Tuesday, December 6th 2022
AMD Radeon RX 7900 RDNA3 GPU Launch Could Face Scarcity, China Loses Reference Card Privilege
AMD's next-generation Radeon RX 7900 high-end graphics cards are set to arrive next week and bring the new RDNA3 GPU architecture to the masses. However, it seems like the customers will have to fight for their purchase as the availability could be scarce at launch, leading to potentially increased prices with low stocks. According to Igor's Lab report, Germany will receive only 3,000 reference MBA (Made By AMD) units of Radeon RX 7900 series cards. In contrast, the rest of the EMEA region will receive only 7,000 MBA units. These numbers are lower than expected, so AIB partners may improve the supply once their designs hit shelves.
On the other hand, mainland China will not receive any MBA units of the new cards as a sign of increasing tension with Taiwan. Of course, AMD's board partners will supply their designs to China, and they are allowed to; however, it seems that only AMD is making a statement here. In addition to supply issues, the launch is rumored to be covered in BIOS issues such as memory leaks and the COVID-19 outbreak affecting production in closed factories. Of course, all of this information should be taken with a grain of salt, and we must wait for the official launch before making any further assumptions.
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On the other hand, mainland China will not receive any MBA units of the new cards as a sign of increasing tension with Taiwan. Of course, AMD's board partners will supply their designs to China, and they are allowed to; however, it seems that only AMD is making a statement here. In addition to supply issues, the launch is rumored to be covered in BIOS issues such as memory leaks and the COVID-19 outbreak affecting production in closed factories. Of course, all of this information should be taken with a grain of salt, and we must wait for the official launch before making any further assumptions.
57 Comments on AMD Radeon RX 7900 RDNA3 GPU Launch Could Face Scarcity, China Loses Reference Card Privilege
Yawn
Even if we assume initial stock is low, that AMD's new GPUs are vastly smaller than Nvidia's and last gen AMD GPUs means that yields will be exponentially higher. Local and Online retailers would be receiving large shipments on a regular basis.
By extension, there's no reason to freak out and impulse buy one. $1,000 dollars is a lot of money and gamers should be considering how much power they actually need and how much price to performance they are getting relative to other products on the market.
TPU and others are just becoming the new Onion.
But these are AMD's $900+ cards, what about new cards for the masses?
My suggestion is to simply cut back or upgrade less. Video cards are hardly worth the price the duopoly is asking.
And we will have to see what are the restocking. It will probably hard to get one for Holidays. Well that depend if they really sell that well, after all, they aren't Nvidia cards. Outside the portion of the tech communities that is willing to buy AMD, most people are just buying straight away Nvidia card as they know the name.
I wouldn't even compare WCCF to that, because they don't even have that level of integrity.
No one can answer these simple questions it seems...