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Availability of the Radeon RX 6800 (XT) & 6900 XT Is Still Extremely Poor
We figured it's a nice time to check up on the stock availability of GPUs, in this round we turn back to the recently released Radeon RX 6800 (XT) & 6900 XT.
The product series has seen its launch back in November. Danish hardware retailer Proshop and Caseking from Germany last published informative and disappointing figures on the movement of goods on cards around two weeks ago. However, Proshop recently updated its overview on December 21st. It seems that nothing changed very much in terms of availability:
STATUS ON THE RX 6000 SERIES
| AMD RX 6800 | ||||||
| Prod. no. | Brand | Model | Outstanding customer orders | Ordered from mfr. | Incoming cards | Total amount of cards received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2889249 | ASUS | RX 6800 TUF OC | 4 | 500 | 0 | 5 |
| 2889252 | ASUS | RX 6800 STRIX OC | 12 | 505 | 5 | 0 |
| 2886497 | Gigabyte | RX 6800 AMD Ref | Not delivered by manufacturer / AMD | |||
| 2886500 | Gigabyte | RX 6800 GAMING OC | 16 | 522 | 22 | 0 |
| 2910149 | MSI | RX 6800 GAMING X TRIO | 15 | 215 | 15 | 0 |
| 2886489 | PowerColor | RX 6800 AMD Ref | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2886490 | PowerColor | RX 6800 Fighter | 11 | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| 2886492 | PowerColor | RX 6800 Red Dragon | 11 | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| 2886491 | PowerColor | RX 6800 Red Devil | 4 | 500 | 0 | 0 |
| 2909011 | Sapphire | RX 6800 NITRO+ | 0 | 188 | 0 | 12 |
| AMD RX 6800XT | ||||||
| Prod. no. | Brand | Model | Outstanding customer orders | Ordered from mfr. | Incoming cards | Total amount of cards received |
| 2889254 | ASUS | RX 6800 XT TUF OC | 99 | 500 | 0 | 3 |
| 2889260 | ASUS | RX 6800 XT STRIX OC | ASUS has not published a price. Cards will be available when we know the price | |||
| 2889261 | ASUS | RX 6800 STRIX LC OC | 28 | 100 | 0 | 6 |
| 2886501 | Gigabyte | RX 6800 XT AMD Ref | Not delivered by manufacturer / AMD | |||
| 2886504 | Gigabyte | RX 6800 XT GAMING OC | 7 | 503 | 3 | 0 |
| 2910151 | MSI | RX 6800 XT GAMING X TRIO | 19 | 110 | 10 | 0 |
| 2886493 | PowerColor | RX 6800 XT AMD Ref | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2886496 | PowerColor | RX 6800 XT Red Dragon | 69 | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| 2886495 | PowerColor | RX 6800 XT Red Devil | 65 | 500 | 0 | 0 |
| 2912407 | PowerColor | RX 6800 XT Red Devil Limited Edition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 - Offered to customers that ordered the RX 6800 XT Red Devil |
| 2909012 | Sapphire | RX 6800 XT NITRO+ | 112 | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| 2909013 | Sapphire | RX 6800 XT NITRO+ SE | 60 | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| AMD RX 6900XT | ||||||
| Prod. no. | Brand | Model | Outstanding customer orders | Ordered from mfr. | Incoming cards | Total amount of cards received |
| 2912107 | ASUS | RX 6900 XT TUF OC | 18 | 52 | 2 | 0 |
| 2913862 | ASUS | RX 6900 XT STRIX LC OC | 6 | 52 | 2 | 0 |
| 2912287 | PowerColor | RX 6900 XT Red Devil | 29 | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| 2913781 | Sapphire | RX 6900 XT NITRO+ | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
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#5870375 Posted on: 12/23/2020 11:28 AM
Yeah a few reference 6800's showed up in stores this week at least and the 5800's are trickling in on the CPU side but the 6800 XT's are missing and the 6900's I don't know if there's been any availability at all for yet here.
(Pre-orders are slowly opening up though so I expect the initial batch to be coming in sometime January if that's moving now.)
3070's are showing up pretty often for NVIDIA GPU's but at a higher price and they sell out instantly, 3080's are in a similar position as the 6800 XT's a few appear now and again but the pre-orders and demand is extreme.
3090's are stocked in some quantity if for nothing else than the increased price though they do still sell so some market must exist for these likely more along productivity and work related I would imagine.
EDIT:
Pretty amazing that the Polaris, Vega, Turing and Pascal cards are also mostly out and the stock in stores now consists of a couple of 1660's and 1650's with some of the upper-tier priced 2080S variants together with what remains of the 3090's due to their cost being on a different level than other GPU's.
Intel CPU's are stocked at least as is most other components together with some stock for the Zen2 CPU's from AMD but the GPU situation is impressively terrible at the moment. :p
EDIT: Shakes things up a bit as well due to the price increase as demand and supply hits and various stores take advantage of that.
CPU wise I suppose this will start happening once there's a larger confirmed incoming shipment of 5800's and 5900's both being very popular from AMD side.
Founder variants of the NVIDIA GPU's I don't think I've seen stocked since the initial batch which makes the AMD GPU reference models cheaper though on the third party side the 3060's to 3080's against the 6800's to 6900's can be just about everywhere.
6800 XT's are around the price of the 3080's so ~1000 Euro but the 3090's on it's own at 2000 to 2500 Euro whereas the 6900 XT's are around 1500 Euro.
3060's close to 500 EUR and then it gets interesting with the 3070's and 6800's covering 600 to 800 so some of NVIDIA's are cheaper and some of AMD's are cheaper reference in particular although it's a separate pricing level for AMD versus their customs and NVIDIA if the 3070 FE's were stocked would likely be the less costly choice then.
