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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Sells Out of Stock, Resold for $1000 by Scalpers
In the CPU market, one of the hottest computer hardware premieres this year is the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor. Hence, the processor has become a sales hit, because buying it in Europe and the United States is currently impossible. While on the other hand, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is been resold by scalpers for a price of $1,000 USD. Check out the complete information below.
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Sells Out, Resold for $1000
The first batch of AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processors has just been released and was quickly bought by customers. At the moment, the CPU is very hard to find on the American and European markets, which scalpers are taking advantage of right now by putting these CPUs on sale for $1,000.
It was in 2022 when AMD launched processors that were different from anything we had seen so far, as they used what they called “3D V-Cache technology”. This translated into adding 3D stacked L3 cache memory, which allowed for much more cache available than the rest of the processors and improved latency and bandwidth. In practical terms, this means that in tasks such as video games where the L3 cache memory is accessed more frequently, we were going to experience an increase in FPS.
The first of these 3D V-Cache processors, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, outperformed all other AMD CPUs and even Intel ones. It demonstrated the potential of the technology and we later saw the Ryzen 7 7800X3D which became the king of gaming performance for a while. Now its reign is over and as we saw in the comparisons analyzing different reviews online, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is superior in everything except consumption (energy efficiency). The higher consumption should not be a problem if we take into account that this CPU is much cooler and can also be undervolted or, if you want more performance, overclocked, since unlike the others, it is fully unlocked.
The Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been a huge hit and despite claims of ample of stock, it has sold out at major US retailers such as Newegg, Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. The only popular retailer that has stock is Microcenter, but only at select locations and it’s likely to sell out soon at this rate. Taking advantage of this situation, some scalpers have started selling these Ryzen 7 9800X3Ds for $1000 on eBay, more than double the $479 MSRP it was advertised to have.
As is usually the case in such cases, scalpers also want to make money on hard-to-find goods. It can be assumed that they are partly responsible for the shortages of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Ultimately, the availability of the new AMD unit should improve, but it can already be said that we are dealing with a new sales hit on the computer hardware market.
According to the latest claims, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti graphics card may be launched with 16 GB VRAM, while the RTX 5060 graphics card may be launched with 8 GB VRAM. Check out the complete information below.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti & RTX 5060 Reportedly Gets 16 GB & 8 GB GDDR7 Memory Respectively
NVIDIA’s new GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 graphics cards are coming to market soon, most probably on January 6th as part of a CES 2025 presentation. Now, according to rumors, the company, which will also offer the RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 models in the RTX 5000 family, can put 16 GB and 8 GB VRAM in these cards, respectively.
The RTX 5060 is particularly striking here because 8 GB VRAM is very rare for 2025. Nvidia, which has received a lot of criticism even for its 8 GB VRAM graphics cards that it has offered for sale this year, falls behind its rivals AMD and Intel in terms of low-end VRAM. Before that, the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti was on the agenda.
Anyways, as per the new leak, the RTX 5060 Ti graphics card will be offered to the market with 16 GB GDDR7 VRAM (256-bit/28 Gbps). The card, which is reported to have a 285W TBP value, is on the way with 8,960 CUDA cores and 70 SM.
So what is technically known about the other cards? The RTX 5070, which will get its power from a single 12VHPWR connection, is based on a 250W TBP model and 28 Gbps 12 GB GDDR7 memory, according to the information received. In the past months, it was said that the RTX 5090 graphics card would come with 32 GB GDDR7 512-bit memory, 170 SM, 21,760 FP32 CUDA cores and 600W TBP or TGP.
The RTX 5080 graphics card, according to the same leak, is on the way with 16 GB GDDR7 256-bit memory, 84 SM, 10,752 FP32 CUDA cores, and 400W TBP or TGP.
Later, the focus was on the RTX 5090, which is one of the PCIe 5.0×16 based cards, and it was announced that the graphics card, which is expected to be sold for $ 1,700 or more, will get its power from a single 12-2×6 power connector. It is also said that only some overclocked special versions may require two 12-2×6 power connectors. The GPU, which will be equipped with DisplayPort 2.1a with full HBR20 support, will use a 14-layer PCB, which is also among the new information given.
