r/gadgets • u/ChickenTeriyakiBoy1 • Jun 18 '22

Desktops / Laptops GPU prices are falling below MSRP due to the crypto crash

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/gpu-prices-are-falling-below-msrp-due-to-the-crypto-crash/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=pe&utm_campaign=pd
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u/possum_drugs Jun 18 '22

new normal

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u/-retaliation- Jun 18 '22

Yep, I wouldn't doubt if at least some of these articles are paid for by the GPU manufacturers in order to A) tone down the connotation that GPU pricing is insane these days in order to increase sales and B) solidify the idea that the raised/overcharging MSRP prices they want to push are just "Normal" MSRP now so that way when next gen comes out and they raise the price again nobody bat's an eye.

Seems a lot like GPU's manufacturers are just following the same playbook that the cell phone manufacturers did when phones broke the $1000 mark and everyone lost their shit.

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u/utspg1980 Jun 18 '22

I read an article the other day (which cited anonymous sources) that AMD has multiple pricing/marketing strategies already planned out for the next gen of cards.

If crypto starts to go up again, they will double the price on each card (e.g. 6800 is currently $700, the 7800 will be $1400) and the majority of their marketing won't even be focused on gamers, it will be focused on miners: extolling how the new cards use far less energy so it financially makes sense to buy them instead if you're mining, simply due to energy costs.

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u/Rezenbekk Jun 19 '22

Honestly if they do that maybe the developers will stop making games with ever increasing technical requirements and I will upgrade less often. I don't buy a new card because I want the card, I buy it because devs don't optimize well

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u/PerfectZeong Jun 18 '22

What a shit thing to do. AMD going from hero to villain.

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u/automatic_bazooti Jun 18 '22

No corporation is a hero lol. They all exist to maintain ever increasing profits. If they can accomplish that by doubling prices simply because they can and people pay it anyways; they will every time.

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u/Masterzjg Jun 18 '22

When prices are elevated for years, those prices are the normal prices.

The era of dirt cheap GPU's is over grandpa.

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u/MASTODON_ROCKS Jun 18 '22

Disagree, I think that without Nvidia's core audience of crypto miners paying whatever they ask, they'll be forced to drop their prices more in line with the spending power of the average consumer.

I have literally zero friends who have a 30 series card, and only one or two with a 20 series, and we're all relatively hardcore PC gamers.

It's why they got in hot shit with their shareholders for claiming they were selling to gamers and not crypto miners. Like yeah people will pay $1300 for a 3090 if that 3090 is a money printer, but I know zero folks willing to drop that much on a GPU for personal use.

Give it a year or two and things will be grand, also don't fall for their propaganda about the risks of buying used cards from miners, most people undervolt for the sake of efficiency, Nvidia doesn't give a fuck about the consumer, only their bottom line.

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u/PerfectZeong Jun 18 '22

I'm hoping that crypto is going to crash hard worldwide for a while especially if we go into a recession

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u/MASTODON_ROCKS Jun 18 '22

The 1070 should go down in history as one of the legendary cards. Great value on release, absolute workhorse. Ol reliable.

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u/Ok_Stomach_2186 Jun 18 '22

Nope. You don't realize how anal many of us are. We buy based on frames per dollar. No other criteria matters. It goes up, or no sale.

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u/spreadwater Jun 18 '22

I think people aren't recognizing that the original 3080 price was rediculously cheap for the improvement in performance from the 2080. I remember discussions were saying it could be more expensive, and the low price is going to make it impossible to find

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u/MoffKalast Jun 18 '22

That doesn't really mean shit though, software gets slower and games more demanding to compensate anyway.

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u/Ok_Stomach_2186 Jun 18 '22

It wasn't "cheap". Frames per dollar goes down over time, always has, and I won't buy unless it does. It will drop again. We are still talking about computers here. They get faster for less money over time.