Many graphics cards have just become more expensive

Last week a series of products that had exempt from tariffs – thanks to the ongoing trade war between the US and China – lost that status, so it will be more expensive in 2021. Among those products are graphics cards and motherboards.

Such as the New York Times reported last week, “Mr. Trump began imposing tariffs on more than $ 360 billion worth of Chinese goods in 2018, prompting thousands of companies to request temporary exemptions from the administration to exclude them from the tariffs.”

Those waivers are now done, and PC hardware companies are among those who have already raised their prices to meet the rates. 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 to come out and make a statement explaining the walks so far, saying:

Update regarding MSRP pricing for ASUS components in 2021. This update applies to graphics cards and motherboards. * We have an announcement regarding MSRP price changes taking effect in early 2021 for our award-winning line of graphics cards and motherboards. Our new MSRP reflects increased component costs. operating costs and logistics activities plus a continuation of import tariffs. We have worked closely with our supply and logistics partners to minimize price increases. ASUS greatly values ​​your continued business and support in this time of unprecedented market change. * additional models may increase as we progress into Q1.

So what kind of price increases are we looking at? People who pay a lot more attention to this than I do have already found examples of cards becomes more expensive, such as ASUS ‘RTX 3090 from $ 1799 to $ 1979. The level of the rates themselves to be “Either an extra rate of 7.5 percent or 25 percent depending on their product,” but as you can see from the price of the RTX 3090, companies are not passing the full cost on to consumers, they will be looking to cuts / from the hit itself.

PC hardware costs were already getting out of hand thanks to bitcoin miners, supply shortages, and scalpers. Having something else to make things even more expensive sucks!