Question [Videocardz] AMD possibly raising GPU chip prices by 10%

[jpiniero]

AMD allegedly increases Radeon RX 6000 GPU pricing for board partners by 10% - VideoCardz.com

AMD Radeon RX 6000 pricing up by 10% The company has allegedly informed board partners it will be increasing the price of Radeon RX 6000 graphics cards. According to Board Channels forums, AMD has decided to increase the pricing of Radeon RX 6000 GPUs by 10%. Cards based on RDNA2 architecture...

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Rumor suggests that the increase would be $20-40 and blames the TSMC price hikes.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Do you guys think Intel entered the GPU market with Xe or something?

You know the fundamental architecture of the Xe GPUs go all the way back to Gen 6 GMA X3000 series in 2006 right? That's when the EU nomenclature started. And arguably GMA X3000 has its ancestry in the i740 as well.

Since I played games on the early Intel GPUs for quite a long time, it's not going to be terrible as people say. I know everyone likes being hyperbolic.

Doom? Why not try that right now? You really don't think it'll run? I've played games like Unreal Tournament 2003, Quake 3 on the Sandy Bridge GPU. The games Xe had issues were newer games like Horizon Zero Dawn and Cyberpunk 2077. I also know they improved the compatibility with those two games as well.

It's not like Intel is starting from scratch. Yes in that case they have a problem. iGPU is a basis no matter how poor it might sound to be.

Pretty much what I meant.

 

[biostud]

To little competition and to high demand vs supply -> higher prices. With the current prices it is not like a higher MSRP is going to change the cost of the street price of a videocard.