Video card prices are (maybe) going down, but let’s not say it too hard!

We would not scream at the full-blown change of course, in fact, caution must be maximum, but after terrible months in the last few hours news has appeared that seem timidly draw a gradual decline in the prices of video cards in the next weeks. We repeat: extreme caution, but there seems to be some glimmer of light to monitor.

The first news comes from Asia, with ASRock that commenting on its excellent financial results – like all the hardware world, on the other hand, in recent months – stated that it expects to grow also in the third quarter despite, as reported by the Digitimes, “the component shortage e the falling prices of video cards linked to a contraction in demand from the cryptomining sector in China“We haven’t seen the word drop associated with video card prices for months.

The second news comes from Computer base and from one of his monitoring carried out through the price comparator on its website which scans numerous shops around Europe. According to the German site, while a month ago the situation was still a red dot, now there are gods much better signals, with a availability of the latest video cards on the rise and price drops from a month ago highs in some cases over 30%.

“While only five models were available a month ago GeForce RTX 3060, there are now 24 models available. The minimum price is currently 639 euros, instead of around 949 euros four weeks ago. The similar situation with the GeForce RTX 3070, of which 26 models are available starting at 999 euros. A month ago there were only 4 models from 1499 euros. The GeForce RTX 3080 with 24 models from 1499 euros costs around 800 euros less. The GeForce RTX 3090 was not available in mid-May, while 18 models are available starting at 2199 euros, “the site writes.

Moving on to the Radeon world, the situation looks even better. “The Radeon RX 6700 XT dropped from € 929 to € 799 and 20 models are available instead of the previous 9. With the Radeon RX 6800, the number of cards available went from 3 to 6 and the minimum price dropped from € 1499 to € 1049. In addition, eight models of the Radeon RX 6800 XT are now available starting at 1249 euros, instead of the 3 models from 1499 euros in May. For the Radeon RX 6900 XT we find four more models, while the starting price has dropped from 1699 to 1589 EUR”.

Prices would seem – the conditional remains a must – to fall, but certainly we are far from the price lists proclaimed by the producers at the launch of the video cards. In Italy, taking a look through Trovaprezzo, the situation is a bit patchy, in the sense that there seems to be a better availability, but at least for the GeForce the prices remain high, while for the Radeons there is no such distance. net compared to the price lists cited by ComputerBase. The scenario for highly volatile and things could change even suddenly, in one way or another.

Even in the United States, as indicated Tom’s Hardware, the price of GPUs seems to be falling. The site reports the post by a Reddit user which is tracking the listings of the cards sold on eBay. The graph in that post highlights an average drop in the price of all cards by 20% from May, with more powerful solutions like the RTX 3090 showing the biggest reductions.

Why are prices apparently going down? The reasons can be varied, starting with an increase in production. As stated by ASRock, the lack of demand from miners – due to the actions of the Beijing government and the decline in the value of the most quoted cryptocurrencies – could be an explanation. In addition, there will soon be the passaggio di Ethereum da Proof of Work a Proof of Stake, and this may already have some effect. Finally, it is difficult to evaluate Nvidia’s actions against the world of mining, with the limiter on board all the new cards produced.

In conclusion, we reiterate extreme caution in defining the current scenario, also because the shortage situation in the technological world remains and certainly cannot be said to have been archived from one month to the next (indeed, the temporary closures of automotive plants continue to manage the reduced availability of components). Now the time has simply come to understand if these timid signals will be confirmed in the coming weeks or if it was a “one-off”. Certainly. the road to see the new GPUs at the price lists indicated by the manufacturers is still long, very long.

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