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But the launch of this morning, while it is better than the recent Nvidia launches In terms of supplyIt may not have complied with that bar, and AMD would not deny reports that even the best price models of these GPUs are limited to specific amounts, after which they can be sold to more than $ 549 or $ 599.
When The edge Revised this morning, the main American retailers Best Buy and Newegg listed only a single model of each GPU in their MSRP, which quickly sold out, of course. Most cards are listed for a $ 100 premium on that MSRP, if not more.
Micro Center seems to be much better, with Up to five 9070 and five 9070 xts On MSRP and a website that states that they are still available for purchase if you visit one of its 28 US locations in person.
What happens later? It is not unusual for each graphics card partner to sell a variety of more elegant grades of the same GPU at higher prices with more elegant cooling and overclocking, but retailers now suggest that even the prices of the entry level cards do not remain.
“Now we have learned how the recommended prices, also known as MSRP prices, work for the launch of the AMD RADEON RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT (…) will apply to a limited number of cards,” wrote the Swedish retin as documented by Videocardz.
“MSRP has a limited amount of a few hundred, so prices will jump once they are sold through them,” according to reports, the Retailer of the United Kingdom Overclockers UK also wrote.
Even Best Buy seemed to suggest that the prices of $ 549 / $ 599 were only temporary. When we visited this morning, the Best Buy website described them as if they were on sale, although since then the company eliminated the “save $ 80” and “save $ 130” below.
AMD would not confirm or deny. However, he addressed the widest issue of the availability of MSRP with this statement from the main architect of games solutions (and game marketing chief) Frank Azor:
It is inaccurate that $ 549 / $ 599 MSRP is a launch price alone. We hope that the cards are available from multiple suppliers to $ 549 / $ 599 (excluding specific rates and / or taxes in the region) depending on the work we have done with our AIB partners, and will come more. At the same time, AIBs have different premium configurations at higher prices and will also continue.
In x, <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/AzorFrank/status/1897668346298220588″>Azor tweeted That AMD is working to replace the stock “in the next few days and weeks”, adding: “The price of MSRP (excluding tariffs and/or specific taxes in the region) will continue to be encouraged beyond today, so do not despair.”
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