GPU prices

[RyanCyan]

This has probably been asked and addressed many times, but I couldn't find a post on it. Why are graphics card prices so high?? I remember last Labor Day I bought my Asus 1060 OC 3gb for 175ish dollars but now 1050ti's are $200?! What the hell! I sold my pc about 4 months back for $560 dollars (built for $610) because it wasn't strong enough for the games I played. Hopefully I didn't lose too much there.

[thelordofwarr]

Mostly because of the high demand from miners, as the 10series Nvidia GPUs have a great performance per watt for them. Also they can't manufacture them fast enought so they raise the price. That's how a free market works, if you have high demand you raise the prices if you can't supply it

[RyanCyan]

3 minutes ago, thelordofwarr said:

Mostly because of the high demand from miners, as the 10series Nvidia GPUs have a great performance per watt for them. Also they can't manufacture them fast enought so they raise the price. That's how a free market works, if you have high demand you raise the prices if you can't supply it

Is there any hope for this mining trend to ever end?

[thelordofwarr]

Maybe if it chrashes but then they move to altcoins...maybe when a new generation of GPUs comes out s bunch of old GPUs hit the market...but Nvidia says prices gonna rise or stay till Q3 at least

[brandishwar]

1 hour ago, thelordofwarr said:

Mostly because of the high demand from miners, as the 10series Nvidia GPUs have a great performance per watt for them. Also they can't manufacture them fast enought so they raise the price. That's how a free market works, if you have high demand you raise the prices if you can't supply it

It isn't just miners. There are numerous videos online discussing this at length. The fact that DDR4 and DDR3 RAM prices are both up as well as graphics cards has more to do with the supply of the parts needed to make them. And the smartphone market is actually doing more to drive those prices up by tapping heavily into what capacity there is to fabricate ICs. This is driving up the base manufacturing costs, raising the base cost of the card, which is further exacerbated by the demand for graphics cards and RAM for computers and laptops.

[thelordofwarr]

1 minute ago, brandishwar said:

It isn't just miners. There are numerous videos online discussing this at length. The fact that DDR4 and DDR3 RAM prices are both up as well as graphics cards has more to do with the supply of the parts needed to make them. And the smartphone market is actually doing more to drive those prices up by tapping heavily into what capacity there is to fabricate ICs. This is driving up the base manufacturing costs, raising the base cost of the card, which is further exacerbated by the demand for graphics cards and RAM for computers and laptops.

Yes...actually I can't know everything but yes forgot that. Let's see what happens when wafers are getting more expensive...prices through the stratosphere then

[A1Mike_W]

5 hours ago, thelordofwarr said:

maybe when a new generation of GPUs comes out s bunch of old GPUs hit the market...

Yeah right, I've seen 780's at double price AND sold out. Anything that is efficient and profitable will stay in demand, and the 10 series is still going strong.

I fully expect those used cards to be snatched up by miners immediately and the new generation cards to start at an extortionate price (and rise shortly thereafter). 

[Jrasero]

From reports from Tom's Hardware prices will not get any better supposedly until Q3 since it's believed that the next gen will not be announced until August.  The March conference is said to be just a road mapping at best for consumer cards.  Also there are rumors that MSRP for next gen cards will also go up.  Personally if you can find a card slightly above MSRP or even $100-$200 above I would do it since you still have 6-7 months until next gen and you will have the same issue of availability and scalping.  Just get what you need now, sell it if you are able to get your paws on a next gen card