MC AMD GPU supply.

[Gunnar A.]

First I'd like to start by saying this is my first post here and did my best to find where this belonged and this is what I deemed best. 

The title is based on a couple of tech related pages I am apart of and or run. Mostly based out of Missouri (USA). 

I have continually been seeing many reports of the local Microcenters on their daily stock from members and noticing it isn't moving. Yet the retail prices have stayed the same for weeks. 

I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed or seen this with their local MC or other retailer.

It has been Mostly AMD 6700xt, 6800xt and 6900xts. Along with a good amount of 3090's.

It just doesn't match the narrative that people are having a hard time finding GPU's or getting their hands on them.

So my question to you guys is, do you think this is a sign that this storm is coming to an end? Or..... Is this some form of market control tactics to keep prices up? 

(No I am not saying reviewers/influencers or otherwise are the ones doing so)

[CommanderAlex]

4 minutes ago, Gunnar A. said:

I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed or seen this with their local MC or other retailer.

It has been Mostly AMD 6700xt, 6800xt and 6900xts. Along with a good amount of 3090's.

 

 

...So my question to you guys is, do you think this is a sign that this storm is coming to an end? Or..... Is this some form of market control tactics to keep prices up? 

 

I can put my $0.02 in on this as I was at my Micro Center in PA yesterday (one of two, one in New Jersey). The one in PA has been relatively stable with stock, as you are seeing as well. I think what is prohibiting people from purchasing them is the costs of these AIB for the cards out are almost $400+ (more than $400) above MSRP of the reference/Founder's Edition graphics cards. I think some people are getting sticker shock comparing the MSRP to the AIB MSRP. 

 

Although, AMD CPUs are pretty well stocked at both stores, including 5900X and 5950Xs.

[Gunnar A.]

9 minutes ago, SpiderMan said:

 

I can put my $0.02 in on this as I was at my Micro Center in PA yesterday (one of two, one in New Jersey). The one in PA has been relatively stable with stock, as you are seeing as well. I think what is prohibiting people from purchasing them is the costs of these AIB for the cards out are almost $400+ (more than $400) above MSRP of the reference/Founder's Edition graphics cards. I think some people are getting sticker shock comparing the MSRP to the AIB MSRP. 

 

Although, AMD CPUs are pretty well stocked at both stores, including 5900X and 5950Xs.

Exactly what I'm thinking. I'm hoping with seeing this we start to see retail prices coming down. $1000 for a 6700xt is just outlandish especially for the performance. 

Maybe I'm being overly hopeful

[Vishera]

7 minutes ago, Gunnar A. said:

find where this belonged and this is what I deemed best.

It's still the wrong forum for a thread about GPUs.

 

That is the correct forum for posting such threads:

https://linustechtips.com/forum/16-graphics-cards/

 

10 minutes ago, Gunnar A. said:

It just doesn't match the narrative that people are having a hard time finding GPU's or getting their hands on them.

Currently there are enough GPUs for everyone who needs one.

But there are not enough cards out there for the prices to return back the MSRP.

12 minutes ago, Gunnar A. said:

So my question to you guys is, do you think this is a sign that this storm is coming to an end? Or..... Is this some form of market control tactics to keep prices up? 

Retail sores,AIBs and SIs will try to capitalize on it and milk it as much as possible,

So i expect prices to stay high for a while until the market will be flooded with cheaper cards.

[Gunnar A.]

3 minutes ago, Vishera said:

It's still the wrong forum for a thread about GPUs.

 

That is the correct forum for posting such threads:

https://linustechtips.com/forum/16-graphics-cards/.

I will repost thank you. 

[Vishera]

Just now, Gunnar A. said:

I will repost thank you. 

Don't do that 

Just ask a moderator to move the thread.

[Gunnar A.]

1 minute ago, Vishera said:

Don't do that 

Just ask a moderator to move the thread.

Super easy to just repost with it being so fresh. But thanks for the help. 

[CommanderAlex]

4 minutes ago, Gunnar A. said:

Super easy to just repost with it being so fresh. But thanks for the help. 

No, just report your own thread (exclaimation mark inside a triangle) and put inside, placed in wrong thread, relocate to Graphics Cards Sub-thread. 

 

It is better if the forum is unified under one thread, instead of having multiple threads. 

[Spotty]

I've moved it to the graphics card forum and removed the other post.

For the record if it's posted in the wrong forum just report the post as "posted in the wrong subforum". You don't need to be the OP to report it. Commenting and saying it's posted in the wrong forum usually just causes more work, plus such comments are redundant once the thread is moved.