After a year of microchip shortages that have left people googling where to buy the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080, GPU prices are finally dropping, at least in the German market.

This is according to a recent report from 3DCenter.org, which reports that prices for Nvidia RTX 30 series graphics cards are dropping faster than AMD's RX 6000 series GPUs. Since Nvidia's latest generation GPUs first hit the market, prices have jumped rapidly, reaching a peak in May 2021. Around this time, rumors of Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3080 Ti appeared. This is in contrast to AMD's RX 6000 series graphics cards, which remained relatively close to their MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price).

The price charts in the report show a marked drop in prices for the RTX 30 series GPUs, which began at the end of May and seemed to drop significantly all the way through August. Interestingly, prices for AMD's RX 6000 series GPUs began rising at a steady level just last month and have continued to rise ever since.

Also, prices for RTX 30 series GPUs are currently falling at a much slower pace, but the downward trend suggests that they will probably continue to fall at a similar pace.

Based on the above, it appears that the GPU prices of the two manufacturers have swapped, and one could argue that Nvidia's RTX 30 series cards are slowly approaching their MSRPs.

RTX 30 series GPUs currently sit at the top of the pedestal among the best graphics cards overall, with Nvidia's latest RTX 3080 Ti dominating the list alongside the RTX 3090 in terms of performance.

Back in May, RTX GPUs were selling for about 300% of MSRP, but by August they were down to just 150%. Of course, prices are still skyrocketing, but they appear to be showing significant improvement.

Meanwhile, AMD's RX 6000 GPUs peaked at 214% of MSRP, but then dropped to 159% of MSRP in August. However, this can be explained by the fact that there are fewer AMD graphics cards available on the market, and the company's latest silicon is losing out to Nvidia by a ratio of 11 to 1.

While this report is only about Germany, one can't help but hope that the price situation will improve globally as the industry recovers from the global chip shortage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, with Samsung raising the price of semiconductor wafers procured by Nvidia, the cost may be passed on to consumers.