Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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In this video, we crawl through over 450 listings of GPUs from AMD, NVIDIA, and Intel. The one finding that jumps-out more than anything else is that the most available cards at the closest prices to MSRP are 8GB models, particularly when higher capacity models of the "same" GPU exist. This further reinforces that MSRP is no longer a reliable metric in GPU reviews (right now, at least) for even baseline comparisons of value. This type of research is limited in scope by nature as even just trying to capture one market accurately required documenting 3 major retailers for hundreds of listings, which took a lot of time to do. Prices will also change with time, making it difficult to keep track of. Still, we wanted to try and better understand what's going on, the best value video cards right now by proximity to MSRP, and which graphics cards people aren't buying.
Watch our Fake MSRP video: youtube.com/watch?v=SPE95_RnL_Q
Or our GPU Paper Launch video: youtube.com/watch?v=wMd2WHKnceI
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - GPU Pricing Update
02:19 - The Pricing Mess
06:00 - Broad GPU Price Findings
07:05 - Methodology of Price Collection
08:27 - Avg Price Over MSRP by Dollars
09:40 - Avg Price Over MSRP by Percentage Increase
10:08 - Listings At MSRP vs Total Listings
11:49 - Count of Available GPU Listings
12:34 - Percentage of In Stock Listings by Model
13:23 - AMD's 9070 and XT MSRP Still Barely Exists
15:18 - In Stock Price Spread Min-to-Max
17:29 - NVIDIA's Most Expensive Partners
17:58 - NVIDIA Partner Listings
18:27 - Conclusion
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Steve Burke: Host, Writing, Research
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Tannen Williams: Writing, Research
Sponsor: Antec Flux Pro case on Amazon geni.us/CaPv
In this video, we crawl through over 450 listings of GPUs from AMD, NVIDIA, and Intel. The one finding that jumps-out more than anything else is that the most available cards at the closest prices to MSRP are 8GB models, particularly when higher capacity models of the "same" GPU exist. This further reinforces that MSRP is no longer a reliable metric in GPU reviews (right now, at least) for even baseline comparisons of value. This type of research is limited in scope by nature as even just trying to capture one market accurately required documenting 3 major retailers for hundreds of listings, which took a lot of time to do. Prices will also change with time, making it difficult to keep track of. Still, we wanted to try and better understand what's going on, the best value video cards right now by proximity to MSRP, and which graphics cards people aren't buying.
Watch our Fake MSRP video: youtube.com/watch?v=SPE95_RnL_Q
Or our GPU Paper Launch video: youtube.com/watch?v=wMd2WHKnceI
The best way to support our work is through our store: store.gamersnexus.net
Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: patreon.com/gamersnexus
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - GPU Pricing Update
02:19 - The Pricing Mess
06:00 - Broad GPU Price Findings
07:05 - Methodology of Price Collection
08:27 - Avg Price Over MSRP by Dollars
09:40 - Avg Price Over MSRP by Percentage Increase
10:08 - Listings At MSRP vs Total Listings
11:49 - Count of Available GPU Listings
12:34 - Percentage of In Stock Listings by Model
13:23 - AMD's 9070 and XT MSRP Still Barely Exists
15:18 - In Stock Price Spread Min-to-Max
17:29 - NVIDIA's Most Expensive Partners
17:58 - NVIDIA Partner Listings
18:27 - Conclusion
** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! **
Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage.
Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates:
t: twitter.com/gamersnexus
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w: gamersnexus.net
Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements
Steve Burke: Host, Writing, Research
Tim Phetdara: Video Editing
Tannen Williams: Writing, Research
