| Captain_Yuri said: So hardware unboxed is reporting on the weird pricing issue when it comes to the 6800 XT and how you can't find any AIBs hitting that $650 MSRP. The lowest seems to be $100+ more than the MSRP. You will need to skip to 9 minutes and 56 seconds. But the jist of it is that according to AIBs, the markup they are making is lower than ever and AMD is charging the AIBs a lot more than what the $650 MSRP is supposed to be. It's why the cards are so expensive compared to reference. Nvidia seems to be doing this for the 3070 as well. |
While I have no reason to doubt what's said in the video, I find the conclusion "funny" given that AMD ha said that they'll stop producing reference cards early 2021 (source). Not that one thing goes against the other, but it makes you question why they're increasing the prices like that if it won't last long.
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