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?
You should not expect a 1160 to best a 1080Ti. You are 95% likely to only have a 1180 do that and an 1170 has maybe a 5% chance of doing it. This last time was the first time a 70 model (1070) beat an 80Ti (980Ti), and even that is really a back and forth with neither completely winning in all games.
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Realistically, it'll have less cores than a Titan V by a fair margin, but clocks will be higher to compensate, so you still get 25%. And still 1k USD.
This is how I rolled when cash was tight for many years. One gen behind or just sitting below the high end is the best position.
If you sell your 1060 one year down the line, there is a good chance you can make a similar move and go up to a 1080 at minimal cost. Thats 40% more perf or a full gen's performance jump and then some.
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You know guys it's marketing stuff like this that been drilled into the heads of folks that fuels the market, convincing folks what they have is old so it has to go and they have what you need, newer shinier and just so much better even if it isn't.
It's kinda like trading in for a brand new vehicle each and every year while only making the monthly payments - You'll always being paying for it yet it's never paid off.
1080ti 560$
1080 440$
1070ti 360$
1070 320$
1060 6GB 240$ etc.
EDIT: I suppose I should elaborate on that. If my Vega 56 can run in the 60fps range then I am sure the 64, 1080, and 1080TI can handle UWHD just fine. 4K is probably still a little further but at this point I am not seeing much of a benefit in 4K. Is 4K at reduced settings better than 1440 at full settings? Or is just to say I run 4K?
Meh, I don't care either way. Pascal has been a fantastic performing series for Nvidia that really is not outdated yet. A little more time for fence-sitters to finally buy some of these at reduced prices is a good thing. It's probably the time I will move on from my 980Ti (which I bought new and cheap as soon as 1080's were released). My fiance' has already moved up to 1070 from 970 recently, and neither of us has suffered by using Maxwells as long as we did.
You would be surprised how many people, including here, have real world expenses and kids, etc. Computer hardware tends to be a best performance for the money available then.
I mean, I'm lucky enough that I could stretch for it if I really had to have the latest and greatest. The performance gains just don't seem worth the huge price difference. Maybe it's my upbringing, but buying things just to have them gives me this remorse that makes me kinda hate myself after the rush wears off... ...sometimes before I even get the thing :P I wait for what I think is the best deal I'll see and I take it.
I'd rather see what happens. If the price doesn't drop enough, then I'll just have to choose the best cost/value upgrade available. Never had great options to begin with, I suppose. The market is what it is. It's like anything else in the electronic world... ...figure out what you need, watch the market, and get what best suits your needs of what is available, when you need it, at the best price. If it can wait, its often prudent to hold off. But then there is a risk to waiting for clearer skies that don't end up coming. And there is also risk to buying for the sake of it only to see a better option shoot up 2 weeks later. It's a give and take. Clinging to any specific philosophy or belief can leave you hurting. I don't like to speculate too much. It pays to consider your best options across a range of different possible outcomes.
980ti = 1070
980 = 1060
I'am saying this, because i have them (980 and 1070 Zotac AMP Extreme, 980ti Asus Strix and 1060 MSI Gaming X). In real world cards have -+5% difference in frame rates depending on settings and games. Maxwell have more shader cores/ROPs and wider VRAM bus but at less clock speed. The only real difference is power consumption, Pascal consume up to 35% less for same performance.
Next difference point may be VRAM +2GB on Pascal cards, but that is more about optimization and marketing, since big textures isn't same as quality, and for current resolutions even 4k 1GB for actual framebuffer is more than enough. In new year of 2017 i had a hard hit in performance in some online games increased by heavy VRAM consumption by web browsers, launching Chrome + 1 game = 1890MB VRAM, any attempt to load additional textures or open new browser window and you get 3-10 sec freeze even in Windows GUI. Poor GTX 680 with just 2GB was so bad... actually not, 1 year later, some optimization in games and drivers and performance went to level of 2015 when it was acceptable for me and freezes gone. More about optimization - at the same time, when my 680 was sold to a friend it was temporary replaced with Quadro 2000 1GB (that is GTS 450 or so!!!), and you know, i went testing VRAM consumption and freezes - i don't have them, low FPS, but no freeze, just different drivers. Also GeForce 2XX-4xx at that time had giant performance hit while watching online videos and streams, but Quadro doesn't, today both have no issues, "nothing personal, just drivers".
When i start finding new videocard with 8GB VRAM (just to be sure it will be sufficient for next 3-4 years), with all prices and availability in retail i first time came to mining :-) And my first replacements was 290x and 390x, and Maxwell/Pascal later. Well 980 (4GB) have same issues now with freezes, like 680 (online games consumption went from about 1GB to 2.5-3GB in 1 year), while Quadro 2000, 290x (4GB) and 1060/1070/980ti/390x (6-8GB) not.
but one thing is for sure.. no way are they gonna launch a new generation of cards into a market that is over saturated with both new and used cards from the current generation..
those that are waiting are gonna have a long wait and probably miss a few nice bargains along the way..
the bottom line is simple.. no new generation cards will be launched until the older generation inventory is cleared.. i think this is gonna take some time and some low prices.. in short apart from those fixated on the upgrade koolade.. a nice buyers market..
trog
Never tell anyone how much you have spent!!! :P
I for one have upgraded my GPU for years because the price of a GTX 1060 is higher than it was at launch. Just under $500 Au for the 6GB version
Like everything Australia will take months to catch up if they do....
I just want more ram on my GPU not that I play many games anymore.
I the irony of all this is the CNC machine I use at work has 128k ram and is drip fed but it making me a decent living