Friday, June 29th 2018
Due to Reduced Demand, Graphics Cards Prices to Decline 20% in July - NVIDIA Postponing Next Gen Launch?
DigiTimes, citing "sources from the upstream supply chain", is reporting an expected decrease in graphics card pricing for July. This move comes as a way for suppliers to reduce the inventory previously piled in expectation of continued demand from cryptocurrency miners and gamers in general. It's the economic system at work, with its strengths and weaknesses: now that demand has waned, somewhat speculative price increases of yore are being axed by suppliers to spur demand. This also acts as a countermeasure to an eventual flow of graphics cards from ceasing-to-be miners to the second-hand market, which would further place a negative stress on retailers' products.
Alongside this expected 20% retail price drop for graphics cards, revenue estimates for major semiconductor manufacturer TSMC and its partners is being revised towards lower than previously-projected values, as demand for graphics and ASIC chips is further reduced. DigiTimes' sources say that the worldwide graphics card market now has an inventory of several million units that is being found hard to move (perhaps because the products are already ancient in the usual hardware tech timeframes), and that Nvidia has around a million GPUs still pending logistical distribution. Almost as an afterthought, DigiTimes also adds that NVIDIA has decided to postpone launch of their next-gen products (both 12 nm and then, forcibly, 7 nm) until supply returns to safe levels.
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Digi Times
Alongside this expected 20% retail price drop for graphics cards, revenue estimates for major semiconductor manufacturer TSMC and its partners is being revised towards lower than previously-projected values, as demand for graphics and ASIC chips is further reduced. DigiTimes' sources say that the worldwide graphics card market now has an inventory of several million units that is being found hard to move (perhaps because the products are already ancient in the usual hardware tech timeframes), and that Nvidia has around a million GPUs still pending logistical distribution. Almost as an afterthought, DigiTimes also adds that NVIDIA has decided to postpone launch of their next-gen products (both 12 nm and then, forcibly, 7 nm) until supply returns to safe levels.
67 Comments on Due to Reduced Demand, Graphics Cards Prices to Decline 20% in July - NVIDIA Postponing Next Gen Launch?
If you don't want to wait like 6+ months until new cards launch and are properly available with variety of models to choose from (especially this), then this may be a good time buy new GPU. Price/perf of heavily discounted last gen card shouldn't be much different from new card at MSRP, especially that MSRP is not going to be great if there is no competition on the market.
Time is a very important aspect and has it's price too, at least if you value your time, how long can you wait if you are serious.
Outdated hardware? :rolleyes: Should have been replaced months ago? :kookoo:
What exactly is outdated? Games are just not that advanced where your GPU that is 2 years old is “outdated”. If you were rockin’ an 8800 GTS from 2006, or even a Fermi, I could understand your concern. But really?
Don’t be so dramatic, and don’t let yourself get sucked into the con they pull to separate you from your hard-earned money.
www.neowin.net/news/nvidia-wants-retailers-to-help-gamers-find-gpus-amid-cryptocurrency-craze
Why would a corporation simply choose profit over their "core audience"???:rolleyes:I'm rocking the 640mb version of the card so I'm future proofed :D
It's called supply and demand pricing. If the supply is too high and demand is low, you drop prices. I'm still seeing 1080s and 1080Ti's above MSRP. Why? It's been two years. If the card makers (ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, EVGA, Zotac, etc) are going to be greedy then it's their own damn fault. You really think people won't buy 1080s and 1080Ti's if the price drops to $400 and $500? They will make less profit sure, but they will still be making money.
I know... keep dreaming. :rolleyes:
Hey, one can dream. :rolleyes:
4K is a white whale. For constant 60fps or more (maybe even the hoped for 144) at maximum details it won’t happen for all games. Every generation many of us enthusiasts hope the next flagship can do that. So far, no card can do that. Nor do I expect any system single card to get there for awhile, because game tech only has to inch forward slightly to keep new games out of that grasp.
I’m an enthusiast too. I’m also a fully grown adult fast approaching retirement, so every dollar counts. This is why I can look at these things without drinking the “you must buy the very newest card all the time” koolaid.
Yes, I'm not denying that I would love better performance. Can I afford it? Nope. So I have to learn to make due, much like you @rtwjunkie .