Graphics cards have been selling at high sticker prices for a while due to market demand and the chip crisis. In retail stores in some countries as of January graphics card prices observed to fall.
The chip crisis, which showed its effect with the pandemic process, adversely affected users in many areas, especially in the smartphone and computer markets. The graphics card market, which was affected by the chip crisis, went through a difficult process with the increasing demands of cryptocurrency miners. Regularly monitoring retailers’ prices 3DCenter, He reported that the graphics cards sold at high prices since April 2021 began to decline in 2022.
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards, almost to 200 percent was on the agenda with an increase of up to . Examining the price list of German and Austrian retail companies, the 3DCenter team observed that this rate dropped to 185 percent at the beginning of January 2022. Recently to 177 percent The prices, which have decreased by as much as the previous year, are still much higher than the announced list prices.
On the AMD side, the label prices, which first decreased to 178 percent, are now at 167%. Cards like AMD Radeon RX 6800XT 1,279 to 1,559 euros 3DCenter, which states that it is sold between
Some analysts stated that the sharp decline in the cryptocurrency market has negatively affected miners. It is estimated that the demand of miners for graphics cards will decrease due to the approach of Ethereum 2.0. Ethereum, from the Proof of Work protocol in the new era to Proof of Stake will switch.
Cryptocurrency miners with high processing power, Proof of Work earning more Ethereum on its protocol. With Proof of Stake, this will become an advantage for users who hold more cryptocurrencies. Analysts predict that with Ethereum 2.0, Ethereum mining will decrease drastically and miners will turn to different cryptocurrencies. In addition, when the Ethereum 2.0 era begins, it is thought that second-hand graphics cards will increase in the market and graphics card prices will decrease rapidly.