AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT graphics cards are counting down the days to be released on December 13, but it seems it won’t be easy to hit the shelves. According to the news based on manufacturers and many different sources by Igor’sLAB, the Radeon RX 7900 series may struggle with supply problems at launch.According to the statements, AMD will only ship 10,000 of its reference cards to the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region, which includes both the RX 7900 XTX and the RX 7900 XT. On the other hand, 3000 units of cards will be assigned to Germany, while 7000 units of cards will be shared with the remaining regions.
Radeon RX 7900 series may experience supply shortage
Igor’s other sources claim that the release is still affected by BIOS issues (memory leaks that cause the graphics card to freeze) and delivery delays. It is even reported that some specially designed cards will not come to light until at least January.Meanwhile, Chinese media outlets have confirmed that AMD’s reference cards will not be sold in the country. This is reportedly the result of a tense situation with Taiwan. However, only specialty cards will be available at launch, which will almost certainly bring higher prices and lower supply. On the other hand, the Chinese GPU market is saturated by Nvidia, and AMD’s cards were not expected to achieve serious success here anyway.
In addition, BoardChannels claims that the production of Radeon RX 7900 cards has also been affected by the current COVID-19 outbreaks and the closure of some factories. It is even stated that some factories have just opened. This means a supply shortage for launch.
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