News GPU Price Decline Continues in Germany, Now Just 10% Over MSRP

[Admin]

Graphics card prices in Germany continue to fall, and with the latest up from 3DCenter, prices are averaging just 10% over MSRP.

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[deeomayall]

I'm left wondering who benefits from the INSANE price of the 3060 Ti.
Surely they're not selling them at that markup. So many better value cards for the budget.
It's just sad because, at MSRP, the 3060 Ti would have been the killer card for this generation. It would have been better than the more recent 6700 XT and just the perfect balance of performance for most setups. And probably this is the reason it's sitting there with a price no one wants it at.

 

[MoxNix]

Considering the next generation of graphics cards will be out soon, prices on the current generation need to drop below MSRP. It probably won't be long before miners start dumping thousands of used cards which could drive prices to unprecedented lows.

 

[King_V]

More specifically, Nvidia RTX 30 series cards have dropped to 114% above MSRP according to 3DCenter's price graph. AMD RX 6000 series GPUs have dropped even lower to 107%, putting many of the reference or lower-end AIB partner cards at value parity with higher-end AIB partner cards at MSRP.

This should be worded as either 114% and 107% of MSRP, or 14% and 7% above MSRP.

To say 114% or 107% above MSRP is to say that the cards are a little over double the MSRP.

 

[LastStanding]

You just gotta love the "bait & switch" marketing schemes now, right?

"Good deals (BEST TIME TO BUY) on GPUs that are close to their MSRP tags from 2-years-ago (2020)!!!"

Let that sink in a minute.

 

[cryoburner]

I'm left wondering who benefits from the INSANE price of the 3060 Ti.
Surely they're not selling them at that markup. So many better value cards for the budget.
It's just sad because, at MSRP, the 3060 Ti would have been the killer card for this generation. It would have been better than the more recent 6700 XT and just the perfect balance of performance for most setups. And probably this is the reason it's sitting there with a price no one wants it at.

Yeah, it's unfortunate. The 3060 Ti would have been a great card at its $400 MSRP, but real-world pricing and selection for it have been bad since launch, and it's still around 50% over that price point, at least in the US. And I don't really think they are sitting on shelves in large quantities unable to sell, so much as they are not being manufactured, and the prices reflect the fact that stores only have a very limited supply in stock, and keep them marked them up for the small portion of people willing to pay those prices.

The 3060 Ti uses a cut down version of the same chip used in the 3070, and now the 3070 Ti, so Nvidia undoubtedly wants to maximize profits by selling them as chips for those higher-margin cards instead. The 3070 is also still marked up by around 50% over its $500 MSRP, and is priced about the same as the Ti variant, so most of the chips have likely being getting put into those cards. Likewise, the 3080 10GB is nowhere near its original $700 MSRP, with its chips getting put into higher-priced variants of the card like the Ti or 3090, that are generally no more than 10% faster but carry much higher prices.

So, the answer of who benefits is Nvidia and the card manufacturers, who can sell higher-end cards in place of more reasonably-priced models. Probably mostly to crypto miners, at least up until recently. Hopefully that situation will improve though, with Intel entering the market within the next few months or so, and the value of crypto continuing to fall.

 

[nitrium]

As the crypto market continues to decline (which it does in near lock step with the stock market ever since institutional investment in cryptos became a thing), I expect GPU prices will continue to fall. Further, I won't be surprised to see a lot more 2nd hand GPUs on eBay as well (which will pressure new card prices downwards), since electricity prices are going up while crypto prices are going down making mining uneconomical.

 

[Krotow]

GPU prices in separate parts of Europe are going down differently. If price of cheapest RTX 3080 10GB card + VAT in Germany is like 900€ then in Latvia it still cost 1008€.

 

[hannibal]

If these old GPUs still are far above MSRP... just wait how expensive the next gen will be! Normally GPU are at least 30% below MSRP at this moment... So 40% price hike to the next gen?