![]() ![]() ![]() GPU prices that were already a bit overpriced leading up to COVID went insane due to profitable cryptomining and people stuck at home. ![]() I've been out of the PC game for a long timeĪh, you're missing a lot of context everyone else here takes for ganted:īasically, the current GPU prices are about 2 or 3 times higher than where they should be, because we're still in the tail end of a once-in-a-lifetime crisis from COVID/crypto. Yes its apples and oranges but its crazy how much PC parts are. But damn building a PC is expensive! I had thought the PS5 was overpriced but i could buy a PS5 for each room of the house or buy the next few generations of consoles for the price of building a high end PC. I understand i can build a budget PC or even mid-range but im all for spending extra up-front to future proof and also not end up spending extra 3-4 years down the track anyway to upgrade. Also have something else for gaming since my son hijacks my PS5 all the time. Bring back some nostalgia and both my kids would be interested in helping. Recently I have been wanting to get back into PC by building a gaming PC. Since then i have been console bound as i just like the ease and prefer kicking back on a lounge in-front of a big TV instead of a desk. Got the first Need for speed as a demo on one of those. Grew up with them in their early stages with games like stunts, Doom etc back when you could get demo of games on CD's with the PC magazines. If that holds for AMD’s GPUs, we could have an old-fashioned GPU price war on our hands in the near future.Man, ive been out of the PC game for a long time. At least, the ones that came out closer to launch were right on the money. After all, the 40-series leaks ended up being exactly right. That could impact Nvidia’s prices if rumors about the cards’ performance are true. On-the-fence upgraders also might want to hold off a bit, as AMD is announcing its RDNA3 GPUs on Nov. 12 when they go on sale remains to be seen. Whether that will still be the case on Oct. Sure, there are some overclocked models with huge coolers going for higher prices, but at least we seem to have options. It’s an encouraging sign that AIBs are offering RTX 4090s for the same price as Nvidia’s cards. It’s also exclusive to 40-series GPUs, for now. It also seems like their big selling point is performance boosts from DLSS 3, which is only supported on 35 games currently. Demand for those GPUs will be contingent on their performance against cards like the RTX 30. The 12GB card was especially criticized for its narrow 192-bit memory bus, which is unheard of on an $899 GPU. The less expensive RTX 4080 GPUs were largely panned due to their lowered specs and high prices. It stands to reason they will be sitting patiently on the sidelines for this launch. As such, many gamers don’t need to upgrade right now. In the past, a GPU at that price would have debuted at $1,999 or higher.Īlthough the RTX 4090 was generally well received, a lot of gamers already upgraded to 30-series GPUs due to the recent price crash. That’s a first, and a promising sign that GPU price gouging might finally be over. Nvidia priced its RTX 4090 at $1,599, and on Newegg, some partner boards are listed at…$1,599. That doesn’t seem to be the case this time. This gives Nvidia the first bite at the apple and lets it suck up some early adopters. That’s because they have custom PCBs, advanced cooling, and so forth. Then, a few weeks later the AIB boards come out with their own versions, which are usually more expensive than Nvidia’s cards. It comes out first with its Founder’s Edition cards, which have always been less expensive than add-in board (AIB) prices. Generally speaking, Nvidia usually undercuts its partners when it launches its GPUs. Newegg has posted several RTX 4090s on its site already, and the prices are surprisingly sane. Though we’ll have to wait for launch day to find out the answer to the first question, we might have the answer on prices right now. (Photo: Nvidia)With the launch of Nvidia’s RTX 4090 GPUs looming on the horizon, we’re all curious to find the answers to two burning questions: whether we’ll be able to buy one, as opposed to watching scalpers and bots scoop them up, and whether prices will be jacked up as they have been for all previous GPU launches. ![]()
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