AMD 6800 & 6800 XT MBA LAUNCH AT 2PM TODAY - EXTREMELY LIMITED STOCK!

Skynet5 · 25 Nov 2020 at 22:00

meerkat_near said:
dude edit your comment and remove the word starting with SC before you get suspended!

I'm sure competitors can be mentioned. Just we can't link to them when talking about products.

Kashinoda · 25 Nov 2020 at 22:17

Tinek said:
Problem is that with stock/FE cards nowhere to be seen (limited production), there's really no choice. MSRP is a lie, always was.

Is this not always the case?

AIB's will have reference cards in all but name close to MSRP... when inventory levels out in 2023

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 25 Nov 2020 at 22:29

Tinek said:
Likely same reason as the one for NVidia FE being nowhere to be seen - they lose money on these. FE/stock cards were just a trick to "prove" to us that MSRP is real. But both companies know it's not - we can already see what actual, real MSRP are currently, for both NVidia and AMD. And it's not a pretty view considering what was promised...

Agreed - its a bait and switch marketing move.

Mrrrosty1 · 25 Nov 2020 at 22:50

Oh boy !!!!!!! moderators please !!!!!!!! silence these loonies, i want a gpu not a re run of the last 4 years, please help my head is gonna blow off i tell you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rroff · 25 Nov 2020 at 22:51

Gonna be waiting 4 years for a GPU at this rate... so might as well get used to it.

RavenXXX2 · 25 Nov 2020 at 22:52

We heard stock would be pretty bad for this RX 6800 AIB launch, but had little idea this would be compounded by awful pricing. AIB cards starting at no less than $100 over MSRP is nothing short of disgraceful. It makes the MSRP look like a bait and switch. What an epic fail.

https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed/status/1331726769339056129?s=20

Mrrrosty1 · 25 Nov 2020 at 22:52

I cant take any more, im going to be back at step 0 at this rate, just give me the card

pmc25 · 25 Nov 2020 at 22:54

I spoke to one of the large Dutch retailers today .. they now doubt if their ref orders placed pre-launch will ever be filled. They aren't expecting more than a couple of dozen AIB cards before the end of January at earliest.

AMD have really outdone themselves this time.

Mrrrosty1 · 25 Nov 2020 at 22:56

Im going have to take a pill and lie down, i see you all tommorow if i make it that far, regards night

Zernath · 25 Nov 2020 at 22:56

pmc25 said:
AMD have really outdone themselves this time.

Perhaps they've been trying to work from home?

Mrrrosty1 · 25 Nov 2020 at 22:57

F me the wurzels is here now, im going !!!!!

muon · 25 Nov 2020 at 22:59

pmc25 said:
I spoke to one of the large Dutch retailers today .. they now doubt if their ref orders placed pre-launch will ever be filled. They aren't expecting more than a couple of dozen AIB cards before the end of January at earliest.

AMD have really outdone themselves this time.

Can it really be that bad? I don't understand how failing a serious production issue it could be as bad as that.

Alternatively they rushed to market without production being ramped up. But the thing is this uses the same 7nm process as the 5700 cards and even the same GDDR6. Should have been an easy switch over. It's not like they could only supply the 5700 cards only by the dozen or so.

Cjmart66 · 25 Nov 2020 at 23:00

AMD did the imposible, have a worse launch than NVIDIA.

pmc25 · 25 Nov 2020 at 23:01

muon said:
Can it really be that bad? I don't understand how failing a serious production issue it could be as bad as that.

Alternatively they rushed to market without production being ramped up. But the thing is this uses the same 7nm process as the 5700 cards and even the same GDDR6. Should have been an easy switch over. It's not like they could only supply the 5700 cards only by the dozen or so.

Take a look at Zen 3 ... this is even worse.

muon · 25 Nov 2020 at 23:03

pmc25 said:
Take a look at Zen 3 ... this is even worse.

But then the only explanation is that TSMC have massively reduced capacity.

I suppose it could be the consoles launch causing it.

Rroff · 25 Nov 2020 at 23:05

muon said:
But then the only explanation is that TSMC have massively reduced capacity.

I suppose it could be the consoles launch causing it.

There is a vast amount of stuff being made on TSMC 7nm right now - as I mentioned before nVidia did a lot of evaluation of cost, availability, etc. for Ampere hence going with Samsung 8nm initially.

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Boomstick777 · 25 Nov 2020 at 23:08

So did custom 6800 and 6800 XT get launched today ? Was there stock ? I keep missing launches lol.

Zernath · 25 Nov 2020 at 23:09

Boomstick777 said:
So did custom 6800 and 6800 XT get launched today ? Was there stock ? I keep missing launches lol.

Paper launch. No stock. You haven't missed anything.

Boomstick777 · 25 Nov 2020 at 23:12

Zernath said:
Paper launch. No stock. You haven't missed anything.

Ah ok, is there any ETA on stock ? I really want an 6800 XT or RTX 3080 can't find anything ...

K1LaW8tt5 · 25 Nov 2020 at 23:15

Boomstick777 said:
Ah ok, is there any ETA on stock ? I really want an 6800 XT or RTX 3080 can't find anything ...

Nobody knows, OcUK have gone for the approach of not putting them on sale until the release hype has died and they have enough stock to sell so they can manage it better.

ICDP · 25 Nov 2020 at 23:15

None anywhere in the world it seems. It was a total paper launch from AMD and of course they will claim "we just can't meet demand" but you can't even have claimed to meet any demand at all. Only the youtubers and some review sites got them. The 6800 reference launch was a failure, the AIB launch was a lie.

Frank Azor at AMD has been quiet since the 18th. I suspect Lisa at AMD has told him to **** the **** up.

A genuine **** show beyond all previous **** shows from AMD.