What is the release date of RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060
The RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 are expected to launch by the end of February or March 2025. Interested users should therefore anticipate the launch by staying informed about availability.
Some new details are leaking about the upcoming AMD Radeon RX 8000 “RDNA 4” laptop GPUs, which are said to feature up to 16GB of VRAM and a 175W TDP. Check out more information about all the four models of this new gpu’s below.
AMD Radeon RX 8000 “RDNA 4” Laptop GPUs Leak
The first technical specifications for the upcoming AMD Radeon RX 8000 “RDNA 4” Mobile or Laptop GPU lineup have been revealed by Golden Pig Upgrade Pack. Following up on its latest AMD Ryzen APU & Radeon GPU coverage, Bilibili’s Golden Pig Upgrade Pack has shared the first details of the SKUs expected to feature in the AMD Radeon RX 8000 Mobile family based on the RDNA 4 GPU architecture
According to this leak, there would be four models in preparation with the Navi 48 and Navi 44 chips, with capacities between 8 and 16 GB and a TDP that would reach 175 W. AMD’s next graphics architecture comes with everything for the desktop and laptop segment.
The four laptop GPU models detected:
- R25M-E6 (Navi 48?) – 16 GB / 256 bit
- R25M-E4 (Navi 48?) – 12 GB / 192 bit
- R25M-P6 (Navi 44?) – 8 GB / 128 bit
- R25M-P4 (Navi 44?) – 8 GB / 128 bit
AMD is reportedly launching four models for the notebook segment, and four more for the desktop segment. The desktop models were leaked some time ago with identical identifiers, only with the letter M replaced by D:
Previously Leaked Desktop GPU Models:
- Navi 48 SKU #1 – R24D-E8
- Navi 48 SKU #2 – R24D-E6
- Navi 44 SKU #1 – R25D-P8
- Navi 44 SKU #2 – R25D-P4
Currently, the two most powerful AMD laptop GPUs are the Radeon RX 7900M (Navi 31) and RX 7800M (Navi 32). The first two models spotted with 16GB (256-bit) and 12GB VRAM (192-bit) are likely to be replacements for these models, hypothetically the RX 8900M and RX 8800M, both featuring a Navi 48 GPU in the 80-175W XT and XL variants.
Navi 44 would belong to the mid-range, and it is possible that it is replacing the current entry-level models RX 7600M/XT with about 8 GB of VRAM memory. The first variant would have a TDP of 75-150 W and the second with a TDP consumption of 50-130 W.
AMD is expected to reveal its RDNA 4 GPUs at CES 2025 in January.
There is a new leak circulating in the market about the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card which claims it will be priced at $2,000 at launch. Find out everything regarding this new rumor mill about the upcoming Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU price and release date below.
Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU Price and Release Date Leak
The leak comes from Twitter aka X account “@I_Leak_VN“, who is claiming that this new Nvidia RTX 5090 graphics card will far exceed the official launch price of the RTX 4090, which was $1,600 in 2022.
Not only does the source mention this “exorbitant” price, but he also claims that it will be launched in January 2025, possibly with an announcement during CES at the beginning of that month.
32GB VRAM – Will be released around 20 January 2025 – About ~2000 USD 😝 pic.twitter.com/MY4uKb3YBn
— I_Leak_VN (@I_Leak_VN) October 27, 2024
This same leaker had earlier commented that the graphics card would have 32GB of video memory or VRAM, which coincides with the sources, although this latest information about a price of $2,000 contradicts the information of another well-known leaker (kopite7kimi), who assured that the prices would not be so high in the RTX 50 series.
As for the technical specifications of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, the latest leak is that it would have about 21,760 CUDA cores, 32GB of GDDR7 memory, and a TDP of 600W.
It will not be a surprise if there is going to be a price increase for the new Nvidia 50 Series video cards, as we have already seen the evolution of the launch prices of the RTX 3090 and then the RTX 4090, so a new increase for the top of the range could be the norm, although it pains us to say it, especially now that Nvidia has no competition in the high-end.
For the moment, we expect Nvidia to announce the RTX 50 series at CES in January 2025, where all doubts will be cleared up. We will keep you posted on all the news.
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