RX 5700XT Availability Woes

[leo1798]

So I've been looking to upgrade to an RX 5700XT since launch, but I've wanted a partner model, which, as you would know if you've searched for them, are nowhere to be found. I've had several models set to auto-notify on Newegg, and today the Powercolor Red Devil finally came back in stock. I got the notification at 4:14 P.M. EST, saw and checked at 4:28 P.M., and what do you know but they were already out of stock as I clicked on the listing. This is pretty frustrating, and at this point I'm wondering if I should just wait until Black Friday sales, if these cards will even go on sale. Who knows.

[Zando_]

It's probably similar to the Vega launch but worse because these actually perform damn well for the price, and are priced affordably, so everyone wants to snap one up. They should be more and more available in the next couple weeks to a month I'd imagine. 

[lostweapon]

YMMV, but I just returned two 5700XT's in a row and went with a 2060 Super instead. Could not get them to stop crashing, and this is out of the box performance with newest drivers, no tweaks at all. Black screen within 5 minutes of any game or benchmark software resulting in needing a hard reset.

 

The only way I could get them stable was reducing the power limit by 35% or more. Not worth it right now IMO until driver issues are fixed.

 

Just as an FYI, the two 5700XT's I had were a Red Devil and an ASRock non reference.

[Tonberry]

Sapphire RX 5700/XT Nitro is coming

 

https://videocardz.com/newz/sapphire-teases-radeon-rx-5700-xt-nitro

[Bartr]

On 9/3/2019 at 11:09 PM, leo1798 said:

I've had several models set to auto-notify on Newegg, and today the Powercolor Red Devil finally came back in stock. I got the notification at 4:14 P.M. EST, saw and checked at 4:28 P.M., and what do you know but they were already out of stock as I clicked on the listing.

I've had a similar experience. The 'Asus ROG Strix RX5700 XT GAMING' was in stock and would be delivered within a week. I ordered it a little under a week ago. This weekend I got an email update that the 'expected' availability was a week later then before. Now it just shows pre-order, they also increased the price by €50.

 

I can still cancel that order, that's why I'm looking for advice (these are converted local prices

1. $509, Gigabyte 5700xt Gaming (1.65ghz)
2. $555, Red Devil 5700xt (1.77ghz)
3. $576, Strix 5700xt Gaming (1.84ghz) 
4. $616, Gigabyte 2070s Gaming (1.82ghz)

All triple fans. I really want to wait for the Strix but not sure if the upgrade to 2070s is worth it. Or am I just wasting money on all of these and should I go with one of the cheaper xt's? (Playing on 1440p with Ryzen 3600).

 

Thanks in advance! Cheers,

 

PS: Should I make a separate thread for my request?

[leo1798]

12 hours ago, Bartr said:

I've had a similar experience. The 'Asus ROG Strix RX5700 XT GAMING' was in stock and would be delivered within a week. I ordered it a little under a week ago. This weekend I got an email update that the 'expected' availability was a week later then before. Now it just shows pre-order, they also increased the price by €50.

 

I can still cancel that order, that's why I'm looking for advice (these are converted local prices

1. $509, Gigabyte 5700xt Gaming (1.65ghz)
2. $555, Red Devil 5700xt (1.77ghz)
3. $576, Strix 5700xt Gaming (1.84ghz) 
4. $616, Gigabyte 2070s Gaming (1.82ghz)

All triple fans. I really want to wait for the Strix but not sure if the upgrade to 2070s is worth it. Or am I just wasting money on all of these and should I go with one of the cheaper xt's? (Playing on 1440p with Ryzen 3600).

 

Thanks in advance! Cheers,

 

PS: Should I make a separate thread for my request?

If you can get the Sapphire Pulse that would be my recommendation, otherwise go with the Gigabyte model. Sorry your pricing is so bad and out of whack. I picked up a Pulse myself because it finally came back in stock and I was tired of waiting. 

[leo1798]

18 hours ago, lostweapon said:

YMMV, but I just returned two 5700XT's in a row and went with a 2060 Super instead. Could not get them to stop crashing, and this is out of the box performance with newest drivers, no tweaks at all. Black screen within 5 minutes of any game or benchmark software resulting in needing a hard reset.

 

The only way I could get them stable was reducing the power limit by 35% or more. Not worth it right now IMO until driver issues are fixed.

 

Just as an FYI, the two 5700XT's I had were a Red Devil and an ASRock non reference.

What region are you in because I didn't know that there was even enough recent stock to have time for two RMA's? 

 

In hindsight I would've recommended running Display Driver Uninstaller and/or rolling back to a more stable driver (because AMD's drivers are generally great but they occasionally roll out a stinker). Or... it could have been power-supply related, but a 2060S would still run into similar limits due to similar power draw so I guess you'll find out. I can't blame you for wanting to switch brands tough, best of luck

[Bartr]

On 9/5/2019 at 11:08 PM, leo1798 said:

If you can get the Sapphire Pulse that would be my recommendation, otherwise go with the Gigabyte model. Sorry your pricing is so bad and out of whack. I picked up a Pulse myself because it finally came back in stock and I was tired of waiting. 

Hi Leo, thank you for your reply! Pricing and availability suck but I'm tired of waiting as well, they just postponed my Strix card by a month! Why pretend like the card is in stock? 

 

The Pulse is available for $562 or pre-order $539. I thought I saw a negative Pulse review on youtube but I mixed it up, that negative review by Steve was about the Evoke  I'll give your suggestion a though, also because all the other XT's are now pre-order only... 

 

Update: I'm going to be a patient boy

[lostweapon]

14 hours ago, leo1798 said:

What region are you in because I didn't know that there was even enough recent stock to have time for two RMA's? 

 

In hindsight I would've recommended running Display Driver Uninstaller and/or rolling back to a more stable driver (because AMD's drivers are generally great but they occasionally roll out a stinker). Or... it could have been power-supply related, but a 2060S would still run into similar limits due to similar power draw so I guess you'll find out. I can't blame you for wanting to switch brands tough, best of luck

East Coast... I have a few MicroCenters near me, so the purchases and returns were made in store. I was re-hauling my system completely (new build coming from a 1st gen i5 760 and a R9 380). I've always been team Red for the most part, so I was looking forward to the 5700 series.

 

I also did use DDU, and my PSU is a 850 Watt 80+ Seasonic Focus Gold, so there is enough juice flowing.

 

The 2060S has been running flawlessly since I've gotten it.