{"id":475560,"date":"2022-07-19T14:00:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/now-might-be-the-best-time-to-buy-a-gpu\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T14:00:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T11:00:46","slug":"now-might-be-the-best-time-to-buy-a-gpu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/now-might-be-the-best-time-to-buy-a-gpu\/","title":{"rendered":"#Now Might Be the Best Time to Buy a GPU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aeeacb443901\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aeeacb443901\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/now-might-be-the-best-time-to-buy-a-gpu\/#%E2%80%9CNow_Might_Be_the_Best_Time_to_Buy_a_GPU%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Now Might Be the Best Time to Buy a GPU&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/now-might-be-the-best-time-to-buy-a-gpu\/#Beat_the_Next_Crypto_Cycle\" >Beat the Next Crypto Cycle<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/now-might-be-the-best-time-to-buy-a-gpu\/#A_Possible_AI_Boom\" >A Possible AI Boom<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/now-might-be-the-best-time-to-buy-a-gpu\/#Wait_For_the_Next_Gen_or_Buy_Now\" >Wait For the Next Gen or Buy Now?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNow_Might_Be_the_Best_Time_to_Buy_a_GPU%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Now Might Be the Best Time to Buy a GPU&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-819104\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/shutterstock_2093075371.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"A GeForce RTX 3070 Ti graphics card.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/granada-spain-december-18-2021-pny-2093075371\">DMegias\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Have you noticed? In July 2022, GPU prices are finally reasonable. High GPU prices due to production shortages and increased demand from crypto miners are behind us\u2014at least for now. If you\u2019ve been waiting to upgrade, now might be the best time to buy. Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Beat_the_Next_Crypto_Cycle\"><\/span>Beat the Next Crypto Cycle<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Historically, the Bitcoin market has operated in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2022\/06\/18\/crypto-market-tumbles-as-bitcoin-breaks-previous-cycles-highs\/\">boom-and-bust cycles<\/a> over time. The rest of the crypto market is closely tied to the value of Bitcoin, including Ethereum, which can still be mined using GPUs (despite the planned switch to proof-of-stake). High demand for GPUs among crypto miners was one of the reasons why GPU prices were so high until recently. When the crypto market <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/jul\/12\/they-couldnt-even-scream-any-more-they-were-just-sobbing-the-amateur-investors-ruined-by-the-crypto-crash\">crashed<\/a> in June 2022, prices of both new and used GPUs dropped dramatically (corresponding with lower demand.) Suddenly, you could find GPUs actually available in retail stores.<\/p>\n<p>In the absence of major government regulation in the US and other countries, the boom-and-bust cycle of crypto may continue in the future\u2014with potentially even greater highs and greater losses, if the cycle <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-winter-has-250-days-left-if-the-market-cycle-repeats-grayscale\">pattern continues<\/a>.\u00a0 In other words, at some point, GPU prices might spike again when demand increases from miners. Even if Ethereum switches to proof-of-stake, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicehash.com\/blog\/post\/what-to-mine-after-ethereum-goes-to-proof-of-stake\">some people believe<\/a> other types of proof-of-work crypto that can be mined on GPUs might take its place.<\/p>\n<p>You might remember that NVIDIA attempted to reduce demand for its GPUs among miners by introducing Lite Hash Rate <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>, but this <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2022\/03\/01\/nvidia-hackers-are-selling-software-to-bypass-ethereum-hash-rate-limiter\/\">has since been bypassed<\/a>, allowing miners to still use those graphics cards for mining. Beyond that, the relationship between consumer gaming GPUs and crypto is complex because NVIDIA also produces GPUs <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/cmp\/\">specifically for mining crypto<\/a>, which might affect overall production output if demand for GPUs spikes again in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, signs point to the fact that while there\u2019s a lull in the crypto market, it\u2019s probably an opportune time to upgrade an older GPU in your gaming PC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>What Is &#8220;Ethereum 2.0&#8221; and Will It Solve Crypto&#8217;s Problems?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Possible_AI_Boom\"><\/span>A Possible AI Boom<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If crypto cycles weren\u2019t enough to worry about for <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>rs, there\u2019s an emerging trend of impressive AI creative tools on the scene, such as OpenAI\u2019s Dall-E 2 and GPT-3 (along with competing tech from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/imagen.research.google\/\">Google<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2022\/07\/metas-new-ai-research-tool-turns-ideas-into-art\/\">Meta<\/a>) that are poised to reach widespread adoption over the next few years. Compared to CPUs, GPUs are great at AI and deep learning tasks because their memory bandwidth and parallelism <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=204a528a336ede4177fff0d84a044482&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.quora.com%2FWhy-are-GPUs-well-suited-to-deep-learning\">accelerate<\/a> the matrix multiplications that are at the heart of many machine learning algorithms.