Graphics cards could become even more expensive in 2020
The signs for GDDR graphics memory are not good pricing wise, market research institute Trendforce expects a jump in prices for GDDR video memory to rise in the upcoming quarter
This is reported by the market research institute Trendforce and the DRAMeXchange subdivision, which specializes in memory. Accordingly, the price of graphics memory (GDDR) will rise significantly in the first quarter of 2020.
DRAMeXchange cites the price increase for server DRAM expected by the high demand, as a result of which the price for video memory, which is even more sensitive to market changes, is increasing. Since OEM customers would also increase their inventories, the contract prices for GDDR-VRAM are expected to increase by more than 5 percent across all quarters.
In addition, DRAMeXchange expects a drastically increased demand for fast GDDR6 video memory in the coming year. Both Nvidia and AMD already fitted their current products with GDDR6, but in 2020 even more graphics cards will probably be equipped with even larger video memory - not to mention Intel's Xe GPUs.
Then another segment jumps in, the next-gen consoles Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, which will also have GDDR6, will also be released towards the end of the year. A whopping 16 GB are topic of discussion for the Xbox Series X, and something similar is expected for the PS5.
GDDR video memory also has the highest production cost per chip. According to the DRAMeXchange, the prospects are anything but rosy. The only glimmer of hope is an increase in production capacity at the three major manufacturers Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron - however, more than 15 percent are not expected by the end of 2020.
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No. Not expensive.
Way freaking too much expensive.
And rx5700 /xt are also expensive.
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maybe well all be forced onto their streaming services!
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If the milk turns sour, I'll get a second hand Vega.
HMB2, can play even at 2K and not paying more than 200€.
More heat and power consumption. I'll deal with that, instead of the upcoming BS prices.
Unless the RX 5600 is priced reasonably.
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I have a 1080Ti so i´m good for the next couple of years but the current trend of hardware prices increasing every year worries me...
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Balls! I'm wanting to buy an NVidia 3xxx series GPU in 2020, I hope the prices don't increase too much - in fact I'm hoping they're gonna be better value than the RTX 2xxx cards, because they were expensive enough right!