Last-minute AMD RX 9070 XT stock rumors are making me hopeful for a much better launch than Nvidia’s RTX 5000 GPUs – with just one snag

• A UK retailer has a lot of stock of RDNA 4 GPUs ready for launch, likely reflecting the wider global picture for availability
• That includes 4,000+ models, half of which are Sapphire graphics cards
• While the MSRPs are nicely pitched in the UK, which is encouraging, this won’t hold – it’s just for an initial few hundred models (subsidized by AMD)

AMD’s RX 9070 XT goes on sale later today and there are more rumors about stock levels being relatively robust – and certainly way exceeding what Nvidia has managed to muster with its RTX 5000 GPUs.

Overclockers UK (OCUK) is a major retailer in that country and has a lot of RX 9070 XT models in stock, particularly of the Sapphire Pulse model.

Ready to ship to happy customers pic.twitter.com/ih1rdend8SMarch 4, 2025

Indeed, Adrian Thompson, who is global ...