The XFX Radeon RX 570 4 GB RS (the card being marketed in the Tweet) was launched at $179. The RX 570 was launched at USD $169 for the 4 GB variant, and $199 for the 8 GB variant. A Tweet by an official AMD Twitter handle shows that inflated AMD Radeon graphics card prices has the company's official a verified Twitter handle held by AMD, which promotes the company's products targeted at gamers, such as AMD Radeon graphics cards, and Ryzen processors posted a promotion in which an XFX branded Radeon RX 570 graphics card, which is being sold at USD $279, including a free coupon for a "Quake Champions" pack free, was made to appear as if at its price, it's a great deal. We then uncovered a clue that not just end-users, but even retailers are being sold AMD Radeon graphics cards at prices way above AMD's launch SEP. It was initially believed that market forces are driving the inflation, and that AMD had little to do with the price inflation. Over the past couple of months, inflation in AMD Radeon GPU prices, in part fueled by silicon shortages, and in part by non-gamers (read: crypto-currency miners) buying up graphics cards, have impacted the AMD Radeon brand in the eyes of its target audience - PC gamers and graphics professionals.
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