Video cards, lower and lower prices: will the price lists be reached in the coming weeks?
Continue the descending parable which is characterizing i prices of video cards in the last months. The usual analysis of 3DCenter on various online shops in Germany and Austria highlights a further reduction in prices for video cards, even more expensive than those recommended by the manufacturers (the so-called MSRP) but increasingly closer to that goal: the markup is below 20% on average. The solutions AMD they stopped at a +12%while those NVIDIA yet +19%.
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Video cards have never been this affordable in over a year, if not more. Initiatives like NVIDIA’s “Ready and In Stock” also certify what it is a constantly increasing availability. And, for now, it does not seem to be feared of tail blows due to the delay in the passage of Ethereum to the Proof of Stake.
Video cards, prices compared in Germany and Austria | |||||||
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Real price vs. list | December 12 | January 2 | January 23 | February 13 | 6 March | 27 March | April 17 |
Radeon RX 6000 | +83% | +78% (-5PP) | +63% (-15PP) | +45% (-18PP) | +35% (-10PP) | +25% (-10PP) | +12% (-13PP) |
GeForce RTX 3000 | +87% | + 85% (-2PP) | +77% (-8PP) | +57% (-20PP) | +41% (-16PP) | +25% (-16PP) | +19% (-6PP) |
With prices approaching the price lists, enthusiasts who for a long time have postponed the purchase of a video card must make a decision: break the delay, buy the model they want in the next few weeks or wait for the last part. of the year when both NVIDIA and AMD will introduce next-generation GPUs.