What on Earth are wrong with the GPU prices?

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Amywalker730

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I typically upgrade my card every three years and today I go to search for information about the 1180 and whatever will come after Vega. I discovered that the prices for cards are about twice what they normally are. For instance, I bought my current card, 980ti, for $600 when it launched. It now sells used for $700.

I looked into it for a few minutes and people are saying it's due to bitcoin miners. Is this true and is there any hope that prices will return to normal anytime soon?
 
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Supply and demand. Demand for the graphics cards far exceeded the supply (a lot of which is due to cryptocurrency mining), and prices went through the roof. Prices have gotten a little better, but I wouldn't say they are in any way good.

As far as a market recovery is concerned, all we can do is speculate on that. I have my suspicions that NVIDIA will do what it can to keep prices high, even if a recovery occurs, but that's just my opinion.

Time will tell.
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bigpinkdragon286

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Supply and demand. Demand for the graphics cards far exceeded the supply (a lot of which is due to cryptocurrency mining), and prices went through the roof. Prices have gotten a little better, but I wouldn't say they are in any way good.

As far as a market recovery is concerned, all we can do is speculate on that. I have my suspicions that NVIDIA will do what it can to keep prices high, even if a recovery occurs, but that's just my opinion.

Time will tell.
 
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