Okay, so I’m hearing some pretty wild stuff about the next generation of graphics cards! Apparently, NVIDIA might be jacking up the price of the RTX 5090 to around $5,000 – seriously, five grand – for just one card. The rumor is these price hikes could start as early as January next year, which is a huge blow for PC gamers like me. It sounds like the growth of AI is really going to impact what we pay for gaming hardware in 2026.
NVIDIA isn’t the only company raising prices. Reports indicate that AMD is also planning to increase the prices of its most powerful graphics cards.
GPU Prices Are About To Get Ridiculous
Looking at the recent, dramatic increase in RAM prices through 2025, it’s clear that high-end GPUs will likely become much more expensive by 2026. The rapid building of data centers for artificial intelligence, and the overall infrastructure needed to support this growing field, has severely disrupted the hardware market in recent months, and these challenges are expected to continue.
According to a recent report from South Korean news source Newsis, GPU prices are expected to increase dramatically, and we’ve only seen the first signs of these significant price jumps.
According to reports, the price of the RTX 5090 graphics card could increase significantly, potentially jumping from around $1,999 at its release this year to as high as $5,000 by late 2026. AMD’s RX 9000 series is also expected to become more expensive, though not as dramatically.
It was written:
Both companies are expected to keep increasing GPU prices each month. These price hikes will likely affect all of their products, including graphics cards for gamers and those used in artificial intelligence data centers and servers.
The report then noted a quote from an ‘insider’:
The average proportion of memory in the overall GPU manufacturing cost has recently exceeded 80%.
Technology is currently facing widespread challenges. We’re seeing issues with the development of the PlayStation 6, instability in the cellphone market, and record-high RAM prices, hitting an all-time peak in 2025.
It’s likely going to get worse before it gets better.
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2025-12-31 17:20