ASUS announces GeForce RTX 30-Series GPU price drops

Tariffs lift, prices fall.

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This April Fools' Day, get ready for the ultimate prank: A price drop on thebest graphics cardsyou can’t even buy anywhere because they’re not in stock. That’s right, ASUS is instituting a price drop on GPUs that are borderline impossible to buy even at scalper prices on eBay, and said drop goes into effect on April 1.

RTX 30-series cards including RTX 3050s, 3060s, 3070s, 3080s, and 3090s will all be subject to the change in policy. “Consumers should expect prices to decline up to 25% on different models throughout the springtime,” said ASUS. As a result of the U.S. lifting a Chinese import tariff, the vendors producing cards are saving a chunk of change and, in ASUS' own words, the savings are now being passed on to consumers.

The question now is, will availability be passed on to consumers, and if so, when? We recently sawEVGA RTX 3080 GPUs sell at MSRPfor an extended period of time, but that’s been a bit of an isolated incident thus far. If supply can restabilizeandscore a combo modifier from reduced prices like what ASUS is proposing, PC gaming may begin its proper return to the healthy state ithasn’t been in since early 2020.

Market realities aside, keep an eye out for up to 25% off ASUS graphics cards in the near future, in the event you can find them in stock.

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