Radeon 6900 series pricing and availability
Andy Ruffell / 14 years ago
Today being the launch of the 6900 series graphics cards from AMD consumers are hoping for a successful launch with plenty of stock and reasonable prices. This is more than we can say for the likes of the GTX 580 from Nvidia which gives fantastic performance if you’re able to get hold of one.
Luckily there are a lot of retailers out there who are fulfilling orders for various different brands of 6950s and 6970’s and we thought that it would be suitable if we gave you all of the information on the main UK retailers and their stock availability and pricing.
Radeon 6950
Retailer | Model | Availability | Price |
CCL Online | Asus 6950 | Sold Out! | £246.60 |
Sapphire 6950 | Pre-Order! | £247.00 | |
VTX3D | Pre-Order! | £216.49 | |
XFX 6950 | Pre-Order! | £239.76 | |
Dabs | Sapphire 6950 | Pre-Order! | £243.70 |
Ebuyer | PowerColor 6950 | In Stock! | £220.89 |
Sapphire 6950 | Pre-Order! | £223.22 | |
XFX 6950 | Pre-Order! | £223.21 | |
Ginger 6 | No products available | N/A | N/A |
Novatech | No products available | N/A | N/A |
Overclockers UK | HIS 6950 | In Stock! | £219.99 |
OcUK 6950 | Pre-Order! | £214.99 | |
Sapphire 6950 | Pre-Order! | £249.99 | |
XFX 6950 | Pre-Order! | £229.99 | |
Scan | Asus 6950 OC | Pre-Order! | £241.69 |
Gigabyte 6950 | Pre-Order! | £241.69 | |
MSI 6950 | Pre-Order! | £267.54 | |
Sapphire 6950 | Pre-Order! | £249.92 | |
XFX 6950 | Pre-Order! | £226.41 |
Taking a look at the stock of the 6950 we can see that only two retailers are stocking the cards with the mass amount being on pre-order. This is fine if you’re happy to order a PowerColor card or the more favoured HIS card that we reviewed earlier today.
Radeon 6970
Retailer | Model | Availability | Price |
CCL Online | Asus 6970 | Sold Out! | £306.10 |
Sapphire 6970 BC2 Vietnam Edition | Pre-Order! | £306.49 | |
Sapphire 6970 BC2 Vietnam Edition Case | Pre-Order! | £334.05 | |
VTX3D 6970 | Pre-Order! | £285.00 | |
XFX 6970 | Pre-Order! | £297.92 | |
Dabs | Sapphire 6970 | Pre-Order! | £308.06 |
Ebuyer | PowerColor 6970 | In Stock! | £283.18 |
Sapphire 6970 | Pre-Order! | £276.13 | |
Sapphire 6970 BFBC2 Vietnam Special Editon | Pre-Order! | £287.72 | |
XFX 6970 | Pre-Order! | £276.12 | |
Ginger 6 | No products available | N/A | N/A |
Novatech | No products available | N/A | N/A |
Overclockers | Asus 6970 | Pre-Order! | £329.99 |
HIS 6970 | In Stock! | £289.99 | |
OcUK 6970 | Pre-Order! | £279.99 | |
Sapphire 6970 | Pre-Order! | £309.99 | |
XFX 6970 | Pre-Order! | £299.99 | |
Scan | Asus 6970 OC | Pre-Order! | £299.26 |
Gigabyte 6970 | Pre-Order! | £295.74 | |
MSI 6970 | Pre-Order! | £356.84 | |
Sapphire 6970 | Pre-Order! | £309.84 | |
Sapphire 6970 inc BattleField | Pre-Order! | £358.01 | |
Sapphire 6970 inc Silver Case | Pre-Order! | £340.39 | |
XFX 6970 | Pre-Order! | £279.29 |
It’s very much the same scenario with the 6970 with Ebuyer stocking the PowerColor version and Overclockers UK again with the HIS variant.
Now we know that this doesn’t look promising when you compare this launch with previous launches but we have been told that the above retailers will be expecting stock throughout today and the rest of the week but it is very clear that AMD had a very disorganised launch with the 6900 series cards, not just with the consumer but also with the press as well, but that’s another story.