From April to mid-July, graphics card sales were contributed mainly by the cryptocurrency mining segment. With demand from the segment starting to cool off since mid-July and graphics cards' supply and pricing both stabilizing, sales from the retail channel have started picking up.This time it's not cryptocurrency mining that's to blame but strong demand from the smartphone and datacenter market. Samsung and SK Hynix, which provide the bulk of GDDR memory, have reportedly shifted more production capacity to making memory for servers and handsets. As a result, GDDR prices rose 30.8 percent this month.
But the stable pricing may not last long, the sources said, expressing concerns that the price hikes caused by memory shortages could again deter consumer demand.
Video cards getting 3-10% more expensive due to higher memory costs
Posted on Monday, August 28 2017 @ 11:17 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck