German sellers reduced the prices for video cards for almost 20% – Bits Media

Against the backdrop of persecution by regulators of energy -intensive mining in the European Union, In Germany, the supply in the market has increased and prices for graphic cards are falling.

According to the information equipment market for 3DCenter mining equipment, The cost of graphic cards in Germany over the past two weeks has fallen on average on 19%. Many models of video adapters have lost 20% its price. The drop in the prices for video cards occurs against the background of strong pressure from the side of European regulators for the mining industry.

At the same time, video cards sellers continue to hold the price above 50% The equipment recommended by manufacturers. In December last year, the margin on graphic maps was on average 70%. At the same time, the number of offers in the German market over the past month has increased significantly.

Most of all, the Radeon RX 6500 XT card lost in price, The margin is all 17%. At the same time, the Radeon RX 6800 has the largest margin of 73%. NVIDIA products also fell. Now, with the largest margin of 72%, GeForce RTX 3080-10GB is traded. Last of all, a margin on the GEFORCE RTX 3080TI graphic card - 32%.

3DCenter experts note, that prices for video cards in the foreseeable future will be able to approach the recommended manufacturers. According to experts, This situation was already in July last year, After that, the prices for video cards were slowed down, and then again slowly began to grow. Therefore, there is no guarantee, that price reduction will continue. But there is a chance for it, Since the recently increased value of the air, it seems, did not have any influence on the price trend of video cards.

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