Le prix des cartes graphiques Nvidia et AMD continue de chuter, le bon moment pour acheter ?

Gone are the days when finding a graphics card at MSRP (Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price) was a minor miracle. For two years, the strong demand for GPUs – linked to both confined gamers and cryptocurrency miners – has had an excessive impact on GPU stocks and prices, in a climate of scarcity aggravated by the Covid crisis. A long ordeal for gamers who need to renew their PC to enjoy the latest games, which is finally coming to an end.

For just a few weeks, it’s been possible to get your hands on an Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 or AMD Radeon RX 6000 without spending a lot of money, with some models even seeing their price drop below MSRP. Unfortunately, this is especially the case with high-end GPUs like the RTX 3080 or even the 3090 Ti: for example, the latter can be found at €1,600 while its RRP is €2,250. It seems that the US is enjoying a further price decline, with better offers in recent weeks, but the repercussions on the French market will soon be felt.

Why such a drop? What can we expect?

The drop in prices can be explained in several ways. In the first place, the demand has dropped drastically, either due to the lack of interest in cryptocurrency mining -the prices themselves have plummeted-, the release of confinement, more or less complete equipment for some of the players or the arrival in autumn of new generations of GPUs. . As evidence, the income of the gaming of Nvidia collapsed in the wake of much lower sales volume than before.

Another factor, the stocks of the two manufacturers and resellers are too high, logically they show more attractive prices. Some sources even claim that the two manufacturers will take further steps to further reduce prices in order to get rid of their reservations at the end of August. At the same time, and still with a view to selling its GA102 chips (the GPUs built into the 3080, 3090 and their Ti counterparts), Nvidia has even decided to relaunch production of its RTX 3080 with 12GB of vRAM while it was on hold two months ago. .

So the race is on to prepare for the arrival of the RTX 40 and RX 7000, and this should ultimately benefit consumers. Those who want to renew their PC configuration can wait a few more weeks, unless they come across an interesting promotion. In any case, the new generations should not point the tip of the nose for several months, certain models are not expected until early 2023, according to certain rumors. Be patient…