To keep in trend with this sites way of doing things, Ill use newegg as the site to compare. As it is what they use in evaluations to show stock and pricing.
Currently right now, newegg has ten 7900GTX's, and ten 7900GT's listed. Out of those ten GTX's, just one/b] is in stock. Out of the ten 7900GT's, zero are in stock.
On the flip side, newegg has sixteen X1900XTX's (three refurbished) listed, all of them are in stock. They have fifteen X1900XT's (three refurbished) listed, all but one are in stock. They have thirteen (one refurbished) X1800XT 256MB&512MB's listed, and again all but one are in stock.
So, out of twenty 7900 cards, there is one in stock at newegg. Then out of fourty four X1800/X1900 cards in stock, fourty two are in stock. ATi has gotten a bad rep for lack of availability, it sure seems like NV has not only caught up to that, but passed it. With the 7800GTX 512MB launch, and now the 7900 launch, NV simply has not had enough cards to sell. ATi got thrashed for this on certain sites, NV appears to get a free pass, for whatever reason.
Again, this is only from newegg. Im sure other e-store have some in stock as well. Also, availabilty changes very fast, so later today, it may be a slightly different story. This is how it is right now.NV needs to get on the ball, and get some cards out quickly. The people who suffer are the consumers.
Currently right now, newegg has ten 7900GTX's, and ten 7900GT's listed. Out of those ten GTX's, just one/b] is in stock. Out of the ten 7900GT's, zero are in stock.
On the flip side, newegg has sixteen X1900XTX's (three refurbished) listed, all of them are in stock. They have fifteen X1900XT's (three refurbished) listed, all but one are in stock. They have thirteen (one refurbished) X1800XT 256MB&512MB's listed, and again all but one are in stock.
So, out of twenty 7900 cards, there is one in stock at newegg. Then out of fourty four X1800/X1900 cards in stock, fourty two are in stock. ATi has gotten a bad rep for lack of availability, it sure seems like NV has not only caught up to that, but passed it. With the 7800GTX 512MB launch, and now the 7900 launch, NV simply has not had enough cards to sell. ATi got thrashed for this on certain sites, NV appears to get a free pass, for whatever reason.
Again, this is only from newegg. Im sure other e-store have some in stock as well. Also, availabilty changes very fast, so later today, it may be a slightly different story. This is how it is right now.NV needs to get on the ball, and get some cards out quickly. The people who suffer are the consumers.