Asus lowering prices

[Nymor]

Hoping this is the right thread for this and that it hasn't been posted before...

Asus will lower some GPU prices up to 25% following tariff changes

It's not the end of the GPU shortage, but it's a promising sign.

arstechnica.com

Asus will lower some GPU prices up to 25% following tariff changes​

Early last year, graphics card makers like Asus announced they would be raising prices amid an intensifying GPU shortage. This price hike was partly a result of tariffs imposed on some Chinese products by the Trump administration; the tariffs had been waived for several years but were allowed to go into effect at the end of 2020. Last week, the Biden administration reinstated many of those waivers, and Asus announced Monday that the company would lower its GPU prices as a result.

The price drops will go into effect on April 1 and will apply to the company's entire lineup of GeForce RTX 3000-series GPUs, including the 3050, 3060, 3070, 3080, and 3090 series cards. "Consumers should expect prices to decline up to 25% on different models throughout the springtime," Asus said in a statement.

 

[SpyderTracks]

It should be across the board as it's due to the current US administration removing the 25% trump tarrifs on china for loads of things, including PCB's and many other computing components. Although this was a US import tax, it affected global prices due to the nature of global supply chains.

Not only that but availability is getting far better also, so GPU's for instance are crashing in price very swiftly back to MSRP levels.

It's good news across the board.