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Radeon HD 5970 extremely limited in the US

by on20 November 2009

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Very difficult to find them in stock


It has been
over forty-eight hours since AMD globally launched its flagship Evergreen card based on 40nm architecture. Taking the crown as the fastest GPU in the world to date, the Radeon HD 5970 has held an elevated position in the eyes of the enthusiast consumer due to its raw performance power in high-performance gaming and GPGPU applications.

We have been scoping the internet continuously for any sight of retail and e-tail listings of the card in both EU and American markets respectively. While AMD’s launch partners did confirm that there would be limited availability of the card, we were surprised to see the actual availability rate in the US market close to almost nothing at all.

On Wednesday, November 18th around 6:00am PST, Newegg began officially listing Radeon HD 5970 cards from PowerColor and HIS, both priced at $624.99 respectively. By noon, it had listed three more manufacturers including Diamond, Gigabyte and Sapphire. It was around this time that the Sapphire 102280OCSR Radeon HD 5970 was the first card to go on sale from the major US etailer, and probably on the entire American market as we failed to find any available listings otherwise. At around 4:00pm PST, Sapphire’s card was out of stock within 15 minutes of sale and its status immediately changed to “Auto Notify,” giving consumers the option to be emailed of future availability when more stock arrives in the Newegg warehouses.

According to our sources, we are told that the XFX Radeon HD 5970 and XFX Radeon HD 5970 Black Editon cards are expected to arrive in stock today, although we are unsure if this is limited to just the European market. Nevertheless, we will continue to keep our eyes peeled for any sightings and report them here immediately. Stay tuned for updates.



Last modified on 20 November 2009
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