Prices of RTX 3000 and Radeon RX 6000 graphics cards have fallen an average of 20 percent since March. Compared to May, this is a decrease of 8 percent. The video cards are on average 10 percent more expensive than their introductory price.
High-end video cards have fallen the most in price in recent months. Since March, around 30 percent of cards such as the RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3080 and RX 6900 XT have been sold. The RTX 3070 and RX 6700 XT also fell by similar percentages. Compared to December last year, when gpu prices were sky-high, many prices have halved.
Sometimes cheaper than introductory price
Due to the ongoing price decreases, video cards are now being sold below the introductory price for the first time in a long time. This mainly concerns expensive models, such as the RTX 3090 Ti and 3080 Ti, which were introduced when the prices of video cards were very high and received a high introductory price. On average, RTX 3000 and RX 6000 video cards are still 10 percent more expensive than their introductory price. Especially the somewhat older AMD cards, such as the RX 6800 and 6800 XT, are considerably more expensive than the price that AMD stated at the introduction.
Many more Nvidia versions available
The availability of video cards has improved considerably in recent months. This is also apparent from the number of different versions per GPU that is available from stock. Again, this growth is especially visible with Nvidia GPUs. At the time of writing, there are no fewer than 50 different RTX 3080 video cards available† That’s more than ever. The number of versions of available RTX 3070 and RTX 3050 cards also increased significantly.
The number of versions of available AMD Radeon RX 6000 cards did not change much. There is less choice than with Nvidia models. However, availability is better than in recent months and it is noticeable that new cards such as the RX 6750 XT and 6650 XT are readily available.
Overheated second-hand market cools down
The price drops and improved availability also translate to the second-hand market. In recent months, both new and old video cards have been sold at extortionate prices. on Tweakers Supply & Demand recent cards are now again offered for amounts below retail prices and older video cards such as the GTX 1000 series can be found again at relatively competitive prices.
This is partly due to the enormous decline in the value of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. According to reporting from Asia, among others to sell miners massively their video cards. The first dumps of video cards used for mining can also be seen at V&A, although this is not happening on a huge scale yet.
New GPU generations on the way
The first Nvidia RTX 3000 and Radeon RX 6000 cards are now almost two years old. The GPU market has since been plagued by chip shortages and unexpectedly high demand due to the corona pandemic and the soaring value of cryptocurrency. Nvidia and AMD will release their new generations of video cards later this year, but exactly when that will happen and what that will mean for the prices of the new and current video cards is not yet clear.
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