Radeon 9700 Prices Double in a Month, Hurting Personal Inference Server Builds
UltramanQuar · reddit · 2026-10-25
A Reddit user reports AMD Radeon 9700 prices have doubled in one month, averaging $2500 on eBay, derailing his plan to build a 4-GPU personal inference server for Qwen Flash. He asks what's driving the spike and whether prices will fall, plus budget build advice: old Threadripper or EPYC with 7-8 PCIe slots.
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