However, the RTX 2060 still uses GDDR6 memory, the same memory used on current GPUs including the RTX 3060, and the same amount as the 3060 at 12GB. It uses a previous-gen Turing GPU, which is built using TSMC’s older and cheaper 12nm node, which is in slightly less demand than their leading edge nodes. Some are calling this a GPU aimed to combat miners and ease stock woes, but is this really going to be the case?įrom a production standpoint, it should be cheaper to build an RTX 2060 than Nvidia’s other GPUs. Gigabyte models are starting to appear at the ECC, for example. This launch has been bubbling away for some time now, with reports going back months, but it seems that things are gearing up to produce an RTX 2060 refresh sometime in January. One particular story that’s been doing the rounds recently is that of an Nvidia RTX 2060 refresh with 12GB of VRAM. What we do want to cover is the bigger question on everyone’s mind for the past year: Will GPU pricing ever go down? When will it go down? And, are there any upcoming solutions to the problem in the works? Upcoming Releases, a Possible Solution? So there appears to be a bit of a stalemate on that front. In fact, we’ve been told by a couple of retailers that GPU sales right now aren’t particularly great as interest in cards at current prices is low, but they can’t reduce prices due to insidious tactics from suppliers like bundling and simple price inflation. Pricing of graphics cards on store shelves remains high, availability is pretty good in most regions, it’s just that the actual prices of those GPUs are inflated due to a variety of market pressures we’ve been talking about for months now - and all of it is unlikely to change throughout the busy holiday shopping period. In this edition of the GPU pricing update, we're not going to spend as much time talking about the current retail market because not much has changed over the last few months. So if you’re a GPU manufacturer, you can be delighted with the current situation, and if you’re a GPU buyer you’ll be crying yourself to sleep. To cite one example, Nvidia just announced their quarterly earnings which included a huge jump in year-on-year revenue for their gaming business.
In what shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone, graphics cards are still overly expensive and everyone involved is still making a ton of cash.
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It’s time to take a look at the current state of the GPU market in our monthly update feature.