Wednesday, March 24th 2021
MSI to Hike Graphics Card Pricing, Expects GPU Supply to Remain Tight Throughout 2021
MSI is planning to raise prices of its graphics cards, according to a DigiTimes report, according to company chair Joseph Hsu, speaking at an investors conference on Tuesday. He stated that the company expects demand for motherboards, gaming notebooks, and graphics cards, to remain robust throughout 2021, with shipment increases to be had in the range of 30-50%. The DigiTimes report points to the likelihood of new GPU launches by NVIDIA in Q2-2021, and Intel 500-series chipset motherboards to positively impact MSI's shipments. Besides overwhelming demand, import duties and rising logistics costs are blamed for rising hardware prices.
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50 Comments on MSI to Hike Graphics Card Pricing, Expects GPU Supply to Remain Tight Throughout 2021
I merely stated that instead of buying midrange graphics cards north of 800€ you might as well just get a GFN subscription and play on that if you have decent enough internet for €10 per month till this whole ordeal goes away on the GPU market. If it never recovers then PC gaming is done in it current from...Not planing on...
Unless I can snag a reference 6700 XT from the German AMD DirectBuy store from one of the drops trough a friend I'll be sitting pretty on GTX 1080 that has been kindly lent to me.
I'm sure as heck wont be paying 2-3x MSRP for anything that ain't food, water of heating in the winter. Here in Hungary I'm already paying 27% VAT over MSRP pricing, that being said if really need something badly I would probably pay another 20% precent on top of that if it was needed for work. Anything beyond that is the the effit territory....
People lose their minds over every price hike, JFC. You can tell based on who whines the most those who dont remember 2006, or 2014. GPU prices fluctuate, they'll come back down as demand and supply normalize. Always happens. If only the PC was backwards compatible with 25+ years of games that can be played on a literal potato these days......
Actually I just ask myself : in how much time I can cover the gap over MSRP selling my stupid coins ? I'm not a miner but I don't want to pay extra for nothing.
I ran a few number, and it would take around 3-4 months of mining 24/7 to make 400$ easy, even with high prices on energy. Ethereum is so high it doesn't matter anymore, it's an optimization.
So basically :
- You buy a 750€ RX 6700 XT => 750€ easy to find in europe in the biggest online and 100% legit resellers, you can order all day long.
- you Mine like 12h a day (sleep + work average)
- you cash out every 50€ so you don't get impacted by traders
- in a matter of 6 month, you made 300€ and are back at MSRP
- quit mining and stop polluting for nothing
This is clearly sad to make plans like this but it works, it's safe (pretty much), and you don't have to mine for the rest of your life. The fact is you "help" by mining : other miners will start to get less money (it's negligeable at our scale).
I don't know if it's the best thing to do, but I'm searching for 3 months now, and I came to the conclusion that fighting bots to get one of the few GPU produced AND getting in our store is a lost cause.
It's also pretty close to a RTX 3070, so, even if I wish to have a 6800, it's going to be a 6-month fight I'm not ready to take this way.
What MSI is doing is very cruel for gamers, because we want to have those GPU, but we can't because they are worth 2-4k depending on GPU. And it's going to last for a long time. Energy is not impacting the bills anymore, so they can just mine, selling, buy more GPU, and continue.If you are a gamer don't buy an old one right now, it's the worst you could do.
I agree that miners are making huge profit, and it's going to settle down. But not for the next 2-3 years at least.
Not buying those GPU is giving them all of it, because they will if they can.
As much as I don't like the idea of game streaming services, I'd probably go for it if I could at this point. I sure as hell can't afford to upgrade like I had planned at this point.
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The top model air cooled 3080 from EVGA is $880
The bottom tier model from MSI is $1,070. Now they're going up more? MSI can suck it till they choke.Oh yeah you think you gonna get your hands on a console now? Lol
My friends is a lost cause : he has an ATI 7950 (maybe even ATI 7850). I just bought him a RX 6700 XT for 750€ which is great considering where he lives : Ireland.
They can't directly buy from normal stores, and can only use UK based websites, but it now comes with a problem : border tax. Any recent card at MSRP becomes a 1000€ card or so, because of this. There's a 170£ fee for the cheapest.
Anything under an RX 480 is for me "old gen". You can still play with it very nicely, but forget about max details or 4K, and dig a grave if you want to do both.