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ALTHOUGH SAPPHIRE told the INQUIRER that it had shedloads of ATI-based 9700 Pros available at the beginning of this week, other sources claimed that demand might cause supplies to dry up in September.
The sources said that most of the available stocks of the cards were shipping into the OEM channels first, and distributors would find it hard to continue to supply the fierce demand expected during September.
If these reports are true, it's a classic dilemma ATI will find itself in. No one is willing to say what kind of yields the graphics chips are achieving, but then after that the cards using the technology need validating too.
But they're high end cards that ATI and its partners are shipping, so, as one employee told us at the bash the Canadian firm held last night, the margins are high and there's nothing wrong with fierce demand. It's lack of demand that dogs computer firms right now.
Meanwhile, Digitimes reports today that sales of graphics card in the cheaper end of the market will be virtually nil in August.
That's down to a continuing general malaise in sales of PC which have continued into the third quarter, much to the industry's chagrin. µ
Source: TheInquirer
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