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the data centers powering many cloud-based AI tools are <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/3659836\/the-three-way-race-for-gpu-dominance-in-the-data-center.html\">full of specialized GPU cards<\/a> for deep learning\u2014both for training (when building a deep learning model) and execution, where people request the model to perform tasks. Demand for GPUs for AI <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/towardsdatascience.com\/no-gpus-available-what-now-b9c01108ca58\">expected to grow dramatically<\/a> in the near future across a wide swath of industries. And while those data centers might not be using consumer graphics cards, increasing demand may affect production capacity for consumer GPUs in the near future in the form of competition for similar resources.<\/p>\n<p>Also, as machine learning algorithms get more <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/blog\/ai-and-efficiency\/\">streamlined and efficient<\/a>, it becomes possible to run more AI models locally on home computers. To do that with any speed, you need a good GPU (or some dedicated neural network circuitry) in your machine. For example, Topaz Labs\u2019 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.topazlabs.com\/gigapixel-ai\">GigaPixel AI<\/a> image upscaling software relies on a GPU in your machine to accelerate the process. It\u2019s possible in the near future that image generation and AI assistants will become essential productivity tools, putting extra pressure on the supply of chips and components in GPUs.<\/p>\n<p>So what does the boom in AI mean for GPUs in a nutshell? As long as chip shortages continue (as many experts <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/25\/business\/economy\/chips-semiconductors-shortage.html\">expect them to<\/a>), the average price of consumer graphics cards might go up in the future.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wait_For_the_Next_Gen_or_Buy_Now\"><\/span>Wait For the Next Gen or Buy Now?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are always upcoming, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/news\/nvidia-rtx-4000-gpus-could-be-pushed-back-but-theres-good-news\">brand-new GPU models<\/a> on the way, and you might be tempted to wait for them. If you paid a lot of money for a recent GPU within the last year, waiting might be a good idea. You can probably even skip the upcoming generation of chips for another one coming down the road. You\u2019ll probably get years of good use out of your current (recent) GPU.<\/p>\n<p>But if you have an older graphics card and you\u2019ve been waiting a long time to upgrade, you\u2019ll get a huge boost if you buy any contemporary graphics card today, and you can feel good about the purchase while the price hovers around the MSRP and stock is available. For example, we have a GTX 1060 in one machine that we just upgraded to an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/PNY-GeForce-Gaming-Epic-X-Graphics\/dp\/B09QXZC4PM\/?tag=hotoge-20\">RTX 3060<\/a> for around $400. It felt like a very reasonable upgrade, and the card will be useful for years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product-box  \">\n<div class=\"product-img product-img-noaward\">\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/PNY-GeForce-Gaming-Epic-X-Graphics\/dp\/B09QXZC4PM\/?tag=hotoge-20\" onclick=\"fbq('track', 'Buy Button'); if (fb_t_convert){fb_t_convert();}\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41LZ0Uphu9L._SL160_.jpg\" height=\"147px\" width=\"150px\" alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"product-add\">\n<div class=\"product-add-button\">\n<div class=\"product-share-links\">\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Shop for PNY GeForce RTX 3060 12GB XLR8 Graphics Card\" aria-label=\"PNY GeForce RTX 3060 12GB XLR8 Graphics Card - Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/PNY-GeForce-Gaming-Epic-X-Graphics\/dp\/B09QXZC4PM\/?tag=hotoge-20\" style=\"text-decoration:none\" onclick=\"fbq('track', 'Buy Button'); if (fb_t_convert){fb_t_convert();}\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"product-price\">$399.99 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"12\" width=\"42\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/themes\/htg-responsive\/img\/amazon-prime.png\" alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><br \/><small><del>$599.99<\/del> Save 33%<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That\u2019s just one example, of course: Take a look at\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Graphics-Cards-Computer-Add-Ons-Computers\/b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=284822&amp;tag=hotoge-20\">Amazon<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bestbuy.7tiv.net\/c\/156932\/671509\/10014?subId1=htg&amp;subId2=819008&amp;sharedid=&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2Fsite%2Fcomputer-cards-components%2Fvideo-graphics-cards%2Fabcat0507002.c%3Fid%3Dabcat0507002\">Best Buy<\/a>, or your store of choice, and you\u2019ll find lots of GPUs for much more reasonable prices than they were just a few months ago.<\/p>\n<p>No one can predict the future, but we can read the signs of the present. Judging by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pcpartpicker.com\/trends\/price\/video-card\/\">historical trends<\/a>, GPU prices have been volatile, and prices for graphics cards are arguably reasonable right now. So if you have an ancient GPU that needs upgrading, we believe you would not be making a mistake if you bought a new GPU today.<\/p>\n<p>If you wait for the next-gen in GPUs to upgrade\u2014or wait for any other reason\u2014a natural disaster, economic incident, chip shortages, an upswing in crypto, a rush on AI applications, old-fashioned scalping, first-generation bugs, or other factors might hideously spoil your plans. Or they might not, but you can\u2019t lose if you get a great graphics card you can use for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck, and stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>What Is a GPU? 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