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Where are our graphics cards?
No relief until the end of 2022
THE GRAPHICS CARD market is in a mess. and that won’t change any time soon. Supplies are tight, and every available card is sold the moment it appears. Scalpers scour outlets for stock, and buy everything, only to resell them at inflated prices. And crypto miners are bagging GPUs in bulk. Things have calmed down a little since the summer, but markups of 150-200 percent still sting. According to Nvidia’s website prices for a GeForce RTX 3090 should start at $1,399. Currently, the average on auction sites is $1,000 more than that. Finding anybody with stock is another matter.