Well, it appears that 2021 isn’t off to a great start as PC gaming components including graphics cards and motherboards are going to get even more expensive. According to a recent report coming via New York Times, the Chinese import tariff exemptions have expired this year, so as a result of this the GPU pricing is expected to increase significantly.
Expect the tariffs to start from a minimum range value of between 7.5%-25%, which will massively increase the GPU’s cost and other components in the process as well. So depending on which pricing bracket GPUs fall in, the price increases for consumers and gamers can be significant.
Other PC components are also likely to be affected by this move, too, including Motherboards, SSDs, power supplies and ATX cabinets. American companies will now have to pay higher taxes on some of the products they import from China, as the tariff exclusions that had protected many businesses from President Trump’s trade war expired with the arrival of a new year (2021).
Most of the major PC components have already witnessed a major shortage worldwide, and while some companies have assured that the situation will get better by 2021, it looks like the New Year isn’t off to a great start.
ASUS recently announced an increase in price for all their PC components including graphics cards and motherboards. The company says it needs to raise GPU and motherboard prices due to logistical complications and import tariffs, and other GPU vendors, like Zotac, EVGA, Gigabyte and MSI are likely to follow suit.
ASUS cited several reasons behind the increase in prices. These include the increased cost of components that are required to assemble the finished product, an increase in operating cost, logistic activities, and the continuation of import tariffs.
Most importantly, we also have to take into consideration that the world is still not free from COVID and the global pandemic.
The second half of 2020 was kind of a mixed bag for the PC and gaming industry, and 2021 doesn’t look that bright either. A Reddit user has noted that the increase in MSRP should be at least about $80 for every major GPU manufacturer in the market. The US federal register issued notice can be found here.
2021 Q1 and Q2 are likely to be rough quarters for PC hardware prices. Also, given the recent bloom in the Cryptocurrency Mining craze, expect severe GPU shortages and price hikes as well. The rising cryptocurrency prices could be disastrous for anyone in the market looking for a gaming GPU, reports Tom’s Hardware.
Graphics cards were already very short in supply before this rise in cryptocurrency value. And the demand for high-end gaming Graphics cards is still higher than previously expected.
Both Nvidia and AMD’s products have already witnessed a shortage in supply with scalpers being able to sell them for double the MSRP on Ebay and other outlets, but now you’re going to be competing with miners, scalpers, bots, and other gamers, should you plan to buy the latest hardware.
Upcoming high-end Ampere cards like the RTX 3080 Ti will be even harder to get now after the rise in the cryptocurrency value.
Lastly, AMD 500-series and the upcoming Intel 500 series platform Motherboard prices will also be increased as a direct result of this. So expect higher prices for motherboards than what you paid for previous-gen SKUs/models within the same price bracket.
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I just bought everything I could. Looks like I’m gonna make a bit of profit.
These stupid Trump tariffs can easily be removed.
how ?
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disgusting state we are in right now. Those bloody miners are already jacking up the prices, and it has almost been impossible to find any of these cards from AMD or Nvidia, let alone buy one of them.
Does this only affect the USA?
I think this will affect Globally as well.
it will not affect anyone else. Learn some basic economics. US tariffs only affect the US. A lot of countries have also have trade agreements with China.
America is not the world.
It will in cases like asus who intentionally leech on the subject
It WILL effect the rest of the globe as well after some time. You should also learn how the global companies work. ASUS doesn’t have HQ only in the US of A.
Other countries will be in a similar situation as well,
no it wont. Tariffs are applied by country. NZ for instance has a trade deal with China. America is not the world. Thank f*k.
Asus products are already overpriced, and on top of that those price hikes are really insane.
I think after some time I would forced to quit PC gaming, and become a console peasant, lol. New hardware has been impossible to grab since Covid started.
Wouldn’t this also increase the prices of consoles?
Just put my 1080 gtx up for sale today. Thinking now that I should wait a bit for the panic to set in!
Well,no problem for me. Still have tons of game backlog that not infected by bulky muscle wahmen and unecessary propaganda unlike new games nowadays. So it doesnt affect me that much…
So … this is a US-China exclusive thing? If it is, then it shouldn’t affect every makers because IIRC there are companies that are not US based.
