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GPU prices are now 28% above MSRP on average, RTX 5090 explodes to 136% above MSRP (www.tweaktown.com)
submitted 5 days ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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[–] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Talked to an autistic student today. PC specs are a great interest of his. I told him how a bit more than 10 years ago I was building a PC and didn't want to pay 300€ for a gtx 970 because that was just too much money for a GPU. Got an R9 280X instead because that was a bit over 200€. My entire build cost me 800€ back then. Good times.

One crypto mania and an AI bubble later and you'd be happy to get a midrange GPU for 600 bucks and you'd suck some dicks behind a dumpster to get 32GB of DDR5 RAM.

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I spent around 1100 Euros on a build back then. I thought it was stupidly expensive at the time but it was fairly close to a top-tier system. It had a i7 6700k, a GTX1080 and 32GBs of RAM. I replaced it at the beginning of last year (thank god for the timing) and gave the parts to a friend who still uses it every day. The 1100 Euros turned out to be an insane value after all.

[–] Malix@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

"32GB is 32GB" is the new "20 bucks is 20 bucks"?

[–] errer@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

You could get 128 GB of RAM for what 32 costs now. It’s wild.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 16 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The account that posted this is an ai powered unmarked reposting bot so they’re actively making this problem worse.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 4 points 5 days ago

Ew. Even touting billionaire propaganda about AI. That's even worse than using it in the first place.

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 9 points 5 days ago

If you give money to NVidia you’re approving of their business practises.

[–] essell@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

RTX 5090 doing all kinds of exploding!

[–] NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Note, this is above "launch MSRP" which for the latest gen already had years of crypto and the start of AI pricing baked in.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So, anyone got any of those "28% above MSRP" priced GPUs?

[–] Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.ca 1 points 5 days ago

More like how do I buy a GPU at MRSP?

[–] likebudda@reddthat.com 1 points 5 days ago

I paid $845 after tax for a used 7900XTX back in June 2023 to max out my 5800X3D system. I figured by the time I could afford a 5090-class GPU that would make a bottleneck out of my 5800X3D I might be able to skip DDR5 completely. Now I'm unsure if 5090-class performance will ever be available for less than $1k.

[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Looks at data:

AMD GPUs are 20% above MSRP.

AMD GPUs have nearly always been 10-30% above MSRP during the past 18 months.

Alternative title: NVIDIA GPU prices rise slightly because GDDR7 expensive.

[–] Rothe@piefed.social -3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

MSRP apparently means "manufacturers suggested retail price", which is kind of a bizarre thing to expect readers to know.

[–] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

My 10 year old knows what it means. Fun times of the "Curse of Knowledge"