More GPU price increases!

Harlequin · 7 Sep 2021 at 12:18

Graphics cards are getting more expensive again | TechRadar

Price increases along with falling supply, AND , the games favourite - mining profits increasing; along with ETH mining software finding increasing work arounds for NV LHR....

KeanuIsLife · 8 Sep 2021 at 18:57

When will it end???? I'm feeling more and more lucky that I've been happy with my setup through all this mess.....but feel horrible for all those who needed an upgrade. Desperately hoping that this is much improved by the next GPUs releases

Sarge2255 · 8 Sep 2021 at 19:33

What are you on about! Graphics cards can be purchased easily right now. You can easily get an LHR card from the online shops for a decent price considering the climate

TheGentry · 8 Sep 2021 at 20:10

Sarge2255 said:
What are you on about! Graphics cards can be purchased easily right now. You can easily get an LHR card from the online shops for a decent price considering the climate

Any 3080 near msrp at 650? Or they all 50% more at 1000+ cos I've no what you mean by decent price?

harmattan · 8 Sep 2021 at 20:26

I've been watching RTX 3080s and 3080 Tis consistently become more sparse in stock and higher priced this week. You can't find a 3080 for under £1100 and a 3080 Ti for £1500 right now, and those are few and far between. It's just bananas. Even 6800 and 6900s are tough to find at anything but a ridiculous price.

arc@css · 8 Sep 2021 at 20:27

So glad I bought a GT1030.

oldestgregg · 8 Sep 2021 at 20:52

This is not going to end anytime soon. The worldwide chip shortages are affecting everything including mobile phones and consoles and there is talk of it being 2023 before a lot of stuff becomes readily available. I work in sales and there are huge shortages for Iphone 12s and the whole of the Samsung S21 range. They just cant get the materials and make them fast enough and I have never seen it like this despite years in the industry.

4K8KW10 · 8 Sep 2021 at 20:54

arc@css said:
So glad I bought a GT1030.

That's not a graphics card, though. It's an excrement, sorry.

gary996 · 8 Sep 2021 at 20:55

Just dont buy the overpriced shipe. If no one bought them they would soon lower their prices, but a fool and their money

4K8KW10 · 8 Sep 2021 at 20:56

gary996 said:
Just dont buy the overpriced shipe. If no one bought them they would soon lower their prices, but a fool and their money

+1.
Agreed.

arc@css · 8 Sep 2021 at 20:57

4K8KW10 said:
That's not a graphics card, though. It's an excrement, sorry.

It is a graphics card, just a very weak one for gaming. Makes sense as I don't have anything as a backup whatsoever if my main card dies.

4K8KW10 · 8 Sep 2021 at 21:02

arc@css said:
It is a graphics card, just a very weak one for gaming. Makes sense as I don't have anything as a backup whatsoever if my main card dies.

I think the graphics cards start from somewhere the Radeon RX 560 level that is around, more or less twice as fast.
At least, have a DisplayPort.

arc@css · 8 Sep 2021 at 21:06

4K8KW10 said:
I think the graphics cards start from somewhere the Radeon RX 560 level that is around, more or less twice as fast.
At least, have a DisplayPort.

It'll play the older titles well enough and perform some design tasks suitably well, though I believe it's the GTX1050 which is regarded as the entry-level for gaming, in the Pascal range at least.

turbot1984 · 8 Sep 2021 at 21:09

I can well believe it ... reckon OCUK would have a £599 special on 3080's by now *in normal times*

Grim5 · 8 Sep 2021 at 21:10

KeanuIsLife said:
When will it end???? I'm feeling more and more lucky that I've been happy with my setup through all this mess.....but feel horrible for all those who needed an upgrade. Desperately hoping that this is much improved by the next GPUs releases

It will end after you buy a new gpu then you can stop worrying about prices

Josey Wales · 9 Sep 2021 at 15:11

Have a 1080Ti on custom water at 1440p. Wont be parting with it for a while. Its more than doubled in price to when i bought it 12 months ago

KeanuIsLife · 9 Sep 2021 at 20:02

Grim5 said:
It will end after you buy a new gpu then you can stop worrying about prices

Yeah as I said feel thankful for not needing one right now but hoping to upgrade next GPU launch.......fingers crossed for late 2022/2023 for an improvement!

Alt0153 · 9 Sep 2021 at 21:09

KeanuIsLife said:
Yeah as I said feel thankful for not needing one right now but hoping to upgrade next GPU launch.......fingers crossed for late 2022/2023 for an improvement!

2020/2021 stock levels at 3x current prices inc

Grim5 · 10 Sep 2021 at 04:43

KeanuIsLife said:
Yeah as I said feel thankful for not needing one right now but hoping to upgrade next GPU launch.......fingers crossed for late 2022/2023 for an improvement!

Its hard to predict.

Within 5 minutes of googling I'll be able to find quotes from executives at tech companies stating the following:

"the shortage will last until q2 2021"
"the shortage will last until early 2022"
"the shortage will last until mid 2022"
"the shortage will last until the end of 2022"
"the shortage will last until 2023" - this most recent quote is from Sony, discussing Playstation 5 stock

Sarge2255 · 10 Sep 2021 at 09:11

4K8KW10 said:
That's not a graphics card, though. It's an excrement, sorry.

Grim5 said:
Its hard to predict.

Within 5 minutes of googling I'll be able to find quotes from executives at tech companies stating the following:

"the shortage will last until q2 2021"
"the shortage will last until early 2022"
"the shortage will last until mid 2022"
"the shortage will last until the end of 2022"
"the shortage will last until 2023" - this most recent quote is from Sony, discussing Playstation 5 stock

The PS5 issue for me is bad , still had not bagged one and there have been plenty of restocks. Sony are loving the situation so I'm sure they will drag it out as far as possible.