AMD's new RX 9070 GPUs sold out within 10 mins at launch, unless you were willing to pay ever more ludicrous prices

A plethora of RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT graphics cards at an angle on a dark gradient background.

We've now seen the launch of the hotly anticipated new lineup of graphics cards from AMD with both the new 9070 series hitting shelves. So far, the brand new AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 cards have made an impressive show, and both are even coming in at an enticing MSRP, mostly. All this had us posed to expect a brutal launch for those trying to get their mitts on a new GPU, and boy, we weren't wrong, as most MSRP listings sold out within 10 minutes.

With the reference price for these new cards sitting at the $599 price mark for the RX 9070 XT and $549 for the RX 9070, combined with known stock shortages, we were expecting this whirlwind launch. Both sets of cards were tricky to get your hands on, especially at the recommended retail price, though thankfully it wasn't quite as bad as the recent RTX 5070 launch from Nvidia...