Graphics card prices up 10-15%

[Nelly]

Several graphics card vendors have hiked retail prices for products made with DDR3 in the DIY market by 10-15% in order to reflect the increases in DRAM pricing, according to sources from graphics card vendors.

Since DDR3 memory prices have recently risen by more than 10%, the sources believe the graphics cards are unlikely to see their prices return to previous levels within the next six months unless GPU makers decide to offer promotions for specific models or launch next-generation products.

Since PC demand is still weak, the sources believe that the price raises should not upset consumers or channel retailers greatly in the short term.

In addition to DRAM and graphics cards, since motherboard ASP are expected to rise in June due to the release of Intel's Haswell platform, the sources believe the PC replacement trend they expected for the second half may have trouble coming true.

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[spoffle]

Mid range and up all use GDDR5, bottom end use GDDR3 and I'm pretty sure that GDDR3 is different to DDR3 anyway.

What an odd story.

 

[Buckster]

misleading thread title if ever there was

not even worth posting lol

 

[ArchAndroid]

Nice Daily Mail headline there.

 

[Nelly]

H'mmmm lol! You maybe right guys... Sorry, I'm wrong, and I've made a mistake.

AMD forecasts GDDR coming to CPUs as prices fall

SAN FRANCISCO: CHIP DESIGNER AMD said lower prices for GDDR5 memory will lead to its use as part of chip memory hierarchy.

AMD has long been promoting its idea of unified memory access where the CPU and GPU both have access to main memory.

What the firm is now looking towards is making that main memory comprised of both types of DRAM, that is, both DDR memory and significantly higher bandwidth GDDR memory.

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Can a mod lock this thread please, DigiTimes fooled me! lol