New AMD GPU Sales Expectations?

[goatsmartfella]

I am looking at getting a 7900 xt for a friends build and was wondering if they are going to sell out quick. Should I be on the site constantly refreshing or will I be just fine if I take my time?

[CyberneticTitan]

It's a day one launch so you bet there will be scalpers trying to make stock scarce.

 

From AMD directly there will likely be a queue so just get there early as possible.

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The testing results shown by 'Tech Gezus', Tom's Hardware, Hardware Unboxed, the 7900 XT(X) looks pretty juicy.

Especially when gaming at 1440p and 4K without Ray-Tracing. I mean, if you want to use RT, it's going to be, at-best RTX 3090 level.

If you are like me, and DON'T use RT (I've got a RTX 3060 Ti in my Ryzen system, and don't use RT), the RT reason is moot.

 

Wait / keep an eye out on the AiB versions and see how they stack up in price, noise, etc.

• Sapphire Pulse / NITRO+
• ASUS TUF / StriX
• MSi Gaming X 

[PriitM]

7 hours ago, CyberneticTitan said:

It's a day one launch so you bet there will be scalpers trying to make stock scarce.

 

From AMD directly there will likely be a queue so just get there early as possible.

Scalpers with bots and also retailers who post sale slips on Amazon, Ebay etc while showing little to no stock at inflated prices. EU is cracking down on a tax evasion scheme, that revolves around tech products. 
Id say the scheme is rather simple: retailer gets stock or confirmed stock from a central warehouse. They post products on their official stores at inflated prices and only on backorder from said central warehouse. Then quietly sell sale slips or physical cards as brand new on Ebay for example. Governments cant do anything because Ebay is a "second hand market place". Retailers pocket extra profit while also keeping prices high.