2017 might have been a standout year for PC enthusiasts, but these early months of 2018 are nothing short of a nightmare for PC gamers. Graphics card prices are downright ludicrous, fueled by the craze for cryptocurrency coins.
That’s nothing new. Miners have been inflating graphics card prices since the middle of the year. But the damage was limited to the middle of the market for most of 2017. Currently, virtually every gaming-class graphics card is affected, though prices have relaxed somewhat after Bitcoin’s plummet. The theoretically $200 3GB GeForce GTX 1060 currently goes for $340 to $500—when you can find it in stock, that is. The Radeon RX 570, RX 580, and 6GB GTX 1060—graphics cards with suggested retail prices of $200 to $250—are selling for $400-plus on Newegg. And if you thought the GTX 1080 Ti’s $700 price tag was steep, prepare to clutch your chest: Nvidia’s gaming flagship can’t be found for less than $1,040 on Newegg today.
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