Article 5GAES AMD inexplicably threw scalpers a bone with limited-edition Radeon RX 6800 XT ‘Midnight Black’ GPU

AMD inexplicably threw scalpers a bone with limited-edition Radeon RX 6800 XT ‘Midnight Black’ GPU

by
Sean Hollister
from The Verge on (#5GAES)
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Because the world desperately needed another GPU people can't actually buy, AMD decided to release a limited-edition Midnight Black" version of its Radeon RX 6800 XT early Wednesday morning, where it sold out before most people even saw the card was there.

You might be thinking: Why would you release a limited-edition version of something that's practically a collector's piece even without a new coat of paint?" (AMD's recent GPUs are even rarer than Nvidia's, though both currently command two to three times their retail price on eBay.)

Or you might be thinking: When, exactly, did AMD announce a new GPU? I don't remember that." That's because the company didn't formally announce it: according to VideoCardz, AMD quietly told its AMD...

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