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It’s time for our monthly graphics card pricing analysis update, yet another one.
Updated:See our latest GPU Pricing Update here.
And back then it was shaping up to be such a good time to buy a graphics card.
The first of those is AMD’sRadeon RX 6600 XTwhich launched in early August.
Why has the price gone up?
Simply put, the original price was well below the current going price for other GPUs in the market.
Yes, it’s possible for you to blame miners again.
Despite unattractive retail pricing, availability is actually quite good in many regions, just not in the US.
It’s simply the nasty pricing that means these GPUs are not flying off the shelves.
Availability has been decent for months now and getting better depending on where you’re located.
The longer overpriced models sit on shelves, the more pressure there will be to reduce prices.
No GPU for You!
#1: Nvidia aren’t making any significant efforts to bring the lower-costRTX 3050to retail.
We might see AMD release an RX 6600 non-XT, but that’s unlikely to help much either.
Reason #2: is the big reason, and that’scrypto mining.
Of course, it’s now clear that GPU pricing is directly linked to mining profitability.
But it’s a volatile market as usual, so on the whole it’s been flat.
So seeing a rise in difficulty is both a good and bad sign for gamers.
Here we have Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 30 series looking at completed eBay listings in the past week.
Most mid to high-end GPUs haven’t changed in price much compared to what we observed a month ago.
TheRTX 3080 Tihas by 4% on average, while the RTX 3070 decreased by 4%.
This has affected cost per frame value for buyers looking at a GPU for gaming.
Then we have the GTX 16 series which are still popular in the sub-$500 market.
Not a Great Outlook
That does it for this month’s GPU pricing update.
However while the 6600 XT has risen in price and continues to rise, it’s also worth considering.
The main factor that’s going to see graphics card prices drop is a drop in mining profitability.
It’s mostly down to pricing now, which is dictated by mining profitability at this point.
We’ll be keeping an eye out and letting you know in these updates throughout the rest of 2021.
