Monday, March 15th 2021
AMD to Supply Only a Few Thousand Radeon RX 6700 XT GPUs for Europe at Launch
The global supply chain of graphics cards is currently not very well equipped to handle the massive demand that exists for the latest generation of GPUs. Just like we have seen with the launch of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3000 series Ampere, and AMD Radeon RX 6000 series Big Navi SKUs, the latest generation graphics cards are experiencing massive demand. And manufacturers of these GPUs are not very well equipped to handle it all, so there is a huge scarce for GPUs in the global market. With AMD's recent announcement of the Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card, things are not looking any better, and the availability of this GPU could be very tight at launch.
According to information obtained by Igor's Lab, AMD could supply only a few thousand Radeon RX 6700 XT GPUs for Europe as a whole. To be precise, Igor's Lab notes that "If you condense the information of various board partners and distributors to a trend, then there are, depending on the manufacturer and model, only a few pieces (for Germany) to a few thousand for the EU as a whole." This could be a very bad indication of AMD's supply of these new GPUs globally, not just for Europe. The company is currently relying on the overbooked TSMC, which can only produce a limited amount of chips at the time, and we don't know how much capacity AMD allocated for the new chip.
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Igor's Lab
According to information obtained by Igor's Lab, AMD could supply only a few thousand Radeon RX 6700 XT GPUs for Europe as a whole. To be precise, Igor's Lab notes that "If you condense the information of various board partners and distributors to a trend, then there are, depending on the manufacturer and model, only a few pieces (for Germany) to a few thousand for the EU as a whole." This could be a very bad indication of AMD's supply of these new GPUs globally, not just for Europe. The company is currently relying on the overbooked TSMC, which can only produce a limited amount of chips at the time, and we don't know how much capacity AMD allocated for the new chip.
93 Comments on AMD to Supply Only a Few Thousand Radeon RX 6700 XT GPUs for Europe at Launch
Just like the 6800/XT launch.
Sure it wont be as good etc, but atleast it will be.....available.
I will go full Intel if the Graphicscards are okay, just to give the miningloving Ngreedia and AMD zero of my money, intel wont need it but will get it.
I want to know exactly how many cards they are putting into the Retail and AIB channels because I suspect most of these cards are never making it to market, they are being siphoned out somewhere either by direct-to-miners agreements or aib-to-miners loopholes as none of us are seeing ANY of these cards.
There was a pandemic for starters. It never stopped either.I think we explain in every thread like this lol. The answer is simple and even been stated by fab officials.It's massive demand from stay-at-home COUPLED with reduced output because you can't exactly make gpus, dies, or really much electronic that way... at home.
It's a double whammy, with zero ability to scale to it.
My dad can't get a garden tractor without hopping on a wait list right now. What makes you think this is any different?
900 to Miner :mad: and 100 to Gamer :(
Both of these were gone within minutes and many reappeared on eBay a week later for much higher prices.:wtf:
There is a shortage of components everywhere.
In the automotive sector where I am working, we have hard time to get enough part to supply the OEMs with different control units. :oops:
Just like Pavlov's dog that would drool at the sight of light, with no food in sight, the tech press reports product launches at the sight of marketing slides, even if the product is nowhere to be seen.
For example, does your dad know exactly why he can't get a tractor right now? A specific component shortage? Shipping delays?
Other thing: I'm wondering why the current generation of GPUs are so scarce (don't blame the pandemic, that ship sailed long ago), and if the situation is ever going to improve. It would be nice to upgrade my 5700 XT to a 7700 XT at least - I doubt the 6700 XT will be miles faster anyway.