Graphics cards

[Bibio]

WTF is going on with prices and availability.... :compcrash: its worse than when bitcoin was doing the rounds....

[DarrenSV650S]

Covid. They just aren't making enough to meet demand.

I managed to get a 3070 by following a stock notifier on twitter. You need to be quick

[Bibio]

more like using covid as an excuse to push prices up..... or push sales of games consoles.



i already have a 1050 for my 'media box' but fancied another for my 'web box'. i dont game.


its madness.......

[DJ123]

Covid. They just aren't making enough to meet demand.

I managed to get a 3070 by following a stock notifier on twitter. You need to be quick

Worse than Covid, look at the shortage of electronic components . . . . . this is likely to continue for the next 12 months at a minimum - potentially longer.

[DJ123]

more like using covid as an excuse to push prices up..... or push sales of games consoles.



i already have a 1050 for my 'media box' but fancied another for my 'web box'. i dont game.


its madness.......


lack of raw material to make the electronic components, allocation issues of the components due to high demand, no space in the factory to make it, then there's the transportation issue as there's very few planes flying . . . .

All manufacturers of electronic components have issued price increases this year across all components, and will continue to do so in the current market.

[DarrenSV650S]

They can't produce enough games consoles either lol. Like DJ said, it's the same with everything. Even steel prices are going up and up. It's causing issues for everyone

[Kenzie]

Bet the prices won't come back down either. I had heard in the news that there is a shortage of chips at the moment.

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[shiftin_gear98]

I couldn't finish mine, you're welcome to them.

https://flic.kr/p/2kUFtyY

[yokohama]

It's all Covid related. Demand will have gone up with people working at home and buying new computers while supply will have decreased due to lockdowns and disruption to the manufacturing. As mentioned, it's in many different fields. I was looking for a new music system and an amp that was around £300 a year ago is now £425-450. Camera lenses, second hand cameras and bike prices have all gone up too.

[Dave20046]

WTF is going on with prices and availability.... :compcrash: its worse than when bitcoin was doing the rounds....

Bitcoin is doing the rounds!

They've shot the past 12 month. There's also the chip shortage.

[Chris_SVS]

more like using covid as an excuse to push prices up..... or push sales of games consoles.



i already have a 1050 for my 'media box' but fancied another for my 'web box'. i dont game.


its madness.......
You're welcome to a GTX 750TI that's sitting in my old machine

[timwilky]

Just bought a new motherboard to upgrade my NAS, no graphic card required. as it has AST2500. Good job as it leaves the single expansion slot for something else.

I don't game, video edit why have on board graphics all but disappeared?

[ethariel]

Just bought a new motherboard to upgrade my NAS, no graphic card required. as it has AST2500. Good job as it leaves the single expansion slot for something else.

I don't game, video edit why have on board graphics all but disappeared?

It's on CPU graphics these days, unless you go for a CPU specifically without graphics on die.


In regard to the current issues - TSMC has a maximum output with fabrication time allotted years ahead to thier customers with a huge backlog of requests which is hitting AMD and nVidia's productions, Intel has it's own fab plants but has other manufacturing issues.

There are new fab plants coming online over the next couple of years from most of the chip producers but everything these days contains ever increasing volumes of 'Chips' - Smart TV, Mobiles, Cars, 'that' social media device that turns your lights on and off (and those lights), fridges, washing machines etc etc etc

Internet pundits of one type or another are pretty much looking at late 2022 before things get any better at all.

[DJ123]

Thailand also has a drought/water shortage (worst in 50 years IIRC) which is causing issues at the plant, not being able to run at 100% capacity.