Nvidia and AMD GPUs May be Coming Down in Price This Quarter
The low supply of semiconductors on a global scale has almost brought the tech industry to its knees and caused millions to go without new PC hardware and consoles. These past seven months have been a trying time for customers and businesses alike, even though GPU companies did report sale increases for Q1 of this year. However, for those who are looking to get hold of a new Nvidia or AMD graphics card, there may be some good news on the way.
Within the coming months, it's possible that prices for both Nvidia and AMD products may start to come back down to normal levels. That's according to the word from supply chains. Essentially, so these sources say, by the second half of this year, it looks as though people can start paying regular prices again, not just for graphics cards, but for CPUs, storage and other PC components as well.
This doesn't necessarily mean the shortages will be on the mend by this time, but with countries like Germany already seeing drops in Nvidia and AMD prices, a trend seems to be cutting a swathe across the tech land. This means that, while supplies have been improving slightly, those who were able to get hold of new kit have had to fork over extortionate prices for the privilege of owning a current GPU. In places like China, GPU prices have been increasing for a lengthy amount of time now, but some have spotted that these prices are also starting to come down.
On top of this, Nvidia recently began increasing production on its RTX 3060 card, which has coincided with prices dropping in other parts of the world. All of this points to the idea that the deficit is perhaps coming to an end. Those who have waited patiently all this time for new hardware to become available may be able to breathe a sigh of relief. However, it is still worth going ahead with some degree of cautious optimism.
The shortages became so bad, that MSI announced it would be bringing back its 7-year-old GT 730, presumably to plug the gap in the market. With news that prices may drop to some semblance of normalcy soon, perhaps partly due to cryptomining no longer being as fruitful, so miners are not snatching up equipment so readily, may mean companies no longer need to bring back older products. Whatever the reason may be, the fact that Nvidia and AMD are starting to increase supplies will hopefully go hand-in-hand with the lower price of graphics cards within this next period.
Source: Tom's Hardware
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