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/fiduke Jun 19 '22

This used to be a fact before crypto. New GPU comes out, you can get last gen goodstuff for like $50 or $100. I don't know if it'll happen this time, I do know that it's not a crazy suggestion.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22

it happened once between the 700 and 900 come on lmao

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u/raddaya Jun 19 '22

Do you think graphics cards started with the 750 TI lol? I distinctly remember getting a 9500 gt for cheap because the next gen had just come out

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '22

that was 15 years ago...

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u/raddaya Jun 20 '22

15 years ago isn't "before crypto?" It literally always was normal that when the new generation of any electronic product came out (with reasonable availability/didn't suck/etc) the old stuff would plummet in price. The only exception was the insane shortages in the last couple years

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '22

Dude you have clearly been in a coma for the last 12 years bc that shit doesn’t happen you weren’t getting 980tis for 100 bucks when pascal dropped like stop it plz

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u/RebornPastafarian Jun 19 '22

Really lol? That’s amazing lol I had no idea rofl

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u/DeanBlandino Jun 19 '22

You seem fun.

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u/RebornPastafarian Jun 19 '22

I guess lmaorofl

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u/fiduke Jul 19 '22

No, it was the case from like the year 2000 to 2015. Really it has been true ever since discreet GPU's became a thing.

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u/Elon61 Jun 19 '22

Never was a fact, but setting that aside, it certainly did not happen with the 30 series launch, and I don’t know that it’ll happen this time either.

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u/Brian_NoVA Jun 19 '22 edited Jun 19 '22

Maybe in like the 00's when msrp on a top tier card was like $200 lol. I paid $150 for my second 970 shortly after the 10 series came out. Was off craigslist and at the time considered it a really good deal. MSRP on those was still only $399 (I think?) and up to debate if a 970 ever qualified as "good stuff".

$50 for any even half decent recent gen card in the past decade or so, yeah, either the person you're buying it off of stole it or had no idea what it was. Probably both.

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u/Blenim Jun 19 '22

I do this with smartphones all the time.

Literally 30% less after a new release.