7d ago

Demand has been 'very strong' and 'outpaced supply' for AMD's RX 9000-series cards according to CEO Dr. Lisa Su, as anyone who's tried to buy one can attest

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Alphane Moon @lemmy.world

7d ago

Demand has been 'very strong' and 'outpaced supply' for AMD's RX 9000-series cards according to CEO Dr. Lisa Su, as anyone who's tried to buy one can attest

www.pcgamer.com /hardware/graphics-cards/demand-has-been-very-strong-and-outpaced-supply-for-amds-rx-9000-series-cards-according-to-ceo-dr-lisa-su-as-anyone-whos-tried-to-buy-one-can-attest/

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I was going to get a 9070XT.... When it was MSRP.
Couldn't find one at launch and that MSRP is a myth now :(
Yeah and none of them are available at MSRP so they can go piss off.
- in the usa
  Last i checked europe was pretty close to msrp, which is weird because its usually a lot more expensive for us than it is for the usa. Just checked, rx 9700 xt msrp was around 670 euro (including tax). They are now for sale for 699-717 euro, including what usa calls sales tax.
  I call that as close to msrp that youre ever going to get on a product.
- I just purchased a sapphire 16g 9060 for $380. That's almost 10% mark-up, but definitely not crazy compared to what we were seeing with scalpers.
  
  Even at MSRP and 0% markup, those cards are too expensive. A mid-range GPU shouldn't cost as much as (or more than) CPU, mainboard and RAM of a good, but affordable system combined.
I'm thinking my next GPU upgrade might be AMD, so i can migrate to Linux. But i bought a used one in 2023, so i gonna wait at least until the next gen comes out.
- As others have said, Nvidia cards are OK in Linux now, though AMD is better assuming you aren't doing anything AI adjacent with the card.
  
  I'm so confused by this common sentiment in the community. I've been gaming on Arch / NixOS for the past several months with an NVIDIA card after I switched earlier this year. Basically no issues.
  Meanwhile, my buddy converted to Manjaro, and has a Radeon. He's been having awful issues. Several of the games he plays crash constantly, especially if they are multiplayer. He tried switching to openSUSE recently; no real improvements.
  I wanted to buy AMD for my eventual next card, but now I'm terrified of doing so, and deeply confused why everyone says AMD is better for Linux.
  
  Until you want to update drivers and you can't remember how the hell you installed it the last time.
- nVidia's fine. Use a distro that keeps fairly current on driver updates like Fedora or Arch.
  
  I think you lose around 15%+ performance in Linux with a Nvidia card. I tried Nobara and Bazzite and i can confirm it, although i did not make any hardcore benchmarking.
  AMD i think is on par with windows or maybe slightly worse.
My target right now is to play Expedition 33 on something other than N64 quality.
- Good luck with that. The game has terrible rendering issues. Enjoy it for its gameplay.
  
  Oh, it is not well optimized. DMC Devil May Cry is UE 3 and runs flawlessly on my system on high with 75+ fos. Warframe runs great. Claire Obscura struggles to maintain 10fps without hacks.
What does a 9000 series have on a 7000? Why do people even buy new cards at this point? Anything can run anything almost.
- Better raytracing and FSR 4.
- I think mainly better ray tracing for those that want it.
  People buy new cards because their games require something better to run smoothly. Some people still use 1660ti's and I'm sure are happy to upgrade their hardware.
  
  I mean sure, but people on very old cards are finite.
  I'm asking what makes a 9000 series a more attractive buy than a 7000?
  On rereading the headline, it does not say much either, demand for GPUs manufactured by me in my garage is also outpacing supply.
- The 9000 cards don't offer much of value other than running a bit cooler IMO. The fact is that the good 7000 cards aren't really available in retail anymore, so it only matters to people (like me) that already have a good 7000 series card. If I didn't have one and was looking for a new card I would have no problem picking up a 9000 series card as long as the price wasn't ridiculous.
  
  Can confirm, mine runs at like 50° at all times and I'm not certain what black magic it does to manage this.
I'm sure they're selling plenty, but I've never seen supply missing, in the EU at least.

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