THIS MONTH’S STREET PRICES...

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WE’RE NOT SURE if we should be celebrating the fact that scalper prices are finally coming down with these graphics cards, but, er, scalper prices are finally coming down with these graphics cards— so, yay! Instead of being near three times the RRP, they’re now only twice as expensive, at least with the RX 6700 XT; the RTX 3060 is still three times the price, but it’s down from last month. We have a hunch that the only folk buying these cards at these prices are scalpers, trying to make a quick buck, but because the demand is decreasing as the cryptoboom seems to be easing off slightly, the prices for these GPUS are falling, too. It’s a slow meander down, sure, but it does look promising.

At the time of writing, the value of Bitcoin has also tumbled by 6 percent overnight, as the Biden administration has announced potential tax changes for high earners, which will no doubt also have an effect. As demand for mining falls, due to the volatility of some of those coins, availability and reasonable prices for GPUs are likely to become more commonplace as well.