Plus a few 6800's above 900 you really shouldn't be looking at that GPU above 800 or even then as the 3070's better in these cases or the 6800XT's once availability is a thing again.
(50$ maybe 100$ at most for moving up to the 6800 XT's and if reference cards of these are stocked again those are actually going to be cheaper.)
EDIT:
Fascinating to follow up how it's developing and how this is going but hopefully it settles soon once the new years starts and then properly if this little pandemic situation can be dealt with finally.
Prices normalizing at a lower level would be nice there's still the VAT of course at least here but the markup would still be some reduction and less overlap between clearly superior GPU models and the lower tier versions at the worst of it.
Curiously more so for AMD and the 6800 and 6800XT whereas the 3070 and 3080 keep a bit of a gap but AMD has reference models also mixed with the third party designs and these have a lower MSRP.
Yeah a few reference 6800's showed up in stores this week at least and the 5800's are trickling in on the CPU side but the 6800 XT's are missing and the 6900's I don't know if there's been any availability at all for yet here.
(Pre-orders are slowly opening up though so I expect the initial batch to be coming in sometime January if that's moving now.)
3070's are showing up pretty often for NVIDIA GPU's but at a higher price and they sell out instantly, 3080's are in a similar position as the 6800 XT's a few appear now and again but the pre-orders and demand is extreme.
3090's are stocked in some quantity if for nothing else than the increased price though they do still sell so some market must exist for these likely more along productivity and work related I would imagine.
EDIT:
Pretty amazing that the Polaris, Vega, Turing and Pascal cards are also mostly out and the stock in stores now consists of a couple of 1660's and 1650's with some of the upper-tier priced 2080S variants together with what remains of the 3090's due to their cost being on a different level than other GPU's.
Intel CPU's are stocked at least as is most other components together with some stock for the Zen2 CPU's from AMD but the GPU situation is impressively terrible at the moment. :p
EDIT: Shakes things up a bit as well due to the price increase as demand and supply hits and various stores take advantage of that.
CPU wise I suppose this will start happening once there's a larger confirmed incoming shipment of 5800's and 5900's both being very popular from AMD side.
Founder variants of the NVIDIA GPU's I don't think I've seen stocked since the initial batch which makes the AMD GPU reference models cheaper though on the third party side the 3060's to 3080's against the 6800's to 6900's can be just about everywhere.
6800 XT's are around the price of the 3080's so ~1000 Euro but the 3090's on it's own at 2000 to 2500 Euro whereas the 6900 XT's are around 1500 Euro.
3060's close to 500 EUR and then it gets interesting with the 3070's and 6800's covering 600 to 800 so some of NVIDIA's are cheaper and some of AMD's are cheaper reference in particular although it's a separate pricing level for AMD versus their customs and NVIDIA if the 3070 FE's were stocked would likely be the less costly choice then.
Plus a few 6800's above 900 you really shouldn't be looking at that GPU above 800 or even then as the 3070's better in these cases or the 6800XT's once availability is a thing again.
(50$ maybe 100$ at most for moving up to the 6800 XT's and if reference cards of these are stocked again those are actually going to be cheaper.)
EDIT:
Fascinating to follow up how it's developing and how this is going but hopefully it settles soon once the new years starts and then properly if this little pandemic situation can be dealt with finally.
Prices normalizing at a lower level would be nice there's still the VAT of course at least here but the markup would still be some reduction and less overlap between clearly superior GPU models and the lower tier versions at the worst of it.
Curiously more so for AMD and the 6800 and 6800XT whereas the 3070 and 3080 keep a bit of a gap but AMD has reference models also mixed with the third party designs and these have a lower MSRP.
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#5870377 Posted on: 12/23/2020 11:30 AM
NVidia too... The bigest wholesale for OEM and IT have only NVidia GT 710 and GT 1030 in aviability...
Everything can be in stock end of january if lucky.
NVidia too... The bigest wholesale for OEM and IT have only NVidia GT 710 and GT 1030 in aviability...
Everything can be in stock end of january if lucky.
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#5870413 Posted on: 12/23/2020 01:04 PM
Here in Poland there is plenty of RTX 3080/3070/3060Ti but overpriced . Radeons ? They dont exists . Only from scalpers at 900 euro for 6800 model
Here in Poland there is plenty of RTX 3080/3070/3060Ti but overpriced . Radeons ? They dont exists . Only from scalpers at 900 euro for 6800 model
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#5870428 Posted on: 12/23/2020 01:48 PM
Mighty big face palm there AMD. Merry Xmas to the miners. The only customers AMD cares to service.
Mighty big face palm there AMD. Merry Xmas to the miners. The only customers AMD cares to service.
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it is
been searching for a 6800xt for a month
not available even from scalpers
meanwhile you can get any rtx 3000 card from a legit retailer,the price is inflated tho.
I'm disappointed with rx6000,not only the availability but msrp of partner cards is absoulotely outrageous.those 800 dollar prices I saw on partner cards launch weren't gouging,they were msrp.that's a 25% markup on a 650 card. 3080 partner cards are actually cheaper,$730 for the tuf and $760 for the trio (msrp).
must be production costs,remember amd wanted to halt the production of reference cards ? seeing how overbuilt the power circuitry is for 6800xt to reach those 2.4GHz clocks I'm starting to think that msrp for sapphire/powercolor/xfx/asrock cards will never drop down anywhere near 650usd.
I want that 6800xt reference but I think the chances of getting the reference for msrp are extremely slim and I'm not paying 800 for a parter 6800xt,that is just ridiculous.