Nvidia Graphics Cards Are About to Get Even More Expensive

Nvidia graphics cards aren't precisely known for being affordable close now, but it looks similar Team Green's GPUs are astir to get different terms increase, acknowledgment to the ongoing representation crisis.

According to a station connected Taiwan's Economic Daily News, Samsung, which makes the representation chips Nvidia uses successful its graphics cards, has raised DRAM prices by 20%. In response, the nonfiction claims that Nvidia is going to rise prices connected its graphics cards by arsenic overmuch arsenic 30%.

Keep successful mind, though, that astatine this time, the terms increases being reported connected by UDN are supplier-side prices. That volition filter down to retail, for sure, but we don't cognize by however overmuch rather yet.

This wouldn't beryllium the archetypal clip this twelvemonth Nvidia has raised GPU prices. Back successful February, the RTX 5090 went up to astir $5000, and hasn't travel down since. There was adjacent a constituent wherever it looked similar Team Green had discontinued the RTX 5070 Ti owed to accrued representation request – luckily that didn't really happen. If the 5090's terms goes up by different 30%, the flagship GPU could spell up to astir $6500.

However, the terms increases that happened earlier this twelvemonth were mostly confined to higher-end Nvidia graphics cards. This clip around, it seems similar the full lineup of Blackwell GPUs volition beryllium affected. Right now, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, which launched for $549 backmost successful February 2025, is going for astir $650. If determination is simply a level 30% terms increase, that mid-range GPU volition apt spell up to astir $850.

I've reached retired to Nvidia for remark connected these terms increases, and I'll update this nonfiction if and erstwhile I perceive back. Regardless, it shouldn't travel arsenic excessively overmuch of a astonishment that much GPU terms increases are coming. After all, Valve told america earlier this period that the RAM situation is lone getting worse, and it seems similar Microsoft is disquieted that further terms increases are coming, too.

Jackie Thomas is the Hardware and Buying Guides Editor astatine IGN and the PC components queen. You tin travel her @Jackiecobra