One of the biggest problems in recent months has been the excessive price of graphics cards. Not only the price you have paid for the lack of graphics stock, but the reference prices imposed by AMD and NVIDIA . According to a rather interesting study from 3DCenter, you have paid up to double the price based on performance/price ratio.
We have seen how the recommended price by AMD and NVIDIA exceeded four figures. It is interesting to see how NVIDIA has put crazy prices on its high-end, while AMD has been more restrained. But to what extent have we overpaid for a gaming graphics card?
AMD has been controlled, but NVIDIA has passed, and much
The new generation of graphics cards, which began to be launched in 2021, has arrived with prices inflated with helium. AMD and NVIDIA have chosen recommended prices for their graphics that are unrealistic. But the prices are partly given because these graphs had very little market. So they have gone to get the maximum benefit possible from some products without much sense.
The 3DCenter medium has compiled data from a large number of graphics card reviews to compile this index. They have chosen the NVIDIA RTX 3070 as the reference graphics card because it offers the best performance/price ratio and because it is mid-range.
As the best model we have the NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti , which is the one that offers us the best performance/price ratio. This would be the reason for the lack of stock of this graphic, because it sells very easily because it is the most balanced. Come on, this graph offers a performance that is superior to its price.
What would be the fair price of NVIDIA RTX 30 graphics?
There are a couple of things to note from this report. The performance in 4K has been taken, since let’s say that it is the standardized one and that most graphics cards can reach. The only one that does not offer good performance in this resolution is the RTX 3050 8 GB. A fairly discreet graph.
The fair price of the RTX 30 Series should be:
| Recommended price | 4K performance | performance/price | fair price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 3090Ti | 1999 dollars | 408% | 41% | $814 |
| RTX 3090 | $1,499 | 376% | fifty% | $750 |
| RTX 3080Ti | $1,199 | 366% | 61% | $731 |
| RTX 3080 12 GB (would be discontinued) | ? | -344% | – | $687 |
| RTX 3080 10GB | $699 | 330% | 94% | $659 |
| RTX 3070 Ti | $599 | 271% | 90% | 541 dollars |
| RTX 3070 | $499 | 250% | 100% | $499 |
| RTX 3060Ti | $399 | 217% | 109% | $433 |
| RTX 3060 | $329 | 165% | 100% | $329 |
| RTX 3050 | $249 | -114% | 91% | $228 |
As we see, all graphics cards over $1,000 in price are grossly overpriced . The RTX 3090 is worth twice what it should and the RTX 3090 Ti is worth about x2.5 what it should be, while the RTX 3080 Ti is overpriced, but to a lesser extent. This should bother anyone who has purchased one of these charts.
On the other hand, the RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 are the ones that are priced fairly based on their performance. While, as we have discussed, the RTX 3060 Ti is priced below its fair price due to its good performance.
Finally, the RTX 3050, RTX 3070 Ti, and RTX 3080 10 GB are slightly more expensive than they should be. Even so, all three are below 10% extra cost, which is quite acceptable.
What would be the fair price of AMD RX 6000 graphics?
Within this comparison, AMD graphics are also analyzed, following the RTX 3070 as a reference. Here there are several curiosities, such as the two lowest-end graphics and the two highest-end graphics are overvalued in the same percentages. It also highlights that all graphics cards are above the fair price, although some, touching the stick.
The fair price of the RX 6000 Series should be:
| Recommended price | 4K performance | performance/price | fair price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RX6950XT | $1,099 | 368% | 67% | $735 |
| RX6900XT | $999 | 348% | 70% | $695 |
| RX6800XT | $649 | 322% | 99% | $643 |
| RX6800 | $579 | 278% | 96% | $555 |
| RX6750XT | $549 | 2. 3. 4% | 85% | $467 |
| RX6700XT | $479 | 221% | 92% | $441 |
| RX6650XT | $399 | 167% | 84% | $333 |
| RX6600XT | $379 | 159% | 84% | $317 |
| RX 6600 | $329 | -134% | 81% | $267 |
| RX 6500 | $199 | -71% | 71% | $140 |
| RX6400 | $159 | -54% | 67% | $107 |
It is very interesting that the RX 6950 XT and the RX 6400 have the same excess price ratio. The same happens with the RX 6500 XT and the RX 600 XT , which also have the same extra cost . It is something quite curious, as if they were products that AMD has no interest in selling.
Then we have the RX 6600, RX 6600 XT, RX 6650 XT and RX 6750 XT which are priced at 15-20% markup . Then we have the RX 6700 XT , which would be very close to their fair price, they are under 10% overpriced.
Here the most interesting are the RX 6800 which is only 4% more expensive than it should be. The RX 6800 XT is the perfect graphics card as it only has a 1% deviation .
Conclusion we can draw
On the one hand, it is evident that NVIDIA has released three models of graphics cards with an absurd price. The company has never been interested in selling these graphics and has put them at ridiculous prices. If someone has bought it, they have the right to feel cheated.
AMD, for its part, has its two most powerful graphics cards and its two simplest graphics cards with a notable extra cost. In favor of AMD, to say that the data of the RX 6400 and RX 6500 XT are based on an extrapolation of the performance of these graphics cards in FullHD. Due to the little VRAM, they are not even remotely intended for 4K.
The best NVIDIA performance/price ratios are the RTX 3060 and RTX 3060 Ti in the entry-level range and the RTX 3070 that belongs to the mid-range. While in the case of AMD, the RX 6700 XT, RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT are the ones that offer the best relationship.