Nvidia Introduces Surprize Price Hike for RTX 3000 GPUs

The situation in the market of PC components continues to be dire due to problems with availability and the unrelenting interest in cryptocurrency mining. Graphics cards are sold much more expensive than the MSRP. We do not know when the situation will stabilize and everything will return to normal. Nvidia has decided to take matters into its own hands and... increased the suggested prices of the Founders RTX 3000 series cards.

The information comes from hardwareLUXX, which noticed the price increase on Nvidia's German website. The increases apply to Founders cards of the RTX 3000 series. They are different for each of them - the biggest change is seen with the flagship RTX 3090 chip, where the price is higher by 100 euros (increase from 1549 euros to 1649 euros). As for the RTX 3080 model, the increase was slightly smaller, 70 euros. The downward trend continues for the cheaper cards.

Nvidia doesn't provide any reasons for its decision, though rising inflation may be a likely justification.

These changes are rather insignificant, since it is virtually impossible to get a brand new Founders edition card. What's more, the market prices are still almost twice as high as suggested - even before this increase.