EU and US availability
Euro Market |
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| retailer | product | availability | price |
| alternate.de | Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 1GB | Pre-order | €349.00 |
| PowerColor Radeon HD 5870 1GB | Pre-order | €349.00 | |
| XFX Radeon HD 5870 1GB | Pre-order | €349.00 | |
| ASUS Radeon HD 5870 1GB | Pre-order | €354.00 | |
US Market |
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| retailer | product | availability | price |
| newegg.com | Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 1GB | Pre-order | $379.99 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 5870 1GB | Pre-order | $379.99 | |
| HIS Radeon HD 5870 1GB | Pre-order | $379.99 | |
To the dismay of your average consumer, AMD appears to have done it again by launching a high-end product - we're talking the fastest single-GPU graphics card, bar none - that's nearly impossible to find in any corner of the globe. The majority of retailers have cards available for pre-order only, whilst the likes of Dabs.com, CCLonline.com and C3computers.co.uk have no Radeon HD 5870s listed at all. Indeed, your best chance of bagging one is likely to be our latest HEXUS.winners competition.
The availability of AMD's card (or lack thereof), should come as little surprise. Earlier this week, our sources revealed that AMD won't be able to keep up with initial orders for its upcoming Radeon graphics cards. We later found that AMD has committed a large proportion of these cards to Dell, so that the PC maker can launch a new range of DirectX 11 compatible gaming desktops to coincide with the launch of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system.
But where does that leave your average enthusiast and self-builder? At present, it leaves you in limbo - you'll be hard pushed to get your hands on a Radeon HD 5870 (let alone two or more for CrossFireX configurations), and seemingly-inflated launch day prices are anything but appealing.
