The availability of Radeon HD 7970 and Radeon HD 7950 in retail is not stable: the video card is missing from store, the prices can rise by 15% in one week.
Last week we heard the suggestion that small stocks of these cards are due to lower prices preparing forthe entire range of AMD products - sellers just do not want to buy goods in store, which is about to fall in price. However, after consultation with dedicated AMD sources we found out that the reason for the deficit of Radeon HD 7970 and Radeon HD 7950 : some time ago AMD launched the campaign Never Settle Reloaded , allowing us to obtain a free card every two or three fairly modern games, enjoy a huge success. Video cards sell well, and therefore there is a shortage.
Note that NVIDIA is concerned with this trend, in connection with which it plans to offer buyers its older video cards GeForce GTX 660 game Metro: Last Light on 16 April this year.