Although 2020 is a fun year for PC DIY players, such as the release of NVIDIA’s second-generation optical tracking technology RTX 30 series graphics card, or AMD’s Ryzen 5000 CPU and RDNA2 optical tracking architecture RX 6800 series GPU. Significant performance growth, but after all, due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020, it will also have many levels of impact on board manufacturers. According to ASUS’ technical product marketing manager Juan Jose’s post in the ASUS PC DIY community, ASUS will adjust in the near future. The recommended reference price of high-profile card components.
▲The increase statement issued by Juan Jose
Of course, the price increase is not without reason. The main problem still lies in the increase in component costs, company operating costs, logistics costs, and the increase in import tariffs from various countries. After all, since last year, many factories and logistics have been suspended due to the impact of the epidemic. , Working at home has also led to slow product development progress. Today, international freight costs have continued to increase, and multiple impacts will also lead to increased costs.
▲ AMD and NVIDIA new generation products are still facing insufficient supply
However, consumers who want to take ASUS’s price increase at the wrong time should not start it too early. After all, every board manufacturer is facing similar problems. It is just that ASUS’ Juan Jose first announced the upcoming price increase, and this year has not yet Seeing that the global epidemic will slow down in a short time, I am afraid that it is only a matter of time for the board brand to raise the recommended price in a comprehensive way.
But in fact, there is no need to raise the recommended price of the brand. The current shortage of NVIDIA RTX 30, AMD Ryzen 5000, and Radeon RX 6800 is still unresolved. Even if they are available abroad, they are often fired to high prices.
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