AMD vs Nvidia GPU price war is about to get nasty (and thats good news for us)

Date:
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 15:14:56 +0000

Description:
GPU price drops could kick up a gear as Nvidia and AMD fight to clear current-gen stock.

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Nvidias RTX 3000 graphics cards may see further price reductions as August rumbles onwards, or thats the latest gossip from the grapevine.

As VideoCardz noticed, this theory was aired by a Chinese source ( ZOL , via MyDrivers ), and the belief is that Nvidias price cutting is going to
continue and indeed that in a couple of weeks, well witness deeper discounts to shift Ampere stock.

The story at ZOL add your own skepticism to all this, liberally is that price cuts will get more aggressive at the end of August, and not just for Nvidia, but also AMD. The claim is that Team Green will make larger price
cuts than AMD in an attempt to further stoke RTX 3000 sales to a greater extent than RX 6000 ( Nvidias GPUs are already a lot more popular anyway,
mind you, in the current climate).

It isnt clear exactly which models Nvidia could reduce asking prices for, but we can count on higher-end GPUs being driven down in price, as has already happened just look at the whopping discount recently witnessed on the flagship RTX 3090 Ti , for example.

The hope is that pricing will be eased for more affordable Ampere graphics cards, too, such as the RTX 3060 and 3070; meaningful price cuts in this
range could mean some serious bargains could be there for the taking (finally). Analysis: Wait and see is our advice (again)

While we have to be careful about the source here more so than the usual nuggets from the rumor mill were slightly more willing to allow some further benefit of the doubt given that this obviously aligns with whats already been happening, and whats widely predicted for Nvidia GPU pricing in the near future.

Itd hardly be any surprise given the consistent rumors which have been coming through regarding Nvidias excess stock of RTX 3000 graphics cards , and
having to balance helping partners clear that inventory with deciding on the timeframe for the next-gen GPU launch (push out RTX 4000 too quickly, and thatll further depress sales which are already problematic, as weve seen ,
due to the crypto crash and cost of living crisis).

Whats particularly interesting here is the prospect of AMD engaging in
similar price cutting, and that this could become a battle of discounting to sell off current-gen products ahead of the launch of their successors.

We were already advising folks to wait for bigger price drops to come through from Nvidia, anyway, and this chatter from the grapevine just underlines that even more firmly. Its certainly worth holding out for a few weeks to see
where price movements go with Nvidias graphics cards and indeed AMDs and find out how much truth there is to rumors of larger drops. Because after
all, what have you got to lose, really, by not buying right now, and just waiting a little while? Not much, wed suggest, while you could have a lot to gain in terms of potential savings.

Theres also the possibility that with this kind of speculation making itself consistently felt in the GPU world, more pronounced price drops will become a self-fulfilling prophecy, as more folks wait, and theres a greater need to stimulate flagging sales as a result.



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/news/amd-vs-nvidia-gpu-price-war-is-about-to-get-nas ty-and-thats-good-news-for-us/


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