Graphics Card Prices in Germany Fall to the Lowest Point Since February

[Luminescent]

Yeah, dropped at 153% over msrp.
Could be they sell one card a week and they might think it over if it's worth turning the lights on and paying rent for products no one want.
In my country there is stock for 2 months and no one really cares, they can keep it.

 

[RedBear]

well crypto is one thing, but the main reason was because so much people got more money or more time and thought well now that I am home. New gen of graphic card that is way faster plus many new demanding game. That boosted the demands by a LOT! Then a lot of people got more money by spending less on trip, comute, work expense and got relief money had money to invest in crypto.

Well, people being forced at home might have played a role, but it's a bit suspect that prices started falling down worldwide as soon as China started cracking down on cryptos and miners there who couldn't afford to relocate started selling their GPUs... And it's not like this is the first time that cryptocurrencies caused price spikes.

 

[Punkenjoy]

Well, people being forced at home might have played a role, but it's a bit suspect that prices started falling down worldwide as soon as China started cracking down on cryptos and miners there who couldn't afford to relocate started selling their GPUs... And it's not like this is the first time that cryptocurrencies caused price spikes.

Yeah but most of these bans where targeting Bitcoin and bitcoin is being farm with ASICs, not GPU. And the Crypto crashed way before china started cracking it. (and i wonder how much this is a show, it would have been way more powerful to do it when bitcoin was worth 60K US..., but that start to get into the tinfoil hat territory.).

When bitcoin crashed, Ethereum (who actually made to be mined on GPU) also crashed reducing bit quite a lot the profitability of GPU mining. Right now, GPU are just too expensive to be profitable long term unless Ethereum bounce back a lot. not unprofitable but before you could payback even at these price a GPU in few month, now it must take a year or so. The sad news is if they get back to MSRP, they will be become profitable again if Ethereum stay around the same price.

 

[Jism]

And in a year or so cards are to be picked up for (hopefully) bargains again.

I woud'nt want to buy a used card just to piss of scalpers or miners.

 

[Solaris17]

I woud'nt want to buy a used card just to piss of scalpers or miners.

Same, I have no issue riding it out and I will buy a brand new card when stock levels and prices go back to what they should be.

Have no interest in helping the miners or scalpers unload their used cards.

 

[Jism]

I'm curious to see when the list of games supporting fidelityfx starts to grow, and we can play games at WQHD resolutions while renderling on 1080p or so on a RX580.

We're finally able to use hardware for a further extend of time then a few years ago.

 

[Minus Infinity]

As long as prices are normal when RDNA3 or Lovelace come out I'll be happy. Not bothering with the current gen. RDNA2 is half baked on RT performance, and RDNA3 will be a much faster card in rasterisation and RT and get FSR hardware acceleration. Hopefully they don't gimp the bus width either in the next gen. or we finally get HBM2 memory for big Navi.

 

[Arc1t3ct]

There is definitely a price drop! Instead of 3.5 - 4 times msrp they are now charging 2.5 - 3 times msrp... hurray, we're saved!

 

[Diablo2Player]

When there's smoke there's fire. If Bitcoin doesn't rally soon we will soon see GPU prices BELOW msrp.

 

[Rithsom]

When there's smoke there's fire. If Bitcoin doesn't rally soon we will soon see GPU prices BELOW msrp.

Card prices below MSRP would be the dream. However, I would still choose not to buy a used card from a miner. I'm not supporting them, no way no how.

I wonder if the miners here on TPU are going to flock over to the BST subforum and try to unload their cards soon.

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

There are no incentives to support miners and scalpers. Same goes for AIBs who got caught red-handed or have a hand in this controversy. Let them suffer even more by not buying their used, overpriced GPUs and watch them suffer or forced to throw prices just to get rid of their stocks. Well sucks to be them coz no one is sane enough to support their scummy business.

 

[Parn]

53% above MSRP. Still a long way to go before many would consider it a reasonable price to pay for a graphics card.

 

[neatfeatguy]

Retailers who have paid well above MSRP from distributors and manufacturers will ensure the prices stay inflated until they can get rid of that stock.

Look at Micro Center stores - sitting on AMD cards that are well over 2x MSRP. 6700XT cards are selling at $900 (on the rarer low end of cost) upwards of $1100. Same thing applies to the 6800 and 6900 models, easily surpassing 2x the MSRP. Either MC is going to have to eat it and tank the prices on these AMD cards or sit on them and hope someone is foolish enough to pay these prices.

I noticed that the few EVGA cards at Micro Center that come in are selling at similar prices you can get them off EVGA's store, if you're on a list. Prices look to be adjusting down some, but it's still the matter of getting your hands on one.

 

[Luminescent]

I wonder if Nvidia and Amd has a hand in this fueling this mining business, so many crypto currencies and more popping up, this is just strange, who uses these new crypto ?

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

"techbros" who thinks they got too much money that their parents gave them, I suppose... and probably want to dump and pump as well like a certain someone who's desecrating Nikola's name.