A few HD 5870 cards probably got shipped here and there but in reality, we haven’t seen many Radeon 5870 cards shipping to their new owners. We talked to partners and some of them might have a few cards next week and October is the month when things should get better.

The big guys such as Newegg and Tigerdirect don’t have them, and in EU, a hundred plus cards are listed here, but none of them are available.

A launch partner in the UK got 20 cards and they sold instantly as there is a demand as the price is not that horrible, but the delayed Radeon 5850 might be a much better deal for roughly €210+ or $230 in the states.

We hope that Radeon 5870 is not what AMD management calls a hard launch, as they surely didn’t do a great job this time around.