Chinese news site MyDrivers have recently reported on increasing graphics card prices in China over the last month. These price increases come as a result of reduced GPU shipments especially of the NVIDIA RTX 3060 whose supply is down 50% with improvements not expected for several weeks. The site has tracked the prices for popular cards from ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI with increases across the board ranging from a 12 USD increase on the Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti up to a 92 USD increase on the ASUS RTX 3070 Ti. These supply impacts have impacted NVIDIA to a greater extent than AMD but the general price increases are likely indicative of the global trend over the coming weeks.
18 Comments on Graphics Card Prices Increased Up To 92 USD in China Last Month
Not like there is much choice, unless you pay double the MSRP. The humble 1050 TI is retailing at 1660 super prices, so yeah I am going to make do with an APU if I have to, but this is not the market I am going to buy a GPU in.
From 200 to 600 euro RX 580
We could buy a 3060 but $999 for a card that won't do 1440p@144hz seems overpriced.
For Nvidia cards, use MSI afterburner to set an 85% power limit and 75C temperature limit. You will likely only lose 5-6% performance whilst simultaneously stopping the extreme voltages that go with those top boost bins.
For AMD cards, the tuning in the drivers is fantastic, but you can usually just drop the highest boost-state voltage by 100mv and test for stability. If you reduce the clockspeed by 5% you can probably drop voltage by another 100mv.
In both cases, the goal is to prevent the highly demanding, highly inefficient maximum boost voltages. Sure, they might get you 5% more performance but they put way more than 5% extra strain on your card and silicon.
iam still working my broken vega 64 on water, was planning to replace it with new nvidia 3000 or amd 6000 but due this madness, i can wait :) not like others.. supporting scalpers!
Working real well right? GPUs are not necessities. Bing Bing Wahoo is not needed for daily life. More people need to go touch grass and get off of their PCs for awhile. Unless you live in a dystopian state (california, new york, australia) that will never stop locking down, there are plenty of other hobbies you can enjoy. And if you only have an iGPU or really low end stuff, there are literal DECADES of software for PC and console that you can run. Something as weak as the GT 1030 can run dolphin, PCSX2, PPSSPP, PCSX1, ece, giving you the ability to run almost everything from the golden era of gaming.
The only people who "need" GPUs (and are not researchers or professionals that already pay scalper level prices for quaddro cards and have been for 20+ years) are streamers and the like who have to play games and encode them in real time, and frankly if you are doing that as a profession and not taking every sponsor you can get for that sweet revenue that can pay for a 3090 in just one video you're doing it wrong.
I could personally go without a GPU. I have days I may not use my computer. I'd miss gaming here and there, but I'm pretty content just sitting outside, in the shade with a nice breeze and not having to listen to the noise of other people.
Maybe my neighbor is agoraphobic and has debilitating fear/anxiety and they can only cope with people online and/or gaming. Perhaps a GPU is a necessity to them.
What may not be necessary for you or me, may be necessary for others.