ASUS cuts video card prices by up to 25% in the US. Effects elsewhere too?

The positive trend in the drop in prices of video cards seen in the past few hours could become stronger in the United States, and perhaps in other parts of the world, with the abolish import duties of some PC components from China to the United States.

“Following the latest removal of tariffs on Chinese imports by the Office of the United States Trade Representative, PC gamers and enthusiasts will see lower prices on ASUS GeForce RTX 3000 video cards starting April 1, 2022“, said a representative of the Taiwanese company a several American sites. “The lower prices will affect the entry level GeForce RTX 3050 and RTX 3060 solutions, the mid-range RTX 3070 and the high-performance RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 cards.”

ASUS doesn’t mention AMD GPU-based video cards, but the cut shouldn’t be limited to just NVIDIA models. It is also worth noting that the “up to 25%” reduction, which means that not all models will suffer a cut of this magnitude. ASUS will probably not be alone in moving in this direction, although so far no other manufacturer has spoken out publicly.

however, it is plausible that the market will implement, from now on, maneuvers to lighten the inventory in view of the new video cards arriving in the last part of the year.

Although this reduction primarily affects the US, these maneuvers generally have beneficial effects also in the rest of the world. In short, we should not be surprised if the constantly falling prices in Europe will also be confirmed in future analyzes.