We observe present GPU costs on all of the greatest graphics playing cards and the newest additions to our GPU benchmarks hierarchy. We scrape eBay’s gross sales information to get particulars on what kind of costs persons are paying for GPUs. We offer month-to-month updates on eBay’s costs for the newest technology Nvidia Ampere and AMD Large Navi technology GPUs, together with the earlier technology Turing and RDNA graphics playing cards.
GPU costs continued to drop in comparison with the earlier month, although the speed of lower slowed fairly a bit. The place common GPU costs dropped by 14% in June, they solely fell 6% in July. That is maybe partly due to a modest rebound in cryptocurrency costs, although with a mean earnings of simply $2.50 per day on an RTX 3090 Ti or RTX 3090, it could require about 500 days to interrupt even.
Shopping for a used graphics card has some dangers, so we do not strongly encourage individuals to go the used route. Nonetheless, should you’re comfy servicing a card or probably returning it for a refund, there are some first rate offers available.
We’re now on the level the place 18 of the 21 present technology graphics playing cards are promoting on eBay for lower than their official MSRPs. The final remaining holdouts are the RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 3060, and RTX 3050, which have been maybe priced too aggressively to start with. Every little thing else is wherever from a number of % under MSRP, to as a lot as 30% under MSRP in a number of circumstances. This is the overview of eBay GPU gross sales for the month of July 2022.
You possibly can see the month-to-month change in GPU costs on eBay, alongside the present retail costs. Clearly, retail has the benefit of guaranteeing you a brand-new graphics card, whereas eBay normally means used playing cards. At present, retail costs are 7% greater on common, although a number of GPUs (RTX 3090 Ti, RX 6750 XT, RX 6650 XT, and RX 6400) are cheaper at retail.
It is uncommon to see modifications in MSRPs for graphics playing cards, significantly from Nvidia, however the highest priced Nvidia GPUs (3090 Ti, 3090, 3080 Ti) are now not in a position to justify their excessive pricing. Unofficially, at the very least, it appears Nvidia has given its companions the choice to cut back costs on these playing cards fairly a bit. The flip facet is that the three least costly Nvidia playing cards — RTX 3050, RTX 3060, and RTX 3060 Ti — are the one present technology GPUs which might be nonetheless promoting above MSRP on eBay.
General, Nvidia’s common eBay value is 6% under MSRP throughout all ten of its Ampere GPUs. AMD has considerably decrease pricing, each for comparatively equal efficiency in addition to relative to MSRPs. The typical eBay value for AMD’s RDNA 2 GPUs at present sits at 17% under MSRP.
As we have mentioned earlier than, whereas these costs would possibly really feel tempting, we anticipate further value drops within the coming months. After that, all bets are off as we should always hopefully see Nvidia Ada and AMD RDNA 3 GPUs enter the market. We’ll proceed to see the present technology elements alongside the newcomers, however that may largely be within the midrange and price range sectors.
The month-to-month quantity of GPUs offered on eBay dipped barely, down 1.4%, however that is shut sufficient to a tie. Nvidia’s numbers have been down 3%, whereas AMD’s have been up 5%, at the very least on eBay, suggesting extra persons are beginning to give AMD a shot.
Getting a earlier technology card mainly requires you to undergo eBay or another secondhand market, as only a few of those playing cards can be found at retail. The exception, form of, are Nvidia’s GTX 16-series elements, which even have a (very sluggish and overpriced) GTX 1630 as a brand new possibility. Our evaluation shall be up quickly, however as  you’d guess by the discount in GPU cores and reminiscence interface width, there’s not a lot purpose to spend mainly as a lot on a GTX 1630 as you’d pay for a GTX 1650 (GDDR6 model, even).
Costs on Turing and RDNA 1 GPUs dropped once more, by 8% on common, whereas the variety of GPUs offered on eBay shot up 26% in comparison with final month. Nonetheless, the full variety of earlier technology GPUs offered on eBay is barely 4,700 — a drop within the bucket in comparison with the retail GPU market.
As with final month, AMD’s RX 5700 XT, RX 5700, and RX 5600 XT noticed the most important value cuts, however solely by round 10–12% this time. The GTX 1650 Tremendous additionally noticed a good 12% dip in pricing, which lastly places it under Nvidia’s official MSRP — and about $50 under the standard value of a brand-new GTX 1630. When you’re after a good price range possibility, the GTX 1650 Tremendous is without doubt one of the few cases the place shopping for a used card nonetheless makes extra sense then getting a brand new card.
July GPU Pricing Abstract: The Deluge
The availability and pricing on used graphics playing cards has definitely grow to be extra attractive in latest months. When you’re prepared to set a decrease most, it is fairly simple to choose up a card through an public sale for even decrease costs — that is what “common pricing” means, in any case. A little bit of cleansing, some new thermal pads, and a few testing is probably all that stands between you and a excessive efficiency GPU. Or you may get unfortunate and find yourself coping with a return, which tends to favor patrons on eBay so it isn’t too unhealthy.
Nonetheless, shopping for a used graphics card comes with some dangers. We might assume any GPU with 6GB or extra VRAM was mining for the previous yr or extra. When you take the possibility on a used card, remember to completely take a look at it, and purchase from somebody that provides returns.
Nvidia’s upcoming RTX 40-series Nvidia Ada GPUs are beginning to hit the rumor mill exhausting. It is potential a number of the “leaks” are simply guesses, however a number of the extra respected Twitter individuals have began posting info. For instance, one latest leak suggests the RTX 4070 Ti will match or exceed the RTX 3090 Ti in efficiency — not too stunning, given the identical factor occurred with RTX 3070 and RTX 2080 Ti. Although the rumored specs on the 4070 Ti counsel Nvidia has significantly overhauled the structure, probably with a number of further cache.
AMD’s RDNA 3Â hasn’t been doing the rounds fairly as a lot, so we determine it is nonetheless a number of months out. It’s going to doubtless arrive in November, two years after the RDNA 2 playing cards launched. AMD’s use of chiplets shall be very fascinating to see in motion, as that would make or break the design.
Whereas ready for the next-gen GPUs to launch does make sense, we additionally must level out how a lot scalpers affected pricing on the early RTX 30-series and RX 6000-series launches. Even earlier than cryptocurrency mining actually killed retail availability, scalpers have been marking up playing cards by 50% or extra in late 2020. Let’s hope Ada and RDNA 3 do not repeat that sample.
