You can't buy cheap video cards from China

After the ban on the mining of cryptocurrency in China, the market for gaming video cards showed an unprecedented drop in prices. All marketplaces are packed with offers to sell the GeForce RTX 3000 and Radeon RX 6000 series at a bargain price. On average, a top-end used video card can be bought at half the price of its new counterpart in a store. And here it is only for the buyer to decide - to take or not to take.

You can't buy cheap video cards from China

 

But there were enterprising Chinese who decided to make money by selling video cards, who worked in a cryptocurrency mining farm. Discussion forums and social media flooded with negative reviews from buyers who faced sellers scamming. The crux of the problem is that some sellers have come up with the idea of ​​packing used video cards in boxes and selling them as new. Naturally, increasing the price of them.

The eBay and AliExpress marketplaces are overflowing with such offers. It is noteworthy that the dispute with the trading floors is won by the seller, who claims to have sold a new product. And the manufacturer's warranty for goods from China sold unofficially does not apply. As a result, the buyer gets a used video card at the price of a new one (with a small discount).

 

How to buy a new gaming graphics card at a bargain price

 

You need to wait a bit. Bitcoin is once again showing a drop in price, and the demand for video cards has dropped significantly. Since it was China that was the most active consumer of video cards. Falling demand will force manufacturers to cut prices, and stores will be forced to return to their previous markups.

 

And there is no point in investing in a gaming graphics card for existing motherboards right now. Since the end of 2021 promises us new Intel platforms and AMD with DDR5 support. Naturally, the data transfer buses for video cards will be affected by changes in terms of improving performance. This means that we are waiting for completely new game adapters. Old video cards (new and official) will definitely drop in price.

It is better to start accumulating finances now. Changing the motherboard, processor, memory, SSD drive and video card will be released for at least $ 3000. You need to be ready to transform your computer to get the most out of your games.