Bye Scalpers! Why GPU Prices are STILL DROPPING - March Update

Bye Scalpers! Why GPU Prices are STILL DROPPING - March Update

► Some GPUs with “Good” Prices
- RTX 3080 -
- RTX 3070 Ti -
- RTX 3070 -
- RTX 3060 Ti -
- RTX 3060 -
- Radeon RX 6600 / 6600 XT -

► REFERENCES / LINKS
My GPU Pricing Spreadsheet (Google Docs)
PCPartPicker
ETH Mining Profitability
JPR - Discrete GPU Shipments
GPU Mining Video

► TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:29 TLDW - Prices Down 20-30%
0:53 Why Prices are Dropping - The Scalper Situation
3:40 GPU Pricing Spreadsheet - Quick Breakdown
6:54 NVIDIA Retail Prices - RTX 3090
8:39 RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3080
10:11 RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3070
11:12 RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 3060, RTX 3050
12:27 Older Cards - RTX 2080, 2060, 2060 Super, GTX 1660 and 1660 Ti
14:38 AMD Retail Prices - Radeon RX 6900 XT
15:30 RX 6800 XT and RX 6800
16:02 RX 6700 XT, RX 6600 XT, RX 6600 and RX 6500 XT
18:17 Using eBay Completed Sales to check Used/Resale Pricing
19:31 NVIDIA Used/Resale Market Pricing
22:14 AMD Used/Resale Market Pricing
23:49 Closing Thoughts

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[paulshardware]

Thanks for watching guys! I updated the description and the spreadsheet with prices from today – RTX 3080 for $1070, RTX 3070 Ti for $820!! 🤯
Will add more as time allows 🙏

[xliquidflames]

I refuse to buy one until they're back to MSRP and I can get one for $20-$50 off with a coupon and a game included like the before times.

[Razear]

Fingers crossed that this trajectory continues and that in six months time, we'll all be able to buy the cards we want without worrying about competing with bots. I really didn't expect inventory to stabilize this early considering most in the industry have predicted that the silicon shortage would last well into 2022.

[wulfone]

Yay! A card that would cost $500 that went up to $1, 200 now only cost $900. No thanks. I will stick with my RTX 2070 Super and my 1080p IPS monitor for a little longer. The prices are still ridiculous. Leave these things on the shelves and teach these companies a lesson.

[bannas]

Prices need to absolutely collapse for me to purchase a new card. I’m sick of Nvidia posting huge profits.

[TheFourthWinchester]

I won't forgive Nvidia for manufacturing only for miners. Let's see the prices of 3060 drop to 1660ti levels before corona. These big tech companies have made record profits blaming covid.

[turbofanlover]

Prices are still ridiculous, though. I still wouldn't touch any of them at these prices.

[hashbrownz]

Not only are cards way above MSRP, but the MSRP itself is too high.

almost any flagship from the mid 2000's up to the gtx 780: $500
980 Ti: $550
1080 Ti: $719
2080 Ti: $1, 199

In two generations, MSRP for top tier cards more than doubled. Note too that the performance difference between the 1080 Ti and 2080 Ti was less than half of the increase compared to the price jump.

[LyleCochran]

I can't imagine how much work went into researching all that info. Thanks for your hard work.

[Redsoxnation]

Hold the line boys! Let the prices continue to tank! 40 series will be announced soon and we’ll see more declines on the 30 series cards.

[CHEFPKR]

Genuinely curious, is it even worth buying a 30 series right now with the 40 series around the corner?

[johndoh]

Something I said about 1.5 years ago. Don't buy from scalpers. When you see prices unreasonably high buy only from a direct sale from the retailer, or from a retailer site where it shows the product is coming directly from the company such as MSI. Scalpers then have to sit on their product, it ties up their money and they can't buy more. The more people buy from scalpers, the more scalpers will buy. It creates a never ending cycle.

Scalpers buy any product, when they feel there's money that can be made. The first PC product where I really noticed scalping affecting it in a serious way was the AMD Ryzen 3300X. It was supposed to be a $130 product but almost immediately it couldn't be found and then the listings popped up from resellers for near $200, which was INSANE because you could get a 3600 for about that price. But scalpers don't always do the research on the market. They're trying to make money and that's their concern. They see hype around a product, especially when it's not high cost and they buy as much as they can to force buyers to have to go through a scalper.

What I've never understood is why retailers can't limit sales from the very beginning of a launch, or, maybe there's a buyer in the supply chain that's selling directly to scalpers and if so, why are they allowed to be part of the supply chain. And I say that simply because of how fast inventory is gone from retailers. It's almost like they didn't get many.

I think it's time the manufacturers check supply chains and ensure products are only going to retailers, retailers show proof that there's no behind the scenes sales, and tell retailers the only way they're getting a decent supply of a product is if they limit sales to not only one per person, but one per address because people can create fake names. That would limit the problem of scalping, probably to the point where it's hard for them to make any money and then they'd move away from the PC market. The limiting could be done in the first couple months after a launch, and then were retailers have decent supply then they remove restrictions.

[dil]

I'm glad I don't game as much anymore. The thought of paying retailers or scalpers these insane prices makes me sick. I've kept a few older backup GPUs, in the event my 1070 goes belly-up. I refuse to purchase any computer hardware until the market returns to normal. Obviously products are effectively worth whatever consumers will pay for it, but nobody should be paying $500+ for 5-year-old GPUs. It's a total scam.

[spyderlogan]

Now I can afford a GPU~!!!...But now I can't afford GAS~!!!

[nikan]

Paul - A suggestion... in your Magic Spreadsheet of GPU Doom, I was wondering if you might change the coloring in Column 'K' to include a yellow range for something like +1% or +10% through +20% or +25%. An indication that the price has come close to MSRP but there may still be a small retail markup along the way.

[kousakasan]

With skyrocketing gas prices and huge inflation rate making food to expensive for many, people have to choose between eating or a new gpu. I'm sure that is contributing to the supply and demand pricing.

[SpinDlsc]

Here's hoping we can keep seeing some 20%+ drops for next month, too! I still have my 1080, which still runs like a champ, but I know a few people who are dying to replace their potato GPUs.

[Moon___man]

important thing to remember is ebay has a 13% fee on anything you sell. so much risk and work for very limited profit, especially on the Ti cards

[rogersmith]

In Australia 10G 3080 prices are ranging from AUD$1299-$1399, so that is about US$950, 12G is still way overpriced at AUD$1700+.

[dlamborn]

Thank you for keeping us informed. Love all the hardwork you put into this tracking sheet. Happy to see the prices drop, sad I believed they wouldn't drop so fast or at all.