There are a lot of more expensive graphics cards

Last week, a range of products that it had it has been tariff-free — thanks to the ongoing U.S.-China trade war — it lost that status and will therefore be more expensive in 2021. Among these products are graphics cards and motherboards.

How the New York News reported last week, “Mr. Trump began setting tariffs on more than $ 360 billion worth of Chinese goods in 2018, prompting thousands of companies to ask the administration for temporary waivers that excluded them from taxation.

These exemptions are already over and PC hardware companies are among those that have already raised prices to accommodate tariffs. While this will affect most companies in this part of the industry, as so many components and products come from China, ASUS is the only one that has come out so far and issued a statement explaining the rises, saying:

MSRP pricing update for ASUS components in 2021. This update applies to graphics cards and motherboards * We have an announcement about MSRP price changes that are effective in early 2021 for our award-winning series of graphics cards and motherboards. Our new MSRP reflects component cost increases. operating expenses and logistics activities plus a continuation of import tariffs. We have worked closely with our logistics and supply partners to minimize price increases. ASUS is grateful for your continued business and support as we navigate this time of unprecedented market change. * There may be additional models that increase as we move into the first quarter.

So what kind of price increases are we looking at? People who pay a lot more attention to these things than I do I have already found examples of increasingly expensive cards, such as the ASUS RTX 3090 ranging from $ 1799 to $ 1979. The size of the rates themselves they are “Either 7.5 percent or an additional 25 percent, depending on your product,” but, as can be seen by the RTX 3090 price, companies do not pass all the cost to consumers, they will seek to cut or absorb part of their own success.

Computer hardware costs were already slipping out of hand thanks to bitcoin miners, supply shortages, and climbers. Bringing something else to make things even more expensive sucks.