Its March 19th 2012....

[Lyfer]

WHERE ARE YOU SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 7870 GHZ EDITION? WHY ARENT YOU INSTOCK AT NEWEGG OR AMAZON?


I need two of them! And please do 1.15ghz and 5ghz ram on stock voltage!

 

[formulav8]

Yeah, I only see a out of stock Gigabyte version on newegg....

 

[zokudu]

I wonder who's dropping the ball hee. The E Tailers? AMD? OEMs? Both Sapphire and XFX have posted statements saying the cards will be widely available today so it seems like its an etailer problem but all of them having the same issue?

 

[MalReynolds13]

I went to bed with Newegg up on my laptop, woke up and refreshed only to find...nothing new. It's on Amazon, but the Amazon option says "ships in 2-4 weeks". Sigh. If these don't hit by end of week I'll probably bite the bullet and spring for a 7950, a vid card is all I'm lacking for my new build.

 

[Arzachel]

If what Charlie at SA said about the troubles TSMC is having, I'd say that's at fault here.

 

[superjim]

I'm sure if the etailers had the cards AND they were allowed to sell them per AMD, they would. Put me down for "not in stock due to shipping delays".

 

[zod96]

I wonder if AMD is holding on to these waiting for the GTX680 to release so AMD can release the 7870 and 7850 and try to spoil their party...

 

[watek]

Amazon has them but not sure if it's the one you're looking for

 

[Lyfer]

All this holding out has got me looking at the GTX 580 from MSI and Galaxy. Any thoughts on those two cards other than they are huge and have a higher power requirement?

 

[skipsneeky2]

All this holding out has got me looking at the GTX 580 from MSI and Galaxy. Any thoughts on those two cards other than they are huge and have a higher power requirement?

LOL wut,why?

7950 is cheaper in some cases and better with twice the vram or grab a 7970,its a beautiful piece.

 

[zokudu]

Amazon has them but not sure if it's the one you're looking for

The one from Amazon says it Ships in 2 -4 weeks. It's not really there.

 

[brybir]

I'd give it a day or two and supply should even out. I'm not sure they are the best value at almost $400 a piece right now when you can get the 6870 for $169 or 6950 for a tad under $300?

 

[dirtnap101]

Sapphire 7870 OC is is up on Newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102983

Sapphire 7850 OC is as well:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102984

 

[zod96]

I'm waiting for the powercolor one myself..

 

[Lyfer]

Should I wait another 2-3 weeks to see what Kepler brings to the table or use this newegg gift card and OC the crap out of this card?

 

[dirtnap101]

I couldn't wait and had a Newegg GC as well. But if I was a bigger gamer or was on a tighter budget, I'd have tried to wait. But I am currently obessed with Skyrim and my 5670 is just too weak to really enjoy it and I need to play it at Ultra now (plus heat and power savings are a big deal to me).

 

[naddicott]

Jumped on Newegg's Sapphire 7850 OC. Figure it might be a reasonable performance boost from a 4770 for the ~50W higher idle load. Plus, it might be nice to see what the latest crop of games looks like on settings higher than medium.

 

[RavenSEAL]

I'm waiting for the powercolor one myself..