Nvidia says gpu prices will continue to rise
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The picture is not being too favorable for those who want to get a powerful computer at a reasonable price and NVIDIA is not in the task of alleviating the situation. According to the green company, this problem will not be solved soon, as prices will continue to rise until the third quarter of 2018.
Mining and memory shortages are the big culprits according to NVIDIA
As NVIDIA has stated to Massdrop , market prices will continue to rise until the third quarter of this year. In other words, we shouldn't expect to purchase a high-end graphics card at a reasonable price in the coming months.
According to NVIDIA, the two main reasons that drive GPU prices to rise every month are the miner's insanity and VRAM memory shortages. Currently, miners are buying every new high-end GPU they have at their fingertips, and as a result all NVIDIA and AMD partners have a hard time replacing them.
On the other hand, Apple and Samsung are willing to pay more for the memory they will use on their smartphones. Factories are using the same production lines for the memory used in graphics cards and smartphones, creating an unprecedented memory shortage for all GPU manufacturers, such as MSI, Gigabyte, Asus, or EVGA.
This also applies to the folks at AMD with its RX VEGA graphics and the 400 series, one of the miners' favorites.
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