea brand ACs, maybe the power of Shaq will help cool my home faster.

Hold on. I'm having a Mandela effect moment. I could have sworn I saw Shaq in a Midea commercial and thought how weird it was that he's in commercials for everything including ACs. I can't find any information on it at all. When I look up his name and "air conditioning commercial" or "Midea", nothing shows up. I go to Midea's website and all I can see is Erling Haaland. My brain is melting wtf.

Shaq is currently the head (President) of basketball operations at Reebok, so he may not be making as many commercials for other companies anymore. There's a show on Netflix I've been watching that has been following him around while he works. It's actually pretty interesting. He's a pretty smart guy.

I asked CoPilot if Shaq had ever done commercials for Midea, and it said that he hadn't and asked me if I'd like help drafting a Shaq/Midea commercial concept.

As boring and tiresome as retirement is, I still have better ways to spend my time than imagining Shaq/Midea commercials.

 

[Colif]

Unless you have Amazon. Maybe they are more expensive in Australia, but I can get Nvidia's relevant cards at stock prices right now. Meanwhile the 9070XT is sitting at $850. It's actually more expensive than the 5070 ti.

I am not in market for a new GPU so I don't know what prices are like here. I don't look at prices unless I actually want a card.
I was going by the Tom's article which would be US prices

 

[neogunhero]

Shaq is currently the head (President) of basketball operations at Reebok, so he may not be making as many commercials for other companies anymore. There's a show on Netflix I've been watching that has been following him around while he works. It's actually pretty interesting. He's a pretty smart guy.

I asked CoPilot if Shaq had ever done commercials for Midea, and it said that he hadn't and asked me if I'd like help drafting a Shaq/Midea commercial concept.

As boring and tiresome as retirement is, I still have better ways to spend my time than imagining Shaq/Midea commercials.

Maybe it was someone else, but I'm also certain it was him. I'm like 90% certain, and I just saw it earlier this year. Maybe all information about it was scrubbed off the net, Shaq is rich enough to do that after all. Or perhaps I'm just going crazy who knows

 

[Zed Clampet]

I am not in market for a new GPU so I don't know what prices are like here. I don't look at prices unless I actually want a card.
I was going by the Tom's article which would be US prices

Well, you need to tell Tom to get his crap together

I guess you could argue that the 5070 is not at MSRP since it's $23 over, but I think that's close enough. I don't think anyone is scrapping their build over $23.