Pakistan will soon charge its citizens extra money for Graphics cards on the size of VRAM

No matter which graphics processors a graphics card uses, Pakistani customs will begin valuing them based on their onboard memory capacity in August and will also tack on a 36% import tax, according to INCPak (via VideoCardz).

A special valuation ruling from the government has determined that a graphics board with 4GB of memory is worth $65; a card with 12GB is worth $328, and a card with 24GB of RAM is worth $540.

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The new method for calculating import charges on graphics cards involves converting a predetermined amount into Pakistani Rupees and adding a 36% tax. 

A GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 24GB graphics card, for instance, will have an import duty of $194.4; this is probably not much for one of the greatest graphics cards currently on the market. Additionally, the authorities are requiring customs agents to disclose the exact models being imported to better understand what consumers are purchasing.

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This Pakistani method of evaluating their value is advantageous for the user, given that new graphics cards with 12GB of memory cost more than $328 and boards with 24GB of DRAM onboard cost more than $540. Pakistani gamers would likely benefit from low import taxes on AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 7000-series and Nvidia’s new GeForce RTX 40-series graphics cards.

When someone purchases a graphics card at a discount, especially one that is older or used, the issue with this form of value evaluation becomes evident. Older cards with large onboard memory capacity could end up costing much more than they do now.

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