“in the US only”
Did you tools forget that most of the world is NOT the US, so this headline is not true for the vast majority of the world. Did you forget that the internet is global? I guess Trumptardism is catching.
It’s because if you want to make really it, you gotta be able to be popular in the US. England? That chickensht success. Other little countries? They’re not worth a dime. And also its what the world knows so generally information given to the US is interpretable by people outside of the US because people constantly monitor what we do. And Trump is on his way out, dingdong.
stop being a douche..
Stopped playing those shiny “AAA” games . Cyberpunk 2077 was last nail in the coffin. Only Indie games for me, started playing Dead Cells this week . What a phenomenal game so much fun.
So no new GPU for me.
I can’t fully disagree with what u just said.
Backlog.
to be honest, i cannot blame them although its unethical and damaging to customers, but they are business after all, they do it for profit not because they love you, so if people are paying double the price for scalpers, then its better for them to charge to the same, i will do the same if i have similar business.
people are to blame here, if these elite Mofos stop paying extra and buy scalpers sh*t, then it wouldn’t have come down to this.
Cheapest card 500$, and most expensive 2100$. 500$ for xx60 class card, and this without taxes.
Huang: It is safe to upgrade now, my pascal friends?
This sh*t is never gonna end.
1800-2000USD for a 3090?
900-1200USD for a 3080? Topkek.
1800-2000USD for a 3090?
900-1200USD for a 3080? Topkek.
fcking greed everywhere-.- everyone goes full apple
PC market could use a moment of pause anyways, so we can maybe get back to reality, and stop having a friggen graphics card, cost $2000 USD.
Maybe…. just maybe….. put some R&D in to further optimization in design and manufacturing, so the stupid things aren’t the length of an aircraft carrier, with the heatsink the size of a car radiator, reducing end cost in the process.
Think the PC industry could use some downtime, to clean itself up.
“in America”
do you f*kers forget that that internet is international?
Start production outside of China, everybody has been claiming for that before and since this f*king plague started.
i cant get any GPUS in my country . 0 on the market . the only thing you can get is expensive prebuilds … i have no idea WTF is going on
3080 is excellent card for mining activities, so they will remain sold out anyway.
mining activities …. the bot is learning
Would be upset if there was anything even REMOTELY interesting on the horizon that couldn’t be played on older hardware.
Pretty much this.
Tl;dr – Asus simply noticed how many no life r-t@ds, are buying 3090’s. Many showing their small peen on Nvidia subreddit. So they decided to jack up the prices. The same sad loser who pays $1700 will easily pay $2000.
If people stop buying their overpriced sht, Aib’s will lower prices, unless they wanna go bankrupt.
Now imagine those prices, if China finally decides to level Taiwan to the ground this year.
The world nees to grow a fkin spine and move their manufacturing back to home.
I can’t everything being made in china BeCaUsE iT’s So ChEaP!!!
Ban China from trade all together, they won’t survive.
I was looking to upgrade next summer IF prices dropped, even then I was thinking man it’s way too expensive just for a video card the past few years.
No biggie though, I understand the trade situation with China needs to be leveled and fair practices implemented, security concerns a big one, so grown ups realize it. And I have a huge library of games I havent played or can revisit. When next gen consoles look appetizing (because price) to dyed in the wool pc gamers like me, it means this side of the hobby is too expensive imo.
It’s because Nvidia and AMD don’t give a damn about gamers. They only care about immediate profits.
At least not yet……….they will eventually but we have to be patient.
imo you can count out this generation and the next for an upgrade.
Being a pc gamer is starting to be an expensive hobby
Only if you have FOMO.
You should buy right now since they are going to be selling for reasonable prices for probably only the rest of the week. I just hounded the twitter bots to find everything I need and suggest you do the same.
Boy sure sounds like a lot of justification subterfuge talk for the insane markup on pretty much everything that comes out of china or other very low cost labor places. Now they need more of everyone else’s money than they already take. Corporate/Bankster-Marxism synthesis, God-State controlled by rebs and cronies.
Gamedevelopers should response to this by making more optimised games and less demanding.
> report coming via New York Times
What’s next? The Onion? The National Enquirer? Or some other tabloid? ??
The world needs to stop making sh*t in Chinese genocide camps anyway.
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