Still mad at Trump tweets while the country under Biden is burning down?
Right, the tariffs have not impacted first-party board sales. But they do impact the prices that they have to charge 3rd party board partners.
www.pcworld.com
5. Tariffs slam PC parts
Everything we’ve talked about so far would already be enough to send graphics card prices skyrocketing, but things got much worse once the calendar flipped to 2021. In January, significant new tariffs on Chinese products went into effect for many PC parts, exacerbating the crunch.
Asus served as the canary in the coal mine, informing its fans of impending price increases in early January. “Our new MSRP reflects increases in cost for components, operating costs, and logistical activities plus a continuation of import tariffs,” Asus technical marketing manager Juan Jose Guerrero III said. Prices of Asus graphics cards immediately jumped by $150 to $200 per GPU.
Asus
Other GPU makers rolled out significant price hikes shortly after Asus. Most EVGA graphics cards went up by around $70. Zotac silently raised prices by $100 to $300 freaking dollars depending on the model. The new government policies continue to wreak havoc on GPU costs to this day.
“Right now, there are tariffs on the pricing of the product,” Herkelman said when asked about the Radeon RX 6700 XT’s seemingly high $479 price. “We have to make sure we are adhering to the legal standards we’re required to. There are mitigations we’ve put in place to make sure we can consistently hit that $479 on AMD.com. It’s all reflected in our business model of getting those products to $479 on AMD.com.”
I dunno, read the fucking article.
Whatever the fuck corporate legal speak that means. It's quite possible that it depends on where certain components are assembled whether the tariffs apply or not and how much of the total cost of the product they apply to. Taiwan is excluded from the China tariffs, because reasons. If the first-party board is mostly assembled in Taiwan with Taiwanese secondary and tertiary components, while the 3rd party boards are mostly assembled in China with Chinese secondary and tertiary components, then that would explain things. Those tariffs have very complex and specific legal language.
Right, that's why all this ZOMG SUPPLY CHAIN nonsense is actually globalist FUD pushed by the fake news media to justify retaliatory price increases in reaction to rising American wages and decoupling from China.
This is just the type of take I'd expect from a fuckin' retard.
Yes, that's why they have not been repealed. Decoupling from China is going to be incredibly painful for the consumer over the next decade but our politicians need to stay the course.
It definitely has a huge impact on 3rd-party GPU boards. As soon as the tariffs hit, the MSRP on the 3rd-party boards jumped like 200 dollars, while the first-party boards did not.
Not good considering you have endless amount of people scamming the system. I entered into a few dozen, was never selected.
