Question Are graphics cards going through the roof again?

[jamesdsimone]

With ram prices tripling in price or more and I heard Nvidia is cutting production of gaming cards are we going to see the ridiculous card prices like when the crypto mining hit? I just picked up 3 RX6900 XT's from a local seller for 850. They are Asrock OC Formula cards.

 

[EXCellR8]

There is speculation that the GPU market will spike again, in the wake of memory demand. I imagine this would affect the latest cards most sharply, but it may not be a bad idea to buy cards now, if you're looking to upgrade. There's really no telling what's going to happen.

 

[jamesdsimone]

There is speculation that the GPU market will spike again, in the wake of memory demand. I imagine this would affect the latest cards most sharply, but it may not be a bad idea to buy cards now, if you're looking to upgrade. There's really no telling what's going to happen.

I got caught the last time. I hadn't upgraded in a long time because I wasn't doing much gaming. When I finally decided to upgrade, graphics cards were ridiculous. Broken RX590's were going for 200USD on ebay and RX6900 XT's were 3000.00. I saw a local listing who was literally around the corner from my office with 3 RX6900 XT's couldn't pass that deal up. I know the memory supply issue will affect new cards but that always causes the used cards to shoot up too.

 

[aigomorla]

Gpu Die prices are falling, except the ones used heavily for AI like the 5090 core, because those are basically RTX PRO's.

Problem is RAM especially VRAM and DRAM prices have skyrocketed, and its on a level worse then crypto, because now we got large corporations buying waffers by the bulk, and Samsung / Hynix / Micron decided these guys are more important. So unlike crypto, where the bulk still went to people, and few cyrpto farms, this time our supply is going to mega billion dollar corps like OpenAi, Tesla, and Meta. So were in for very dark waters.

It will take a while for them to realize, they hurt consumer PC market -> less people can use AI they expanding -> the bubble is getting more stressed -> bubble poping -> Influx of cheap RTX PRO -> revival of PC gamers.

So just bunker up for now, and try to use as little Ai as possible is my advice for all gamers.

 

[jamesdsimone]

Gpu Die prices are falling, except the ones used heavily for AI like the 5090 core, because those are basically RTX PRO's.

Problem is RAM especially VRAM and DRAM prices have skyrocketed, and its on a level worse then crypto, because now we got large corporations buying waffers by the bulk, and Samsung / Hynix / Micron decided these guys are more important. So unlike crypto, where the bulk still went to people, and few cyrpto farms, this time our supply is going to mega billion dollar corps like OpenAi, Tesla, and Meta. So were in for very dark waters.

It will take a while for them to realize, they hurt consumer PC market -> less people can use AI they expanding -> the bubble is getting more stressed -> bubble poping -> Influx of cheap RTX PRO -> revival of PC gamers.

So just bunker up for now, and try to use as little Ai as possible is my advice for all gamers.

I think the cycle will be at least a couple of years. Prices are going to go up because supply will dry up with not only expensive ram but also scarcity. I have a stock of graphics cards I've picked up from searching mostly local listing so pretty much set for now on that.