RX 6700(xt) coming soon
- Thread starter SuperGeil
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No bad cards just bad prices. 6700xt is a 400$ USD card.
The reference came out at 650 CAD and sold out imediately. But the aibs range up to 1100$ CAD.
Yup, they where gone ever faster than the GeForce 3080ti's. I didn't manage to get one. Guess I'm out for this gen entirely. Thank you double wammy of Crypto currency and COVID-19.
LordHawkwind
Active member
Just saw one for sale for £679.99 it was the Powercolor Red Devil. To see if it was still for sale I tried to add it to my basket but got the message that all cards were in other customers baskets. Seems there were no shortage of takers even at 50% over MSRP.
Having read the reviews I have to agree with KAC it's a pretty meh product. The reviews I read all said at MSRP it was just too expensive for what it brings to the table. The 3070 beats it in most games for just £20 more and the 3060ti is not far behind for £80 less. Won't mention RT performance it's basically the same as the rest of the 6xxx family. It's also only 26% faster than a 5700XT which is a major fail in my eyes. If I still used the 5700XT I wouldn't be upgrading to this card.
pax
Well-known member
Nerdtechgasm tweeted that 7nm wafer supply was increasing rapidly for amd so maybe just wait a bit.
https://twitter.com/nerdtechgasm/status/1373802066133446656
https://twitter.com/nerdtechgasm/status/1373802066133446656
LordHawkwind
Active member
Is it just me or is this forum a bit boring without Billy boy to liven things up?
acroig
Just another Troll
His ban is over, I PMd him but he did not respond back.
Nascar24
ASUS 4090 TUF
I figured Billy wasn't coming back.
Doesn't help that the current gen is near impossible to source. So very few people here have them and are talking about em. The Geforce 3000 series became more available just before the crypto rush sent prices into insanity and availability for gamer's like us went completely off a cliff. So it makes sense, *shrug* nothing can be done about it for now.
acroig
Just another Troll
I heard from him, he's got family things to take care of. Hope to see him back soon.
As Trunks said the utter lack of product availability does not help keep the conversation going.
Seyiji
Team Moon
I heard from him, he's got family things to take care of. Hope to see him back soon.
As Trunks said the utter lack of product availability does not help keep the conversation going.
pax
Well-known member
Ya even after selling millions of gpus there are models that dont even exist on steam like the 3070 and 6800. We all know where they went. Many posts are about ownership tinkering with and bragging rights to that.
I think next gen will see a much changed environment if only because gpu makers will surely make a lot more of them. They are losing sales due to relative low supply and no company wants that.
I think next gen will see a much changed environment if only because gpu makers will surely make a lot more of them. They are losing sales due to relative low supply and no company wants that.
LordHawkwind
Active member
Look at NigelG and me formally stalwart AMD Radeon owners now gone over to the dark side. That's why AMD's market share in GPU's is dropping at a time when they've launched their most competitive GPU's for generations. Must be galling for them. Unfortunately it's their own fault in trying to launch their own GPU's, CPU's and consoles in such a short time period.
Pax you're an optimist for sure. Next Gen is way off and I very much doubt prices will drop back to pre pandemic levels for quite some time to come, if ever. Lost sales I'm not too sure. What else can you buy? You can't buy a console they're not available either. Worse case scenario is they're just delayed until the supply issues get better.
What is intriguing is where are the AMD MBA 6800/6900's Henkelman & co promised to deliver since December at MSRP and the additional chips they promised to enable AIB's to bring down prices? Even more vapour ware it seems. TBH I'm just a dispassionate observer as I've managed to get a new GPU, CPU and monitor for more than I budgeted but I'm not bothered.
I've even beat the semiconductor shortages as I've just bought a brand new MG 5EV Exclusive which is a full electric vehicle and the delivery date is 8th April. Happy days.
Nothing AMD could have done about it. Demand went insane for both companies, they are both in the same position. nVidia just got lucky on timing before a Crypto boom. But you can't buy GPU's for either company right now because of the Crypto boom.
The pandemic didn't help of course. It's makes getting anything anywhere for this sorta stuff a nightmare. Not just chips from TSMC, but boards, capacitors, shipping out for retail etc etc etc.
The prices right now are not reflective of the pandemic. They are reflective of a Crypto boom. Prices will fall back to regular once the demand from Crypto falls off.