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Radeon 5870 is far from available |
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Written by Fuad Abazovic
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Thursday, 24 September 2009 13:20 |
Reality check
A few HD 5870 cards probably got shipped here and there but
in reality, we haven’t seen many Radeon 5870 cards shipping to their new owners. We
talked to partners and some of them might have a few cards next week and October
is the month when things should get better.
The big guys such as Newegg and Tigerdirect don’t have them, and
in EU, a hundred plus cards are listed here, but none of them are available.
A launch partner in the UK got 20 cards and they sold instantly
as there is a demand as the price is not that horrible, but the delayed Radeon 5850
might be a much better deal for roughly €210+ or $230 in the states.
We hope that Radeon 5870 is not what AMD
management calls a hard launch, as they surely didn’t do a great job this time around.
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