Are RTX Series Graphics Cards Likely to Decrease or Increase in Price over The Next Few Months?

dfitt10 on 11/05/2020 - 17:46
Last edited 11/05/2020 - 18:18 by 1 other user

I'm starting to build a gaming computer (I don't already have one). Decided to go with Nvidia over AMD because of the better driver support and features (DLSS 2.0 definitely looks like something that could help age these cards nicely).

With all the virus stuff GPU's are more expensive. In your opinion will prices likely increase (because of decreasing supply and increasing demand) or decrease because they're aging components? GPU prices across the board will drop as new cards are released, but how long will this take/ would it be worth waiting for them?

Thanks for any thoughts. I realize this would all be speculative but just want an idea about if to wait a little longer or pull the trigger now. For reference my ideal card would be an RTX 2070S

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  badonde on 11/05/2020 - 18:05

  I wrote a big post but then realized it doesn't matter!

  I'd honestly wait about a month or two more to see. AUD is much stronger now and pricing at the moment reflects a significantly weaker dollar.

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  BargainHeart on 11/05/2020 - 18:24

  +1

  Nvidia are about to potentially do a big reveal of their next generation Ampere architecture in a few days, on May 14. It's rumoured to have big performance gains over the current RTX series as it's the long awaited die shrink down to 7nm. There's no guarantees of what will be announced of course, or what effect it will actually have on prices, but I'd hold out and see if there's anything new on the horizon. Best case scenario is that new cards will launch this later year, and although they'd probably be stupid expensive, it might at least push the current cards down into affordable territory. But with Covid effecting everything, it might also amount to nothing, who knows, but I don't think now is the best time to jump in to the 2000 RTX series personally. I also don't think the current RTX cards are worth the premium. I have one, and it's nice, but it's not "$$$" nice.

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  JF on 11/05/2020 - 18:24

  In a similar boat, personally I'll be waiting until prices return to pre covid levels. If they don't I guess I'll wait for the rtx30xx cards.

  Some tech guys have speculated that the 30xx and new AMD cards may be powerful enough to relegate the 2080ti to being a mid tier card.

  Whether that means huge price jumps for the new cards like we saw with the release of Turing remains to be seen.

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  Caped Baldy on 11/05/2020 - 18:28

  Prices have already been affected by Covid.

  Cards will be cheaper (probably not much) when the new range comes out and you could get a cheaper second hand 2070S.

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  NotAnAudiophile on 11/05/2020 - 18:52

  Wait it out. I got a cheap 5700XT red dragon and won’t upgrade again until big Navi around end of the year .

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  Skramit on 11/05/2020 - 19:54

  +1

  Definitely a chance of the price going up or down.

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  frondono on 11/05/2020 - 19:57

  Well you could buy a 2070s for just under $650 in Oct/Nov… so yes.