Latest GPU Pricing Trends Indicate Potential MSRP Parity by Summertime

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Would you believe that graphics cards might finally be attainable at MSRP in just a few months? That’s a crazy thought that might have sent some enthusiasts to the loony bin last year, but the latest trend lines based on pricing from German retailers suggest that the idea may not be as wild as it sounds. As plotted by 3DCenter.org, pricing for both NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series and AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics cards have continued to fall admirably over the past few weeks, with the former and latter seeing a 16% and 10% decrease in pricing, respectively, since the week of February 13. If the downward trend manages to hold, GPUs could be available to purchase at saner (but still arguably excessive) prices by the summer...

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[Brian_B]

 

[Riccochet]

As the correction starts to take place Nvidia and AMD will increase their MSRP's by 30%.

Watch.

 

[Uvilla]

As the correction starts to take place Nvidia and AMD will increase their MSRP's by 30%.

Watch.

Id agree.
I still wonder if gaming PCs sector is becoming an inflation stagnated market. Seems it isn't. Everything seems always sold out. I do wonder if there are less people in it though.

 

[Grimlakin]

The PC gaming sector is being fueled by a bunch of gen Xers with disposable income.

I should know...

 

[MadMummy76]

Nope, not seeing it. There is a slight dip in prices, but nothing that would indicate getting close to msrp. We are still close to 2x MSRP. We might reach 50% over MSRP by summer if the trend remains, but I doubt that. I'm sure the "conflict" will somehow affect chip production.

 

[LazyGamer]

I've been seeing individual cards priced at their manufacturers' MSRPs, but that's definitely above what Nvidia announced as MSRP for the GPUs themselves. The bigger news was seeing some stay in stock for multiple days, as opposed to having to compete one way or another for the opportunity to purchase one!

 

[MadMummy76]

I've been seeing individual cards priced at their manufacturers' MSRPs, but that's definitely above what Nvidia announced as MSRP for the GPUs themselves. The bigger news was seeing some stay in stock for multiple days, as opposed to having to compete one way or another for the opportunity to purchase one!

Here in the EU they solved the stock issue by making them so expensive it is guaranteed to stay in stock for a long time. There is a constant stock of 3080s since August. There were always at least one or two different makes and models available since then.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

I have to admit that I was a bit surprised when Newegg had a 3080/Z690 combo deal for around $1600 a few weeks back. It wasn't even a shuffle thing. It, of course, sold out but I was still surprised by the price.

 

[LazyGamer]

Here in the EU they solved the stock issue by making them so expensive it is guaranteed to stay in stock for a long time. There is a constant stock of 3080s since August. There were always at least one or two different makes and models available since then.

Well, that's the correct way to do it. When retailers get tired of them sitting on shelves, prices will drop.

I have to admit that I was a bit surprised when Newegg had a 3080/Z690 combo deal for around $1600 a few weeks back. It wasn't even a shuffle thing. It, of course, sold out but I was still surprised by the price.

The 3080 Ti FTW3 was in stock for four or five days on EVGAs website (at the link).

 

[MadMummy76]

Well, that's the correct way to do it. When retailers get tired of them sitting on shelves, prices will drop.

Unfortunately that's not how it works here. It is a very specific subculture of selling PC parts. There is basically one big importer firm, and all but a few retailers buy their stuff from them. 99% of retailers don't even keep an actual stock, not a single piece, but list what the importer has in stock on their end. And when you order from the retailer they in turn order it from the importer, who has the actual stock.

And this importer basically supplies the entire market, they are so ridiculously big that they can afford to sit on stock indefinitely. Which I've seen numerous times where some older gen cards were still listed years later at the original price because they still had leftover stock.

There is actually a funny anecdote I have for this. We needed to buy like 10 8TB drives, a few years ago, when those were the top in regards of capacity and as such pricey and rare. We managed to order 4 from one retailer and 6 from another. And when the drives got delivered the styrofoam packaging that was separated into two halves matched each other, they were clearly from the same carton separated at the importer one half delivered to the first the other half to the second retailer when we placed the order.