ATi Canceling X850XT Orders?

[Mendel]

I don't know, this doesnt look very good

It would seem that ATi is canceling Radeon X850XT orders after customers have waited more than 3 months since ordering. ATi is apparently offering X800XL pre-orders in place of the X850XT. Huh?!? This is part of a response, posted at Rage3D, a customer who pre-ordered a X850XT received from ATi:


We are sorry to inform you that we will no longer be able to fulfill your current order on the RADEON X850 XT. The RADEON X800 PLATINUM is available in limited supply at our retailer partners such as Best Buy and CompUSA.

In addition, we have only begun to start taking pre-orders on the latest RADEON X800XL. There are a limited number of these units so if you would like to place your order please do so at your earliest convenience. For your patience and loyalty we have authorized our ShopATI Online Store staff to offer you a bonus if you decide to replace your existing order with a preorder for the RADEON X800XL.

 

[Mendel]

They are quite possibly referring to this thread

http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33804366

 

[Mendel]

And for your convenience, a link to a shop that has 73 x850 xts available at stock

http://www.computerhq.com/Sapphire_ATI_X850XT_256M_100106/hardware/partinfo-id-537830.html

and a pricegrabber link

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=6408590

(thanks eppy569 on rage3d for heads up)

 

[Tim]

And for your convenience, a link to a shop that has 73 x850 xts available at stock

http://www.computerhq.com/Sapphire_ATI_X850XT_256M_100106/hardware/partinfo-id-537830.html

It seems Ati it putting theire own online shop very low on priority list. It is easy to find x850 cards in stock, but the ati.com shop does currently not offer a single x8xx card.

 

[Dave Baumann]

When a product is in high demand and short availability the AIB's tend to get a little pissed when the IHV takes a slice of their action on such products, I think ATI are beginning to realise that. However, its pretty stupid not to at least fill the pre-orders.

 

[Unit01]

[C]rapocp seem to have to much free time .Taking one persons post and then making a generalisation on the whole graphics board market.
Well at least it is honoring the [H] standard

 

[Tahir2]

We are getting plenty of X850's in stock and no distributor has warned us that these cards are about to become extinct. Wherever HardOCP got that info - it was bogus.

 

[thatdude90210]

This xbitlabs article is saying pretty much what Dave is saying.