For a notch, over half a year AMD and NVIDIA graphics card pricing has improved, with a decreasing trend bringing street prices closer to the true MSRP.
Both AMD and NVIDIA's newest GPUs have now lowered to levels that are close normal again. 3D Center did a price research in Austria and Germany. Trying to buy an AMD graphics card now comes with a 13% markup above MSRP, while NVIDIA products look to be holding steady at 119 percent.
| Street Price vs List Price | Dec 12 | Jan 2 | Jan 23 | 13 Feb | 6 Mar | 27 Mar | Apr 17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Radeon RX 6000 | +83% | +78%(-5PP) | +63%(-15PP) | +45%(-18PP) | +35%(-10PP) | +25%(-10PP) | +12%(-13PP) |
| nVidia GeForce RTX 30 | +87% | +85%(-2PP) | +77%(-8PP) | +57%(-20PP) | +41%(-16PP) | +25%(-16PP) | +19%(-6PP) |
| according to the (below) street price list as of April 17, 2022;PP = percentage point | |||||||
The price drop comes after months of increased retail supply and decreasing demand from Ethereum miners. Most users who haven't bought AMD or NVIDIA's current-generation GPUs could be waiting for Intel's competing Arc Alchemist discrete From the look of the trend line, you'll be able to purchase a graphic cards at MSRP after May. Fingers crossed.
Graphics Cards Pricing slowly normalizing to MSRP
