In another sign that the GPU stock crisis is really beginning to resolve, EVGA has begun rolling out its graphics card alignment system, which was designed to help the average buyer (read: gamers) grab a card, scalper instead of bots or bots.
EVGA launched the system in October 2020 to ensure a fair shout out with its RTX 3000 graphics cards. Since there were no stocks nearby at the time, buyers could sign up in a queue for purchases when inventory arrived, and when it was announced that it was their turn, they had little time to complete the order (eight hours).
However, the graphics card maker no longer sees the need to keep the Q scheme right, and so it has begun to close – not all at once, it seems, on a seemingly model-by-model basis.
EVGA is launching its FTW3 model, which is the most beautiful and stock level Tom’s hardware (Opens in new tab) The technology site has received a notification that RTX 3080 FTW3 gaming will no longer be on GPU-aligned systems from tomorrow (June 23), the report said.
If you receive such a notification via email, there is no need to panic – you can just go to the EVGA store and buy the graphics card you wore, however, the reason for queuing is that the company now has stock in hand.
It seems a reasonable assumption that other models will be excluded from the queuing system, although EVGA has not yet said much – and in an email received from Tom, the firm stated that the queuing scheme for “high demand products” would remain in place.
Analysis: The good news is that GPUs keep coming
This is another sign that the Nvidia RTX 3000 stock is recovering at some speed now, which is obviously good news for gamers looking to get an ampere GPU. In fact, we’ve heard in Grapevine that Nvidia might delay announcing its RTX 4000 graphics cards to even sell RTX 3000 stock, presumably assuming there could be a surplus of obscure inventory, which wouldn’t be good if people waited for next-generation GPUs. The ambition to buy them for started to stop (after revealing them).
Of course, this is happening in a much broader picture of GPU availability, with AMD graphics cards also increasing in number on shelves. The current crypto crash means miners are also trying to sell used GPUs (in a hurry, with positive second-hand prices on eBay) – and If Those cards are sold (we’ll be very careful about making a purchase, with all the miles in mind, proverbial clock), which will drive sales a bit away from new GPUs.
Better prices come with better availability, of course, or at least not stupidly inflated price tags, and certainly based on a recent enough report, graphics card query prices (in Europe) are much lower than normal, meaning manufacturer’s recommended price (MSRP). In fact, AMD RX 6000 GPUs now average 92% of their MSRP, so now a fair share is less, but Nvidia’s RTX 3000 offers slightly above MSRP (102%).
Why is the price of Nvidia slow to decrease? This seems to be a common theme in the larger demand for RTX 3000 GPUs, something you will definitely see when you look at, say, a list of Newg’s best-selling graphics cards, where Tim Green’s products Complete Top 30. The situation has been skewed for some time now, though never before …
The real choice gamers now have to make is whether prices should go down or wait any longer, which seems to be happening right now in the face of all the market pressures and the next generation of GPUs (which are about to start). Rumors from September are going by the most probable prediction from the mill).
