It has been over forty-eight
hours since AMD globally launched its flagship Evergreen card based on 40nm
architecture. Taking the crown as the fastest GPU in the world to date, the Radeon
HD 5970 has held an elevated position in the eyes of the enthusiast consumer
due to its raw performance power in high-performance gaming and GPGPU
applications.
We have been scoping the internet continuously for any sight
of retail and e-tail listings of the card in both EU and American markets
respectively. While AMD’s launch partners did confirm that there would be
limited availability of the card, we were surprised to see the actual
availability rate in the US market close to almost nothing at all.
On Wednesday, November 18th around 6:00am PST, Newegg began officially listing Radeon
HD 5970 cards from PowerColor and HIS, both priced at $624.99 respectively.
By noon, it had listed three more manufacturers including Diamond, Gigabyte and
Sapphire. It was around this time that the Sapphire
102280OCSR Radeon HD 5970 was the first card to go on sale from the major US
etailer, and probably on the entire American market as we failed to find any
available listings otherwise. At around 4:00pm PST, Sapphire’s card was out of stock within 15 minutes of sale and its status
immediately changed to “Auto Notify,” giving consumers the option to be
emailed of future availability when more stock arrives in the Newegg
warehouses.
According to our sources, we are told that the XFX Radeon HD
5970 and XFX Radeon HD 5970 Black Editon cards are expected to arrive in stock
today, although we are unsure if this is limited to just the European market.
Nevertheless, we will continue to keep our eyes peeled for any sightings and
report them here immediately. Stay tuned for updates.
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Radeon HD 5970 extremely limited in the US
Very difficult to find them in stock