After the release of Nvidia’s Geforce RTX 3080 in September 2020, prices for graphics cards only knew one direction for a long time: up. We followed the development using data from Ebay, among other things. The cautiously good news is that things have clearly gotten better there recently.
What are the prices exactly? We are talking about the costs for the current Nvidia models Geforce RTX 3080, RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti as well as for the AMD cards Radeon RX 6900 XT, RX 6800 XT and RX 6800.
The prices in the diagram from the next section refer to the average price of the last 30 successfully sold GPUs. In many cases, the sellers state that the goods are as good as unused, but in principle they are usually not new goods (which are usually even more expensive).
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Graphics card prices on Ebay since January 2021
The inglorious low point (or in terms of prices mostly high point) of our data in May 2021 is already recognizable at first glance. The RTX 3080 even scratched the 2,000 euro mark at this time!
It is now around 1,400 dollars, which is still very expensive, but at least somewhat more bearable. From the four-digit number back to the three-digit range, there are four models in the form of the RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 3070, RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT.
For a better classification of the price information, we show below the originally intended RRP of all models mentioned. As the table shows, it is still significantly exceeded today. The situation has at least improved bit by bit in the last few weeks and months.
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RTX 3060 Ti |
Current surcharge on Ebay: 95 percent |
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RTX 3070 |
Current surcharge on Ebay: 80 percent |
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RTX 3080 |
Current surcharge on Ebay: 92 percent |
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RX 6800 |
Current surcharge on Ebay: 45 percent |
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RX 6800 XT |
Current surcharge on Ebay: 52 percent |
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RX 6900 XT |
Current surcharge on Ebay: 21 percent |
The more popular models from Nvidia are even more affected by the higher prices than the graphics cards from AMD. Player graphics cards are generally still far from being available again at prices in halfway normal regions.
At the same time, it remains to be seen how long the downward trend in (Ebay) prices can continue. On the one hand, there was generally little hope recently Statements from Intelthat speak of a continuation of the chip shortage until 2023 and, on the other hand, rising prices of cryptocurrencies again Ethereum and Bitcoin. However, it is hardly possible to make precise prognoses for price developments.
How do you assess the situation? Will the downward trend in graphics card prices on Ebay continue or is there a risk of the situation deteriorating again soon? And when do you generally expect the situation to ease, also with regard to new goods? Feel free to write it in the comments!
