I appreciate the summary. I'm not quite ready to upgrade, but I'm at the point where in beginning to watch for good deals and bundles tend to provide good deals.
How does one find out if Amazon.com is an eligible retailer? I bought an RX 470 during the valid offer period, so I'd really like to get a copy of Hitman. I have no idea how to get the Unique ID they're requesting.
I don't see any mention of the promotion on RX 470 listings on Amazon, so it's quite possible they aren't a participating retailer (nevermind the possibility that you purchased from an Amazon seller rather than Amazon itself).
If you purchase from a participating retailer, the retailer should have provided the Unique ID. From an online retailer, that would have been via email most likely.
they bought the game.. get the code, then return the videocard.. so technically some abusive people were getting Gears of War 4 codes for free and these codes were SOLD in ebay. And amazon ended with a ton of open box 1070's and 1080's.
"AMD has also teamed up with popular retailers to provide Steam codes for Doom and Sid Meier’s Civilization VI to those who buy an Intel Core i5-6600K CPU and a select AMD Radeon RX 480 video card..." Why would AMD be providing incentives to purchase intel chips? Why would an AMD bundle not have an AMD cpu? This doesn't make sense.
+1 on AMD being realistic. As the owner of an 860K, I think AMD is wise to pair up with Intel for the moment to encourage GPU sales. Their GPUs are probably higher margin products since the CPUs have languished and earned a reputation as bargin bin budget processors that don't compete well. Their pricing probably means AMD earns very little per sale so there's likely money to lose on those sales for bundling a game that someone (AMD) ultimately had to pay some amount for to give away for free with a product. You'll probably see a stronger marketing push of their processors once Ryzen hits OEM and retail channels as long as AMD is as competitve as their hype and limited demonstrations are showing.
People building new gaming PC's in the short term are going to be using an Intel Processor. Zen's not here yet so that just leaves people with either AMD or Nvidia for the GPU. Get a free good game with Intel+AMD is a nice hook rather than Intel+Nvidia but no extra game
Keep in mind AMD and Intel are much closer partners than NVidia and Intel. If AMD wants to push VR, they have nothing to lose partnering up with Intel to sells PC's with Intel CPU's and AMD graphics cards.
As the OP said, this is a realistic move on AMD's part. Even if they gave people a bundle of free games that came close to the value of an AMD CPU, most people aren't going to go for it because as it is right now AMD has such a terrible reputation in the CPU market that nobody except for diehard fans would go for it. Sure some people could be swayed on price but anybody shopping for high end GPU's or VR aren't concerned about price.
Most of these Nvidia bundles are bullshit. I was engaged into a game of "find who is responsible for your game" betwen different groups when I purchased a 1070 thru amazon... amazon sent me to amazon mexico, amazon mexico sent me to nvidia, nvidia blamed amazon, yet they ended sending me to a third party provider.. who claimed that I should contact amazon.. amazon MEX said they wont provide codes (which is bs again, since amazon has given me codes of many games before.. be promotionals, dlcs etc..) then sent me yet to a another provider which said my purchase "did not apply".
I was really disappointed with Serious Sam The Last Hope in VR. There is no movement. You are stuck standing in place like a glorified shooting gallery. Oculus Store was nice enough to return my money for that purchase. Also be aware there is another VR version of Serious Sam called the First Encounter which to my understanding is a port of the original Serious Sam for VR. Reading through the Forums seems to indicate it's still half baked though. I'm waiting for some real VR titles to come out like the latest Doom and Fallout 4.
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ImSpartacus - Wednesday, December 14, 2016 - link
I appreciate the summary. I'm not quite ready to upgrade, but I'm at the point where in beginning to watch for good deals and bundles tend to provide good deals.euskalzabe - Thursday, December 15, 2016 - link
How does one find out if Amazon.com is an eligible retailer? I bought an RX 470 during the valid offer period, so I'd really like to get a copy of Hitman. I have no idea how to get the Unique ID they're requesting.Anybody can help?
kyuu - Thursday, December 15, 2016 - link
I don't see any mention of the promotion on RX 470 listings on Amazon, so it's quite possible they aren't a participating retailer (nevermind the possibility that you purchased from an Amazon seller rather than Amazon itself).If you purchase from a participating retailer, the retailer should have provided the Unique ID. From an online retailer, that would have been via email most likely.
Jad77 - Thursday, December 15, 2016 - link
Amazon hasn't been participating in any of these promotions since they got swindled during the Gear of War 4 promo.bji - Thursday, December 15, 2016 - link
How did Amazon get swindled during the Gears of War 4 promo?tamalero - Friday, December 16, 2016 - link
they bought the game.. get the code, then return the videocard..so technically some abusive people were getting Gears of War 4 codes for free and these codes were SOLD in ebay. And amazon ended with a ton of open box 1070's and 1080's.
wrkingclass_hero - Thursday, December 15, 2016 - link
"AMD has also teamed up with popular retailers to provide Steam codes for Doom and Sid Meier’s Civilization VI to those who buy an Intel Core i5-6600K CPU and a select AMD Radeon RX 480 video card..."Why would AMD be providing incentives to purchase intel chips? Why would an AMD bundle not have an AMD cpu? This doesn't make sense.
T1beriu - Thursday, December 15, 2016 - link
Because 5 times more sales if bundled with intel chips. They have more to win. They're realistic.BrokenCrayons - Thursday, December 15, 2016 - link
+1 on AMD being realistic. As the owner of an 860K, I think AMD is wise to pair up with Intel for the moment to encourage GPU sales. Their GPUs are probably higher margin products since the CPUs have languished and earned a reputation as bargin bin budget processors that don't compete well. Their pricing probably means AMD earns very little per sale so there's likely money to lose on those sales for bundling a game that someone (AMD) ultimately had to pay some amount for to give away for free with a product. You'll probably see a stronger marketing push of their processors once Ryzen hits OEM and retail channels as long as AMD is as competitve as their hype and limited demonstrations are showing.wrkingclass_hero - Thursday, December 15, 2016 - link
But bundling with Intel doesn't make them any money. Why not just offer the codes for the card itself?TheFlyingSquirrel - Thursday, December 15, 2016 - link
People building new gaming PC's in the short term are going to be using an Intel Processor. Zen's not here yet so that just leaves people with either AMD or Nvidia for the GPU. Get a free good game with Intel+AMD is a nice hook rather than Intel+Nvidia but no extra gameCARRYSOMO - Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - link
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Samus - Friday, December 16, 2016 - link
Keep in mind AMD and Intel are much closer partners than NVidia and Intel. If AMD wants to push VR, they have nothing to lose partnering up with Intel to sells PC's with Intel CPU's and AMD graphics cards.As the OP said, this is a realistic move on AMD's part. Even if they gave people a bundle of free games that came close to the value of an AMD CPU, most people aren't going to go for it because as it is right now AMD has such a terrible reputation in the CPU market that nobody except for diehard fans would go for it. Sure some people could be swayed on price but anybody shopping for high end GPU's or VR aren't concerned about price.
tamalero - Friday, December 16, 2016 - link
Most of these Nvidia bundles are bullshit.I was engaged into a game of "find who is responsible for your game" betwen different groups when I purchased a 1070 thru amazon... amazon sent me to amazon mexico, amazon mexico sent me to nvidia, nvidia blamed amazon, yet they ended sending me to a third party provider.. who claimed that I should contact amazon.. amazon MEX said they wont provide codes (which is bs again, since amazon has given me codes of many games before.. be promotionals, dlcs etc..) then sent me yet to a another provider which said my purchase "did not apply".
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towlie420 - Monday, January 9, 2017 - link
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