Monday, December 12th 2022
AMD Allegedly Has 200,000 Radeon RX 7900 Series GPUs for Launch Day
AMD is preparing the launch of the Radeon RX 7900 series of graphics cards for December 13th. And, of course, with recent launches being coated in uncertainty regarding availability, we are getting more rumors about what the availability could look like. According to Kyle Bennett, founder of HardOCP, we have information that AMD is allegedly preparing 200,000 Radeon RX 7900 SKUs for launch day. If the information is truthful, among the 200,000 launch-day SKUs, there should be 30,000 Made-by-AMD (MBA) cards, while the rest are AIB partner cards. This number indicates that AMD's market research has shown that there will be a great demand for these new GPUs and that the scarcity problem should be long gone.
A few days ago, we reported that the availability of the new AMD Radeon generation is reportedly scarce, with Germany receiving only 3,000 MBA designs and the rest of the EMEA region getting only 7,000 MBA SKUs as well. With today's rumor going around, we would like to know if this is correct and if more SKUs will circulate. America's region could receive most of the MBA designs, and AIB partners will take care of other regions. Of course, we must wait for tomorrow's launch and see how AMD plans to execute its strategy.
Source:
Kyle Bennett (Twitter)
A few days ago, we reported that the availability of the new AMD Radeon generation is reportedly scarce, with Germany receiving only 3,000 MBA designs and the rest of the EMEA region getting only 7,000 MBA SKUs as well. With today's rumor going around, we would like to know if this is correct and if more SKUs will circulate. America's region could receive most of the MBA designs, and AIB partners will take care of other regions. Of course, we must wait for tomorrow's launch and see how AMD plans to execute its strategy.
45 Comments on AMD Allegedly Has 200,000 Radeon RX 7900 Series GPUs for Launch Day
Europe doesn't get cards, despite being the wealthier region with more potential customers. WTH?
And EU apparently needs it's own PC industry, because we're getting fucked by all of the involved. But I doubt we'll get it.
I'm not American and the prices in the US look positively cheap for them in comparison to what I pay. $1000 in my country would be great, $1000 USD is way too much.
Where is your US?
Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Ireland, Monaco, Switzerland, Norway are all well above.
The EU market alone is towards 500 million people, while the US is much smaller - only around 300 million.
List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita - Wikipedia
I hope everyone enjoys their 7900 XTX, if they buy one! Cheers :)
I think the reviews are going to be brutal to AMD. We'll see.
If I can buy the 7900 XT tomorrow I think I will actually get one if it is near MSRP. Just avoid the $100 markup ones.
Doesn't he work at Intel now?
200k of cards is not a lot considering Christmas time :D I'd wait for next year with purchases since it probably will be a scalping fest this year with AMD cards.
Priority will always be US no matter how you slice it other regions will get something but not a lot if the demand is huge since AMD and AIBs can produce a finite number of GPUs at one go.
Not sure the few hundred difference will put people off if they're prepared to spend 1000 anyway...
They'll all gather dust on shelves in the first half of next year imo...