News Graphics Card Prices Dropped 11% in February

[Admin]

Graphics card prices on eBay dropped another 11% on average, with some models dropping by 15% or more.

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[2Be_or_Not2Be]

I think we're doomed to higher GPU prices now that all of the mfgs have seen that the public will pay the higher prices. $500 USD used to be buying into the upper range; now it will be the lower range of dGPUs. The upper range will be closer to 4-digits than 3. Sadly, this will be pretty much guaranteed for any upcoming new Nvidia/AMD product launch. Crypto/scalpers/low-supply-high-prices have locked it in going forward for all now.

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

I think we're doomed to higher GPU prices now that all of the mfgs have seen that the public will pay the higher prices. $500 USD used to be buying into the upper range; now it will be the lower range of dGPUs. The upper range will be closer to 4-digits than 3. Sadly, this will be pretty much guaranteed for any upcoming new Nvidia/AMD product launch. Crypto/scalpers/low-supply-high-prices have locked it in going forward for all now.

I suspect the 4080 level of performance will indeed be around the $999 mark, officially. Then there will be 4080 Ti and 4090 or whatever at even higher prices. However, much of the inflated pricing goes back to the effects of the pandemic coupled with the mining boom. Both of those are tapering off, so if miners aren't buying the cards, they're more likely to sit on shelves if they're priced too high. There's a false demand being created by impatient people as well, driven by the limited supply. With Ada, RDNA3, and Arc all launching this year, supply of GPUs should improve and help drive prices down. We'll see, but I don't think Nvidia will be too crazy on the prices. RTX 3080 was arguably priced too low for what it provides and could have easily been an $899-$999 part at launch.