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GPU Prices (good news)

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Brief currency bounce is nice but too small to make much difference, will be interesting to see how things go longer term, quite a few forecasting the opposite atm though of course I hope they're wrong as cheaper GPUs sounds good to me!
 
The dollar isnt going to drop as dramatically as as the pound did. Unless your referring to Trump lowering business taxes which would be good for well ya know silicon valley etc but doesn't necessarily mean it will reflect in prices lol. gouge gouge gouge.
 
We can all hope... It could help the pound to become a little stronger but likely not enough to make a noticeable difference in gpu/component prices.
 
Dollar is going to drop with Trump in. Maybe more than the pound dropped in Brexit. Give it a few months for him to screw up big time :D
 
Stock Market predictions see the dollar tanking. If it does effect the prices (Which it should) then AMD better get that Vega product out fast. :p
 
I doubt it. When the pound drops prices rise within weeks. When it rises they stay the same, or still go up because [insert recent disaster or event].
 
Nasher said:
I doubt it. When the pound drops prices rise within weeks. When it rises they stay the same, or still go up because [inset recent disaster or event].
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that's my experience as well. kinda flies in the face of the people who keep insisting that Brexit is at blame for everything. Time to see how true that statement really is. Prices should really drop like a rock now.
 
[inset recent disaster or event]

Potential of U.S. trade war with china. Tarrifs slapped on imported electronic goods from asia.
 
Short term memories here it seems.

Asus 1080 deal last week on Strix Advance at £649 which is the lowest price that card has ever being since launch, so pre-brexit 1.50 rate pricing right there.

Gigabyte 1080 deal over weekend at £599, again pre-brexit 1.50 pricing.


Also several OcUK lines are still priced based on stock that we own at 1.30, XFX RX-480 GTR perfect example, fresh stock is around £15 more expensive.

When we can hold prices we do, but our turnover of stock when brexit happened was huge due to Pascal and RX 480 launch, so stock was turned very quick, fortunately some lines were slower selling than others that is why some brands such as XFX above and Gainward 10 series cards are still at pre-brexit prices.

Your yet to see the full effect actually of Brexit, because a lot of brands had not moved prices until October which are now starting to filter through, particular on monitors.

Prices will continue to rise not come down, the only way prices will come down now is due to:
- Resellers still have old stock paid for at rates at 1.30 or higher but they have made sound business decision to revalue stock using 1.20 (rate bank gives, not rate displayed on XE) then allowing them to do deals.
- The pound gaining strength to around 1.35 region, if it stays under that prices will continue to rise.
- Or the USD cost price being lowered by manufacturers (highly unlikely due to product demand being highest ever world wide)


Those of you who are old enough to own cars, houses, will also already be seeing increases in prices on fuel bills and weekly shops and it is just the start, by next year we will be paying even more unless the pound can gain some considerable strength and I personally cannot see it getting back towards 1.35 let alone 1.50 area where it was pre-brexit.

Companies like Apple, Samsung, LG and other big companies set pricing quarterley and that is why when Brexit happened monitor prices hardly changed and then all of a sudden around Sept/Oct time they rocketed as they had to re-value imports down from 1.50 rates to 1.20-1.25, they will now hold pricing until next quarter refresh so Fed-March time and if the rate is still around 1.25 nothing will change.

If I was to replace every VGA listing with fresh stock, some would go up in price more, not down, simply because most of our VGA stock is now all paid for and booked at rates typically around 1.30 with some strong deals at 1.50 hence the Asus and Gigabyte 1080 weekend pricing being the lowest since launch. :)

But unfortunately apart from odd Black Friday deals, the continuous pricing is only set to increase, for it to come down in an noticeable fashion we need the pound well over 1.30 or for NVIDIA/AMD to move the USD price which they simply will not as they are still selling every GPU they can produce. They also will not give UK advantageous pricing as that would then cause a grey market, would be great for UK exports though haha! :D

Get the bread and baked beans out. :D
 
beany_bot said:
You are about to see your GPUS get a LOT cheaper. Watch this space...
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since last week at other places prices been dropping . noticed for eg some places doing cheaper 1070 gtxs. one was about 50 quid cheaper and a good branded one.

as always forget what the snake oil salesmen tells you.if they need to sell they have to lower the price :D
 
All it means for most people is less frequent upgrades. Games developers aim for the mid range specs, so in the end everything just slows down.
 
~>Dg<~ said:
since last week at other places prices been dropping . noticed for eg some places doing cheaper 1070 gtxs. one was about 50 quid cheaper and a good branded one.

as always forget what the snake oil salesmen tells you.if they need to sell they have to lower the price :D
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I've posted facts, nothing less, nothing more.

Less of the cheek, I still have a ban hammer that has a lot of dust on it. :p
 
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