Purchasing a graphics card is difficult in the current climate, regardless of whether you’re after an AMD or Nvidia offering. However, rustling for Radeon rather than GeForce may be significantly easier according to one retailer.
Speaking to YouTuber Moore’s Law Is Dead, a major retailer has apparently claimed that AMD is “delivering 2-4x as many RDNA 4 GPUs as all weekly Blackwell shipments combined.” Making matters worse for Nvidia, the store highlights it’s only receiving shipments for GeForce RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070 with RTX 5090 effectively MIA.
This retailer’s account is likely indicative of the wider landscape but stock levels for current-generation AMD graphics cards remain low. At the time of writing, UK retailer Scan has no Radeon RX 9070 XT models available for immediate sale and is only able to offer less-than-half of its RX 9070 listings. Meanwhile it’s impossible to get any RDNA 4 GPUs from Newegg USA unless you fancy opting for a combo with another component such as a PSU.
GeForce RTX 50 Series stock is in a similarly hard to come by at both retailers. However, any availability is an improvement over the sparse landscape Overclockers UK highlighted just a few weeks ago. The problem now becomes adherence to MSRP, as both AMD and Nvidia graphics cards are commonly selling for higher prices due to supply failing to keep up with demand.
While picking up a current-generation pixel pusher is possible today, the smart move remains waiting a while longer for market conditions to cool down. I expect demand for Radeon RX 9070 XT especially to remain high, given the stronger value it offers relative to RX 9070 and versus GeForce RTX 5070. AMD and its partners are presumably doing all they can to address these problems and capitalise on excitement for its new cards, so a little patience should go a long way if you’re hungry for RDNA 4. April could provide some reprieve, according to Yeston.
Here’s hoping GeForce RTX 5060 and Radeon RX 9060 Series graphics cards don’t suffer the same supply issues as their siblings, especially if the former is arriving later than planned. The last thing budget gamers need is an unexpected price bump.
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