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Old 01-29-2021, 08:28 AM   #1853
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I'm guessing these are still old orders and suppliers are just charging more to get these on their shelves here. All manufacturers made $100-150 MSRP price hikes on new 3070 and up a couple of weeks back due to expiring Trump China import tariffs. Unless Biden does a big reverse course I'd expect minimum 3070 prices in the $900 range soon, but that's unlikely to coming any time soon with much more pressing first 100 day priorities and the "Buy American" initiatives. Not to mention the whole Trans-Pacific shipping fiasco.
It's also likely tied to a scarcity in VRAM:

https://www.notebookcheck.net/VRAM-p....517439.0.html
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