As some of the crypto-hype died down, the retail channel was replenished with GPUs in each price segment (at least for NVIDIA cards).
As we sit in the middle of January 2018, any gains made in GPU availability or price stability have gone out the window again.
Because the squeeze from crypto speculators wasn’t enough, the months-long DRAM price hike is also driving up GPU prices.
As we reported 8 months ago, the rise of value in various cryptocurrencies caused a run on consumer gaming GPUs that left retailers empty-handed and gamers frustrated.