How will GPU 10 series prices fall during the next 2 months or so?

[pegatron9000k]

I read the Tomshardware article which stated that graphics cards prices have already fallen drastically and will likely fall further.When I looked on Amazon and comparison websites I could not see any across the board changes and the 1070s and 1060s are all more or less the same price.

How much will graphics card prices fall (in particular the second hand GPU market) in the next month or two? How will the launch of the 2080 and 2080ti affect the price of the 1060, 1070 and 1080 on the second hand market?

 

[Onus]

Unpredictable. Volatility in the cryptocurrency markets make demand by miners a big question mark. Lots of gamer poised to open their wallets could keep demand high relative to supply. In six months, historically the older-generation cards will have dropped considerably, but one month is too soon to tell how much or how fast.

 

[shmoochie]

There's definitely a demand for the new ones, but I'm not sure it will lower the prices of the old cards significantly. Because the 20xx series is much more expensive, I can see a lot of people deciding to settle for 10xx series until ray tracing is more efficient (the series after the 20xx). I honestly don't see a selling point for the new cards unless you are a developer or special effects designer of some sort. The leaked benchmarks show that the 2080 is only 5% more performant than the 1080 ti, so they are essentially charging a bunch of money for ray tracing which isn't even supported yet. Also, ray tracing is so resource intensive that it practically halves the fps at 4k resolution when it is turned on vs off.

 

[pegatron9000k]

Im thinking that the prices of the new cards are so high that gamers might want to continue to buy the 10 series cards.

 

[R4DIO4CT1VE]

The used market will almost always drop in prices when newer cards are released (assuming crypto doesn't take off again)

That being said it seems like there are a lot of people skeptical about the RTX2000 cards and their price/performance.

 

[Onus]

The point being, there are way too many "what-if"s and "maybe"s to offer a solid prediction.