GPU market so borked that the GTX 1050 Ti from 2016 is back in production. Retailers generally selling them for about $220 to $250.
I remember buying a GTX 1050 Ti brand new from Computer Alliance for $160 3 years ago for a SFF PC that could only use low profile GPUs
Considering the ancient GT 710 has been sold all over for years it's good to have something with more power. For a long time I was searching for a low profile card and the GTX 1050 Ti was perfect.
The price is just silly though. I bought mine in 2017 for just over $200.
We can thank the tariffs or Trump tax for some of that.
This would raise prices in America, but should act to lower prices in Australia.
@mskeggs: It's a combination. There already was a shortage of GPUs due to high demand, the tariffs had an almost immediate price rise and the crypto mining.
The US$ exchange rate has always played a part in ordering PCs and other components too. HP, Dell, Lenovo all depend on the exchange rate in my company. Doesn't matter if we order 5 PCs or 2000. In normal circumstances things would be cheaper, but then you have the COVID related shortages. Printer factories for example still aren't back to 100%.
@Clear: Understood, but the way tariffs work is they are an import tax charged by the receiving country, similar to our GST. So they can't add to costs for our components, because Australia is not charging them.
If the seller added on an extra charge to their sale price, the tariff would be even higher, as it is taxed as a percent.
So the poor Americans are getting higher prices (whether due to bitcoin or supply disruption, or whatever) PLUS a tariff on top.
@mskeggs: That's correct regarding how the tariffs work but I swear some retailers here raised prices to a similar degree at the same time that the tariffs came into effect in the US.
Maybe it was a coincidence but it really seems like suppliers will use any excuse to further raise prices of GPUs even when the reasoning doesn't apply (i.e. US tariffs should not increase Australian GPU prices)
Consoles are looking to be better value every day. Better value if you pay for your games anyway.
Apparently Sony loses money on each ps5 console sale
This has been common for many game consoles in the past particularly at the start of each generation. Sony/Microsoft more than make up for it through services profit and their large cut of fees for games sold for their respective platforms, so they're definitely willing to take the loss on hardware
Gtx 1050ti was a classic.
wtf