Prices for AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards cost up to 83% more than the manufacturer’s suggested price

Cryptocurrency mining continues to grow and companies saying the chip shortage will last for most of 2022 has led to the prices of AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards hitting their 6-month high. The latest data comes from 3DCenter, which has been doing a great job of providing a visual representation of graphics card pricing and availability.

AMD Radeon graphics cards are priced 83% above MSRP (Recommended Retail Price), on the other hand NVIDIA GeForce are up to 72% above MSRP.

A month ago, NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards were at 70%, while AMD Radeon graphics cards were 74% above their MSRP. However, with cryptocurrencies picking up pace once again and all the recent confirmations from company executives who have said that the chip shortage will last until the second half of 2022, the situation has worsened.

Compared to September, NVIDIA graphics cards are now 72% more expensive (vs. 70%), while AMD graphics cards are 83% more expensive (vs. 74%). It is a small increase, unlike last month but it is the largest price increase since May 2021.

Graphics Card Prices 🇩🇪🇦🇹 Oct 10, 2021

👉 Availability got little bit better, but prices do not respond.

👉 RDNA2 83% over MSRP (+9PP vs Sept), Ampere 72% over MSRP (+2PP vs Sept).

👉 Looks like current price exaggerations getting cemented.https://t.co/1I65ghqgE7 pic.twitter.com/FykVcrtOl6

— 3DCenter.org (@3DCenter_org) October 11, 2021

Certain models like the Radeon RX 6800, Radeon RX 6800 XT, Radeon RX 6800 XT, Radeon RX 6600 XT, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, RTX 3080, and RTX 3090 are hard to find. The AMD Radeon RX 6800 (No XT) is almost like it doesn’t exist anymore, as it is the hardest card to find right now.

For that reason the RX 6800 has the highest margins with prices 100% above the MSRP. The Radeon RX 6700 XT, which was targeting the 1080p resolution core segment, is also 84% above MSRP, while the 6600 XT is 58% above MSRP. This doesn’t bode well for the upcoming Radeon RX 6600 No XT, which will be priced at around $ 329 US, but a 50% increase will mean that it will actually end up costing around $ 450-500 US.

It seems that the focus on LHR cards has shifted miners’ attention to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 series, this card continues to offer the highest hash rate of all non-LHR GeForce cards.

The card is priced at 52% over MSRP, the RTX 3080 is priced at 85% over MSRP, the RTX 3060 is priced at 92% over MSRP, while the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, whose availability has worsened over time. , is now priced at 69% over MSRP. All reports are now pointing towards normalization in the second half of 2022, so don’t expect any miracles before then.