The latest GPU price tracker report from a few days ago has revealed, the prices of the new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series cards have not only stabilized, but also increased slightly. This also means that players who want to find bargains may have to make a decision quickly. In fact, not only the new cards, but also the second-hand prices are a bit shocking. Recently, foreign media discovered that on foreign eBay websites, the price of RTX 30 series graphics cards was a bit exaggerated, up 200%, and there were far fewer people selling them.
Foreign media found that the second-hand price of NVIDIA RTX 30 series graphics cards increased by 200%. Are scalpers selling low and selling high? Mining is back?
Foreign media Wccftech tracked the NVIDIA Ampere series of graphics cards a few weeks ago. At that time, the prices were still very cheap. For example, a second-hand RTX 3060 could be bought for US$150 (November 4, 2022), about NT$4,600, and the RTX 3080 Ti was available for US$369 (November 7, 2022), about NT$4,600. 11,300 yuan, and even a few months ago you could buy the RTX 3060 for $99:
RTX 3060 only costs 99 US dollars. This price is really exaggerated. It is estimated that 99% comes from miners, and the condition should be very poor:
Unexpectedly, Wccftech recently tracked the second-hand price of the NVIDIA Ampere series again. After only about 26 days, the price has changed significantly. Several stores that originally recorded it have disappeared, and the new price that has appeared is that the RTX 3060 has become 300 US dollars, about NT$9,200, and the second-hand RTX 3080 Ti has reached 800 US dollars, about NT$25,000:
The report also said that the new RTX 3080 Ti costs US$1,200, which is about NT$36,800:
Wccftech said that judging from the situation on eBay, many second-hand graphics cards that were originally sold in large quantities have disappeared. It is really unbelievable. It is too sudden. Now players can only buy them at new prices if they want to buy them.
With such a big change, one can’t help but worry that mining will be revived, right? Miners buy second-hand graphics cards in large quantities. However, I think this possibility is very low. On the one hand, Ethereum has officially switched to proof-of-stake for more than a month, which means that mining Ethereum has become a thing of the past. On the other hand, cryptocurrency is still at a low level. Almost every currency has fallen miserably, including Bitcoin. Therefore, you will lose money no matter what you mine, let alone those cryptocurrencies that no one has heard of.
I think the most likely factor is that scalpers see that the inventory of new RTX 30 series cards is getting less and less, and prices are rising, so they buy up all the cheap second-hand cards on the market, buy them low and sell them high.
certainly,NVIDIA suddenly lifted the ban on LHR’s mining power, maybe there are really miners who are rushing to acquire all the cheap mining cards for future plans:
In any case, it is almost impossible for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series to drop in price again. There is not much inventory left, and second-hand prices have also increased (I checked the same situation in Taiwan). People who want to buy it really need to think carefully.
Source: KOCPC Chinese