Since the RTX 3080 graphics card was launched in September last year, the graphics market has changed in four months, in addition to the price increase caused by the shortage of GPU chips, mining, tariffs and other factors have also driven up the price of graphics cards, and now face new problems.

This time the chain is dropped is the video memory, whether it is GDDR5 or GDDR6 series, they will also be affected by the entire DRAM industry, as the price of memory began to rise, the price of video memory also went all the way up.

Previously, Asus, Gigabyte, MSI and other companies announced price increases for graphics cards because of irrigation, logistics and other reasons, and now because of changes in memory prices, they are the slowest in Q1 quarter before the receipt of graphics cards show price changes, is expected to open a second wave of price increases in February after the Chinese New Year.

The specific price increase is still uncertain, but the RTX 3000 and RX 6000 series graphics cards will be affected this time, not only PC graphics cards, notebooks will also be the same due to price increases, had to raise the selling price in order to reflect the cost changes.

Translated with DeepL

Source:
https://news.mydrivers.com/1/736/736968.htm
https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/l5...ue_to_increase/


Adoii...worst time to upgrade...

This post has been edited by TheMrBinary: Jan 27 2021, 07:36 PM

My old gpu still going strong. Replace the thermal paste and it's like new. Asus strix card really durable huh.
Imma stay with it for another year.

This post has been edited by TheMrBinary: Mar 23 2021, 01:06 PM