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Do you think the Coronavirus is going to drop or increase GPU prices ?

Scania said:
Initially, prices will shoot up.

If (which is likely) this goes on for any length of time, demand will fall off a cliff - hard to believe here but PC components for hobbyists will very soon not even register on the list of fiscal priorities for the vast majority of punters, prices will subsequently fall.

Basically, if I have to self isolate for weeks / months the last thing I will be budgeting for is a new graphics card over that time and in the aftermath, I dare say I'll be trying to rebuild my finances and PC components won't be a priority for me or many many others.
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Exactly this.

I've been considering replacing my PC for a good few months now - speccing out what i might want/need etc. But i've thrown that idea out the window now until things get back on track. Paying my mortgage and monthly bills is significantly more important to me right now, and for the remainder of the year and beyond.
 
Semple said:
Exactly this.

I've been considering replacing my PC for a good few months now - speccing out what i might want/need etc. But i've thrown that idea out the window now until things get back on track. Paying my mortgage and monthly bills is significantly more important to me right now, and for the remainder of the year and beyond.
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This in a nut shell^

Paying bills is more important then buying super over priced PC parts.
 
Well i don't see any tangible way that the prices will decrease. It's affecting supply in a negative way so like with anything. Less supply but there's more demand than there is supply, prices will increase so it increases profits.
I was looking at 99% isopropanol alcohol, the 5 Litre stuff i could buy for around £30. It's around £80-120 at the moment because of the huge increase in demand for hand sanitizer.
 
We are seeing the cost of manufacturing going up and some component lead times are going up as factories close down. Shipping prices are becoming astronomical (I had a quote to ship a few pallets of goods to China that went from £3200 to £8500 in about a week with FedEx, and it isn't just to China). In short, making the stuff and the logistics around it is getting more expensive, so the goods will get more expensive. How that all interacts with reduced consumer demand as we cut back to weather the storm is unknown. Maybe it balances a bit to stimulate stock movement, maybe it goes up to compensate.
 
N19h7m4r3 said:
Sadly a peasant such as myself only has a 100Hz main monitor. I shall forever suffer in quarantine without experiencing gaming :(
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Yea. I am still on 60Hz and likely will be for a long time. Does the job for me as I do not play any twitch or multiplayer games. At least I know I have better graphics than 97% of other people who are on lower resolutions (according to steam anyways as I recall) :D
 
pmc25 said:
Lol.

That's an interesting school of thought.

Demand falls, available supply balloons, growth stops or recession begins, incomes drop sharply, people lose their jobs ..... and you think that vendors will raise prices.

That's some next level economic illiteracy.
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Lol.

Incomes dropped sharply since 2008, did GPU prices fall to reflect that?

Nope, they increased way beyond anything reasonable climaxing in NV's 2080ti.

You might what to check your own economic illiteracy about the subject at hand, GPU pricing.
 
Darujhistan said:
Lol.

Incomes dropped sharply since 2008, did GPU prices fall to reflect that?

Nope, they increased way beyond anything reasonable climaxing in NV's 2080ti.

You might what to check your own economic illiteracy about the subject at hand, GPU pricing.
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Are you trying to tell me the Top unlocked GPU such as the Titan RTX and V cost more than what flagships use to cost from 2008 onwards?! Impossible.
God, I'm horrible for having bought into it :(
 
Jobs have increased but jobs paying good wages haven’t, its a problem just look at the macro economics of senior adult welfare with no easy answers either from government, business or those in need of care. This translates to in GPU terms to what we see (UK) in the housing market... Those that “have and those that have not” which splits the market. How will vendors respond? Two tiers of GPU product one that challenges the mainstream and one that fleeces the living ***** out of anyone that wants more because they can afford it and they have no choice if they want more.... and thats bad for everyone because you start looking at GPUs as luxury goods instead of what they are a “black box for accelerated graphics”
 
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