We're finally seeing the end of the GPU shortage
The thought of finding an affordable graphics card in today's ever-fluctuating market feels almost impossible, but it would seem that prices for highly-coveted GPUs are finally starting to recover in some areas of the world, to the point where some new cards have been spotted for under their original MSRP. Mindfactory, a trusted tech retailer based in Germany, posted a page full of deals this past weekend that included a handful of AMD Radeon 6500 XT cards from third-party manufacturers. Both the ASRock Radeon RX 6500XT Challenger ITX and the Gigabyte Radeon RX 6500 XT Eagle were available at €199 (around $225 / £165 / AU$310) when originally published, but Tom's Hardware notes in its own coverage that the Gigabyte model has since increased to €229 (around $255 / £190 / AU$355). For context, the MSRP for the reference AMD Radeon 6500 XT in Germany is €209 (around $235 / £175 / AU$325), though it's not a GPU we would recommend as an 'upgrade' unless you have some...