The price of some models of video cards decreased by more than 20%. Despite this, the cost of devices still remains higher than recommended by manufacturers.
Over the past month, prices for video cards have significantly decreased in Germany, and their supply on the market has also increased, 3DCenter analysts say .
According to 3DCenter , the cost of some models of video cards fell by more than 20%. Despite this, the price of video cards still remains higher than recommended by manufacturers by about 50%. At the end of 2021, the markup on graphics cards averaged 70%.
Right now, the lowest markup applies to the Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics card (17%). The Radeon RX 6800 graphics card has the highest margin (73%). Among NVIDIA devices, the GeForce RTX 3080Ti video card has the lowest markup (32%), and the GeForce RTX 3080-10GB has the highest markup (72%).
Last week, the head of the Hungarian central bank, György Matolcsi, proposed a ban on the circulation of cryptocurrencies and mining in the European Union. Matolci also supported the total ban on cryptocurrency transactions that was introduced in China in September 2021.
China declared all cryptocurrency activities illegal last September (…) I perfectly agree with the proposal and also support the senior EU financial regulator’s point that the EU should ban the mining method used to produce most new bitcoin.
In November 2021, the head of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Erik Tedeen, and the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Bjorn Reisinger , released a joint statement calling for a ban on Proof-of-Work (PoW) cryptocurrency mining in the European Union.
