Nvidia speaks out against rising price of GPUs due to cryptocurrency

essenbe · 04 Feb 2018

Josey Wales said:

I would have to disagree Steve, look at the prices below from EVGA

Josey, those are the release prices for the Kingpin version.. It is a different animal from the rest of the TI's and always command that high a price.

Josey Wales · 04 Feb 2018

essenbe said:

Josey, those are the re;ease prices for the Kingpin version.. It is a different animal from the rest of the TI's and always command that high a price.
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I was just going to edit my post..LOL There are less expensive Ti's

https://www.evga.com/products/produc...et=GTX+1080+Ti

essenbe · 04 Feb 2018

Yea, I know. The Kingpin is one endoesed by 'Kingpin' who is a professional Overclocker and holds some world records.They are not for the faint of heart.

Josey Wales · 04 Feb 2018

essenbe said:

Yea, I know. The Kingpin is one endoesed by 'Kingpin' who is a professional Overclocker and holds some world records.They are not for the faint of heart.

NewEgg does have a higher price on the original ones I posted..

essenbe · 04 Feb 2018

Yea, sounds about right.

Sold and Shipped by:

Kricket Electronics

That's really trying to make a killing.

ThrashZone · 04 Feb 2018

essenbe said:

Mike, I have no clue where you get that. Have you even looked at EVGA's prices lately? The 1080 TI FTW3 I bought the day they were released is about $40 more now than it was when it was released. All the high prices come from 3rd party sellers, which the AIBs get nothing from. How are they profiting from the bitcoin induced high prices? Those $1300-$1400 TI's, EVGA is selling for $820-870.

Hi,
When I bought my 980 evga was 100.00+ higher than newegg had it for evga has always had Notify on products too same goes for my 1080 classified :)

COMPUTIAC · 04 Feb 2018

A quick search shows the reason for high prices. This is an older article but still holds true.

Memory chip prices surge in aftermath of Japans quake | Computerworld

Tony K · 04 Feb 2018

Hello, @JLMaloney. Welcome to Windows TenForums.

Yes, a rather seven-year-old article and unfortunate crisis. I would think they would have recovered by now, so not a factor for today. Shock news (no pun intended) always affects the market until they change the supply chain.

I understand what you're getting at overall, Steve, but what are the price hikes from the previous models to the new ones? If there's a larger and sudden surge, then that would be an indicator of gouging. That's knowing that new models are, of course, always higher, but at what percentage higher?

Also, it could be that the AIBs are passing on the blame to retailers/resellers, which is correct, but half-truth.

essenbe · 04 Feb 2018

Tony, a 5% price hike never has and never will be considered price gouging, and you know it. You must be the only person on the forums that is not aware that dram prices have gone up exponentially in the past year or so, driving up production costs. In some SKUs they have put in faster ram, further increasing production costs. There is no there there, and you know that. All you are doing is trying to start an argument... again. I don't have time to participate in your little games.

AMDMan2016 · 04 Feb 2018

Was Eyeing that Card or a 1070, but might have to wait a bit til it's in stock and affordable lol