Graphics card prices drop below MSRP with crypto effect

The video card industry, where mining and stock problems are experienced, is starting to recover rapidly after the rapid depreciation of cryptocurrencies. As it is known, popular cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ethereum have lost between 30 and 40 percent in just one week. As a result of the loss in value, users who did not see mining as profitable enough began to offer their graphics cards for sale.

Graphics card buying will become easier

According to Tom’s Hardware, used cards to be sold by miners will give gamers more options to buy new graphics cards, while they already have an extra RTX 30 and Radeon RX 6000. poses a major problem for production partners.

Sharing a new market analysis showing that graphics cards are currently falling to or below MSRP prices, Tom’s Hardware says more and more models are coming at an affordable price. . Looking at the list, Nvidia’s upper mid-range RTX 30 models are in a rapid decline in the second-hand market, although they resist pressure.

The second-hand market is filling up

However, retail graphics card prices have dropped by an average of 2 percent in two weeks due to the fact that the AMD Redeon RX 6000 series has already been sold at MSRP prices, while the second-hand eBay market averages 10 percent. There was a regression. However, we can say that the downward trend will continue as more cards enter the market in the coming weeks.

There are also some interesting cases on eBay’s used market. While various users are reportedly selling six RTX 3080 graphics cards in a box for just $2500, similar cases are expected to increase further in the coming weeks.