Retail Confirm RX 9070 MSRP Applies to First Shipment – Price Increases Coming Later
It’s fair to say that AMD has hit a bit of a home run with their Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card, it’s everything we could have hoped for, especially given the current prices. This is further solidified by the lackluster Nvidia RTX 5070 launch. Sure, we’re not particularly keen on the Radeon RX 9070 Non-XT model, but if there’s more stock of more affordable cards on the market, then it’s no bad thing right now.
However, according to retail chain Inet.se (via VideoCardz) in Sweden, while there are plenty of MSRP cards in the market right now, that may not last. The MSRP prices apply to the first shipments of cards, which would basically be those already in the warehouses and on sale. However, this MSRP price will likely expire, both due to demand and other market factors, such as tariffs, and is likely to increase on the next shipment of cards, or once a certain number of cards have been sold.
“We have now learned how the recommended prices, also known as MSRP prices, work for the launch of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT. We are not allowed to say exact prices ahead of the release, but simply put, they will apply to a limited number of cards.
The prices only apply to the first shipment of each model. For Sapphire and ASUS it will be just as usual, we have only received one shipment and you can buy it until it runs out, but with PowerColor it will be different.
Our second shipment from PowerColor is already waiting, and we cannot offer it at MSRP prices. This means that we will first sell the Reaper models at MSRP prices and the stock balance will tick down as usual until the first shipment is sold out. Then, with a certain delay, the stock will be replenished with new cards and we will then release the Reaper cards for order again – although not at MSRP prices.
If you receive an order with MSRP price even though the cards are sold out, we will of course give you that price, but unfortunately we have no way of continuing to sell cards at MSRP price after the first deliveries are sold out” – Inet.se
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Obviously, this isn’t great news, but it’s also a motivation to try and snag a card ASAP before the prices increase. While the PowerColor Reaper, Sapphire PULSe, ASUS Prime and XFX SWIFT launched at MSRP, and are likely the first to see the increases, I would expect other cards to be impacted by the increases too. The retailer claimed to have 2000 of the Sapphire cards, and 1000 from each of the rest, so a pretty good stock compared to what we saw from the Green Team.
I guess now we play the waiting game and see what happens. We’ll update you as we learn more. In the meantime, why not check out our review of the 9070 and 9070 XT here, or our video review below.
