Graphics Cards May Get Another Price Bump Due to Rising Memory Costs

[Tsing]

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As if the costs of NVIDIA and AMD’s latest graphics cards aren’t disturbing enough (thank tariffs, scalpers, and alleged component shortages), Chinese website MyDrivers has published a bleak rumor suggesting that the prices of GeForce RTX 30 Series and Radeon RX 6000 Series GPUs are about to get even worse. Apparently, memory prices have increased to such an extent that enthusiasts should expect another demoralizing bump to GPU pricing sometime after Chinese New Year.



“This time, it is video memory, whether it is GDDR5 or GDDR6 series, which will also be affected by the whole DRAM industry,” Fast Technology’s Xian Rui wrote (machine translation). “As the price of memory starts to rise, the price of video memory also rises all the way.”



“Previously, ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI, and other companies...

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[Uvilla]

That's... Incomplete...
Everything is getting a price bump... Due to inflation.

 

[Dogsofjune]

Of course.....

 

[Zarathustra]

Because of course they are...

 

[Zarathustra]

That's... Incomplete...
Due to inflation.

Consumer price inflation has been at record lows for more than a decade now.

Last year the estimated inflation was only 1.2%.

Inflation does not explain this.

Vendor production volume contraction does. The bastards have figured out they can make more money by restricting supply and charging exorbitant prices than they can by actually satisfying market demand.

 

[Grimlakin]

That really really sucks. I feel sorry for folks still hunting.

 

[Uvilla]

Consumer price inflation has been at record lows for more than a decade now.

Last year the estimated inflation was only 1.2%.

Good one, sir, good one.
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