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Boom and bust. The industry had a phenomenal last few years and now it's time for adjustment. Some sectors,like HDD and memory, rely on the annual floods (hehe

Boom and bust. The industry had a phenomenal last few years and now it's time for adjustment. Some sectors,like HDD and memory, rely on the annual floods (hehe) to keep stuff from getting cheaper, but not all of them. I have the money but also tons of patience. No, 2000+ euro for a video card is not a good deal. Even half that is too much. Sadly, I know a good amount of people who fall for the hype and actually do buy overpriced stuff because it's cheaper than a few months ago

stavros 4y ago
I just bought a used 3060 for $250, definitely nowhere near $2000.
- Roark66 4y ago
  This is pretty cool. I hope the 30x0 cards come even more down in price once new AMD cards show up. In other news, did no one noticed USD is now worth more than one EUR? For us in EU this sucks because adding our ~20% vat on top of prices (plus whatever local sellers feel they can get away with) the prices still feel too high for many people. I worry the trend mentioned in the article doesn't reflect better supply, but lower demand due to incoming recession.
- beebeepka 4y ago
  This is exactly what I am talking about. I paid 400 euro for a brand new 1070FE back in 2016 and here you are refuting my statement with a line that you have bought a used 3060 for 250 dollars how many years after release? I am glad you are happy with your purchase and yet I wouldn't pay that for a new 3060, even if I wanted one
  - stavros 4y ago
    Your statement was about 2000 or 1000 EUR for a card. How much do you think is a fair price for new 3060s? 50 EUR?
    - beebeepka 4y ago
      In my original statement I hinted that a 4090 costs well above 2k euro which it does. I'd say 250 euro would be fair for a brand new 3060 but it costs almost twice as much, according to my brief search on amazon.de Again, glad you like your card but prices suck across the board and it's not just inflation. Again, I am glad you like your purchase but I say more patience is likely to pay off. What are they going to do, halt all production?
mcv 4y ago
Over a decade ago, I bought a brand new Radeon HD3850 for € 130. At the time, it was one of the best GPUs (the HD3870 was faster of course, but still not that expensive). The past couple of years, it's been impossible to get any GPU for anywhere near that kind of price, and the high end costs 10 times as much. It's completely ridiculous. I just refuse to buy for these kind of prices.

stavros 4y ago

I just bought a used 3060 for $250, definitely nowhere near $2000.

Roark66 4y ago
This is pretty cool. I hope the 30x0 cards come even more down in price once new AMD cards show up. In other news, did no one noticed USD is now worth more than one EUR? For us in EU this sucks because adding our ~20% vat on top of prices (plus whatever local sellers feel they can get away with) the prices still feel too high for many people. I worry the trend mentioned in the article doesn't reflect better supply, but lower demand due to incoming recession.
beebeepka 4y ago
This is exactly what I am talking about. I paid 400 euro for a brand new 1070FE back in 2016 and here you are refuting my statement with a line that you have bought a used 3060 for 250 dollars how many years after release? I am glad you are happy with your purchase and yet I wouldn't pay that for a new 3060, even if I wanted one
- stavros 4y ago
  Your statement was about 2000 or 1000 EUR for a card. How much do you think is a fair price for new 3060s? 50 EUR?
  - beebeepka 4y ago
    In my original statement I hinted that a 4090 costs well above 2k euro which it does. I'd say 250 euro would be fair for a brand new 3060 but it costs almost twice as much, according to my brief search on amazon.de Again, glad you like your card but prices suck across the board and it's not just inflation. Again, I am glad you like your purchase but I say more patience is likely to pay off. What are they going to do, halt all production?

mcv 4y ago

Over a decade ago, I bought a brand new Radeon HD3850 for € 130. At the time, it was one of the best GPUs (the HD3870 was faster of course, but still not that expensive). The past couple of years, it's been impossible to get any GPU for anywhere near that kind of price, and the high end costs 10 times as much. It's completely ridiculous. I just refuse to buy for these kind of prices.