The price of graphics cards could increase in 2020
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If you are thinking of changing your graphics card, you had better be in the ring. The price of graphics cards could rise in 2020.
Unfortunately, we don't bring good news for you. Apparently, according to market research firm TrendForce, the prices of graphics cards could experience a rise in the first quarter of 2020. We know that many of you are planning to change graphics, so we have to inform you of what may happen to you.
Price rise in graphics cards
We do not want to alarm you, but this is stated by TrendForce, a company dedicated to researching markets. The company expects that there will be a rise in the price of DRAM graphics in the first four months of 2020. Analysts say server DRAM prices will lead the rise due to supply constraints caused by instability of 1nm processes.
TrendForce analyst Arvil Wu has made the following statement:
The prices of DRAM memory for graphics cards will see a strong rebound. These types of memories are more sensitive to changes in demand, so price fluctuations can be dramatic. With OEM customers increasing inventory demand, prices for these memories are projected to increase by 5%, the highest rise among all memory products.
If we look up to 2020, we see a transition from GDDR5 to GDDR6, which may further affect AMD because it is discontinuing manufacturing older graphics cards to favor the purchase of Navi- based GPUs .
Consoles will suffer too
Here there is no one to be saved, so the consoles will also be affected by this price increase. Specifically, the upcoming PS5 and Xbox X will be affected by this change because they will use GDDR6 memory as well.
The same analyst Wu assures that DRAM memory is the one that costs the most money to produce per chip. This is because DRAM graphics memory is the first group of memory products to incur an operating loss for vendors in recent quarters.
In theory, those factors could cause graphics cards to rise in price next year. However, rest assured and do not panic because AMD has yet to release new GPUs and Intel will release its model as well, which can lead to price competition.
According to TrendForce, the best thing you can do is buy the graphics card you need to take advantage of the discounts on this holiday because, last January, everything will go up.
Would you buy your GPU now? Do you think this forecast will be true?
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