Falling GPU Pricing in Europe Suggests Shortage Is Easing 20
According to ComputerBase, graphics card prices have begun to drop as much as 50% in Europe. From a report: Availability has also improved significantly, with sales of most GPU models from both AMD and Nvidia doubling month-over-month. This report comes on the heels of ASRock, a GPU maker, noting that GPU pricing is easing as demand from Chinese cryptocurrency miners wanes. More budget-oriented cards like the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT are seeing the most positive results, with a near 50% drop in price compared to last month. For flagship cards like the RTX 3080 and RX 6800 XT, however, prices haven't moved as much. They have dipped a respectable 10-15% which is still a very positive change considering the shortage issues plaguing the technology industry. In the United States, GPU pricing is slowly catching up to Europe, but it's still going down nonetheless.
Chinese miners cancelled orders, not the shortage (Score:4, Insightful)
It's not the shortage ending, it's supply and demand with demand suddenly cancelling orders due to Chinese government crackdown on miners. And then those miners flood the market with the cards they have, increasing supply. Good thing tho, I'll take it.
Re:Chinese miners cancelled orders, not the shorta (Score:5, Informative)
It could end quite suddenly, if a lot of the backlogged orders are from flippers on cards they suddenly won't be able to sell for a profit.
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supply and demand coming into line is what "shortage ending" means.
Except there still is very much a shortage on new cards. The downward price pressure is due to the second hand market opening up not because we can now go out and buy fancy boxed new RTX 3080s.
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That's nice. Still doesn't help with the other kinds of shortages that have little to do with mining. Two out of three TR Pro motherboards on back-order, and the CPUs still expensive, not to mention memory.
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A shortage is demand exceeding supply. The summary notes that supply is increasing (production doubling) and demand is decreasing because of a crackdown on miners. Thus, shortage ending.
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Supply increasing while demand is decreasing is the exact reason the shortage is ending. It doesn't matter where the supply is originating, it's reducing the shortfall in supply regardless.
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well let's hope miners stop to buy new as well, and we will get a long-term price decrease.
A step in the right direction I suppose (Score:2)
However, until I can visit a marketplace* where every single GPU worth a damn ( both current and the previous generation ) doesn't have an " OUT OF STOCK " indication attached to it, this is still speculative / wishful thinking news at best.
*Marketplace = Reputable dealer. Not E-Bay, neither used hardware nor scalpers ludicrous prices.
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* STILL CALLING IT OUT OF STOCK WHEN ACTUALLY THERE WAS ALWAYS NO CHANCE WE'DE HAVE ANY BECAUSE PRODUCTION ISNT THERE
Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
Some pansy cocksucker coding slashdot going overboard on the spam filter and interjecting their own personal irrational nonsense into things.... yeah?
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Yes, I know that we're still ways off a r
Non anecdotal.... (Score:1)
But now they're old (Score:2)
But who wants a 1 year old RTX 3080 at launch price (or higher) when you'll have a better card soon?
Unless the price on this older "top" cards is $500 or less, I'm going to wait until the next iteration. The length of the shortage has killed any novelty that owning a new card had, along with the desire to own them. A better one is around the corner especially with the TI's being released. To me, I'd need to get at least 2 years out of a top card for it to be worth the MSRP.
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What "better" cards are around the corner? The "TI" versions that you speak of are chips that did not pass tests. For example a 3080 TI is a downgraded 3090. This is not a brand new chip and manufacturing process. In order to get these chips, current chips have to be made and some of them have to fail. In order words you are getting a chip that could be a year old; the difference is this one failed a year ago and was held back by NVidia.
For AMD, their plans are to launch less powerful cards like the 6600 XT
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But who wants a 1 year old RTX 3080 at launch price (or higher) when you'll have a better card soon?
Soon? As in late 2022?
Unless the price on this older "top" cards is $500 or less, I'm going to wait until the next iteration.
Yep, that worked out well for people who passed on the 20xx series! They are swimming in card.. oh wait...
The length of the shortage has killed any novelty that owning a new card had, along with the desire to own them. A better one is around the corner especially with the TI's being released. To me, I'd need to get at least 2 years out of a top card for it to be worth the MSRP.
3080 TI is a 10% performance boost over the 3080, and costs 71% more than a 3080. Is that the "better one" around the corner for you?