It seems like yesterday, but we’ve really been going for two years since the RTX 30 hit the market and after the second wave of craze for cryptocurrency mining with GPUs, the outlook is so complex that the price has gone up by 100% and we could already say that neither scandalizes. But while there is darkness in there, there is also light, as the Ethereum working format change will come next year and an interesting price drop is expected, but … now , NVIDIA RTX 40 GPUs will be more expensive.
If the changes in Ethereum are the great hope of the gaming community, the bet is also directed to another place that we have already discussed on a specific occasion: the release of the RTX 4o to the market with Ada Lovelace as the main architecture. But if the new rumors are true users’ hope will fall to the ground or maybe not, it’s complicated, so let’s see what happens and then we will speculate.
Three GPU models at launch
NVIDIA’s strategy seems to be very similar to what it used with the RTX 30, we don’t know if it’s the same concept, but it looks to be in good shape. The RTX 40s are expected to arrive in the third quarter, delayed by various factors such as supply and material issues as well as chip shortages that are not as significant as 6 months ago.
Huang’s will present three starter models: RTX 4090, RTX 4080 and RTX 4070 and logically he will quickly and soon abandon the RTX 30 which precede the new models. This will obviously lead manufacturers and especially stores to want to withdraw the stock at more competitive prices where, in view of the market, it is possible that they will not earn a cent as long as they do not leave the stock and do not have to. suffer penalties from the manufacturer when returning the product.
What does this imply? A problem really. Everything revolves around stock and cryptocurrencies, because although the models go on sale if the price drops 100% to meet the NVIDIA MSRP, the stock could not be replenished. That is, you can buy the cards, but they would be finished in seconds, and the production capacity is still not enough.
The RTX 40 will be more expensive, how much?
As they say, the capacity is not enough and this will affect the RTX 40, which will again be the object of everyone’s envy and there will not be enough stock even if the prices were good and fair. The problem is that they will not be either (the prices) since from what we have been able to know and being precise the RTX 4070 will increase your MSRP by at least one ten%.
Considering that an RTX 2070 and an RTX 3070 had an MSRP of $ 499, it is stated that the new RTX 4070 will be officially offered by NVIDIA at a price of at least $ 549. Where does this price increase come from?
Rumors have it that everything comes from the costs that NVIDIA has to acquire to acquire the raw materials for its chips, PCBs and electronic components. There is nothing concrete revealed in this regard, so we don’t know exactly where the download came from, in what specific hardware or component, but without a doubt if this is true AMD and Intel should be late and may -be with higher percentages due to the lower number of units manufactured. In any case, 2022 does not look very encouraging at first for prices and GPUs as the RTX 40 will be more expensive, we will see how it evolves and if the aforementioned hopes finally come true.
