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[cpurpe91]

Earlier I complained about the price above MSRP at Best Buy before the launch, but looking around on the internet there are still quite a few models still in stock at or near MSRP on other retailer sites. Many Microcenters still have them at decent prices as well. Scalpers are scalping. This is to be expected, but there is still stock on many retailer sites. This leads me to believe that this launch is going well, in terms of availability. 

On the performance side of things, I feel good about the where the RX 9000 series fit in on the charts. Of course, it isn't an RTX 4090. It's comparable to the RX 7900 class cards. For the price this is actually very good. Had I not gotten a RX 7900 XTX in November, I would be looking into buying the RX 9070 XT as an upgrade over my RX 7900 XT. 

I feel good about this launch.

Here's hoping AMD can grab onto some more of the GPU market, since this was the goal of targeting the mid-range. 

How do you all feel about this launch?

[ardankyaosen]

This was AMD's big chance to gain market share.  Their warehouses should have been bulging at the seams with stock.  Yet, here are all the current RX 9700 prices:

PCPartPicker RX 9700 Prices

and here are the RX 9700 XT prices:

PCPartPicker RX 9700 XT Prices

And, of course, AMD isn't making reference cards any more and is no longer selling cards in their own store.  Just terrible.

[Qoojo]

and who is buying at those prices?! Those people are the ones that are the problem.

[eebiii]

Not AMD. Just look around. As of this morning, there is 1 OC 9070XT card available at my local microcenter. If you look on the website, they have 7 cards at $599 and the rest are OC cards that range from $619-849. 

ASUS AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT TUF Gaming Overclocked Triple Fan 16GB GDDR6 PCIe 5.0 Graphics Card - Mic...

It is Amazon, Best Buy, Newegg, eBay and all the other online retailers that are allowing this to happen. Have you ever heard of some of these stores selling you products? No because they opened an account on amazon a month ago to sell you msrp 5070 and 9070 cards to triple the price $1368 for the same card. 

Amazon.com: ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Edition 16GB GDDR6 Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe® 5.0,...

List of cards at Microcenter. Compare it with everywhere else. You will see where the problem is. Doesn't matter how many cards are pushed out. 

9070xt : Micro Center

I know a lot of people do not live near a microcenter and I am trying to show you that is it the same problem that's been here for the last 5-6 years. Bots and Resellers! Everyone is a pawn shop now except for triple the price.

[ardankyaosen]

If AMD had continued selling their reference cards in their own store, that might have put a damper on these prices and behaviors.  But, they sided with their card manufacturing partners instead of with the end users.  I guess it makes sense since it's easier to have a handful of customers (i.e., the manufacturers) than it is to have millions of them (i.e., us).  But, it's a bit disappointing.

[eebiii]

They announced that like 3 months ago. No impact here. They also have been tinkering with the idea since 2020 with the 6000 series. So, this was inevitable. Plus, just AMD making cards wouldn't have filled gaps and as you can see, no number of cards on the market can stop what's happening with reselling.

[sadfasdfasdfasdfas]

newest features of AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition

1. FSR 4

2. MSRP Upscaling

[ardankyaosen]

Not that we need confirmation, but here's Gamers Nexus' video on this launch:

https://youtu.be/SPE95_RnL_Q?si=l_GQWfo2DO9oUP7G 

[Eudicots]

It's a really good product, too bad it's sold out in all the retailers near me. Not too much of an issue for me since I usually avoid the first run, so I'm just hoping for a larger restock. Otherwise it's a pretty solid launch.

[mengelag]

The stock should be back in no time. This is just the initial day-one release. The same would happen with any hyped item, say, like a new Xbox or PS6. It would sell out instantly. Us regular folk, I think, just have to wait a little while longer, unfortunately.

[Bmacek01]

My local Micro Center just restocked a handful of Power Color RX 9070's at MSRP, so that's something at least.