Are GPU Prices Getting Worse, Again!? August 2021 Update

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Video Index:
00:00 - Welcome Back to Hardware Unboxed
01:48 - August GPU Launches
05:12 - Crypto Mining Update
07:42 - Current Gen GPU Pricing
09:12 - LHR vs Non-LHR Pricing
11:21 - Used GPU Pricing
13:34 - Final Thoughts

Are GPU Prices Getting Worse, Again!? August 2021 Update

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[robertkincannon]

I get anxiety hearing that $850 for a 60 class card is a good price when it should be the price of an 80 class. This should be a golden age of pc gaming and it's turned into the worst price to performance ever. Sucks.

[Poctyk]

>Open online store
>cheapest current/last gen GPU is 5500 for $700+
>laugh and close

[PookaBot]

*puts arm around 1070*
"Just you and me, buddy."

[ChickenatorJr]

I remember never having to spend more than 800 dollars for the flagship gaming cards, rip to those days

[snuke]

I literally can't believe that it's almost a year ago that Ampere was revealed and the 3080 released

[ApocDevTeam]

How are tariffs affecting GPU prices when literally every other PC component from PSU's to mobo's to memory are all still the same price or cheaper than before? That makes no sense whatsoever. Sounds more like a convenient excuse that GPU AIB's used to justify price hikes. Blaming politics so they don't take the flak.

[Dynasty]

GPU providers saying there's issues in every area of manufacturing plus the affect of tarrfis to justify the hiked prices, yet their mobos, RAM, PSUs etc are all similarly priced or now even cheaper than before. I smell BS.

[LeftJoystick]

I’ve given up on the subject. I just don’t follow it anymore.

[hammermigg]

Man I love PC gaming but all of this is getting really tiresome and frustrating, and the worst is we can’t do anything about it.

[flimermithrandir]

Imagine asking for MSRP Prizes when it should be less then MSRP after a Year.

[Glencide]

I can't take my eyes off the stubbly shadow of the moustache, like it's willing itself back into reality

[Sephiroth]

“Nobody wants to blame prices on higher demand from gamers”, because we literally haven’t been able to buy them for over a year. Technicalities be damned.

[MatisseXV]

It's about time to change my primary hobby and start to do retro-gaming with my old GTX 970.

[thisguy]

I'm not even depressed anymore. Don't use phones or consoles, when this PC loses it's gpu I'm taking a break from tech altogether and heading out to the streets.

[Bob_Cratchit]

warlord: What is best in life?

Conan: To crush GPU manufacturers, to see their prices driven down before you, and to hear the lamentation of their profit margins!

[bmwofboganville]

PC gaming is dead, costs US $2k to build a mid-range shitter gaming PC, whereas an Xbox Series S is peanuts. "PC Master Race" = making do with decade-old parts like the 970, complete disaster and very sad.

[piggy]

Its gonna be a one year anniversary of my quest to buy a new gpu

[LionRafale]

It feels so weird that you can go to an online retailer in the UK and pick all the parts you need to build whole PC featuring a 5600x and 6600xt for under £1000. It's not a "deal" but at this current climate it's the best value.

[fanofentropy]

Instead of scalper prices getting closer to msrp, it's the msrp prices that are getting closer to scalper prices.

[saputrasaputra]

Developed for gamers, SOLD to miners

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