Why it matters: Late 2022 wasn't the best time to be a gamer. Panel players struggled with adjacent-gen device shortages, and PC users faced similar stock problems with the launch of the latest hardware from AMD and Nvidia. Some of those issues may be alleviated as nosotros go deeper into 2022, just Asus customers will have something else to argue with: cost hikes.

In a new announcement published on the visitor's PC DIY Facebook page, Asus revealed that it will be raising prices across its GPU and motherboard production line-up.

These changes get into effect in "early 2022," and they are intended to reflect "increases in cost" for components, operations, logistical activities, and the "continuation important tariffs."

Asus says it has done its best to "minimize price increases" through discussions with its supply and logistic partners, but information technology seems those talks weren't fruitful plenty to stave off price hikes entirely. It is not clear at this time how much the MSRP of Asus' products will increment.

While this is frustrating news for many PC gamers that were hoping to snag an Asus mainboard or graphics card, we tin can't exactly arraign the visitor for making this conclusion. As it points out, we're in the middle of an "unprecedented market change," primarily prompted by the ongoing Covid-xix pandemic.

We promise these price increases will only last a month or two, simply as was the case throughout much of 2022, the future is simply impossible to predict here.