dram shortage

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DRAM memory modules — the component actually driving 2026's graphics card price increases, not the GPU chip itself

your next GPU is about to cost 30% more — and it has nothing to do with Nvidia

MSI just told investors gaming hardware prices are rising 15 to 30% this year, and the actual culprit is a DRAM shortage AI datacenters are causing, not GPU chips themselves.

Ravi Malhotra · 2h ago · 6 min

An Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card standing upright against a dark background

Hardware

an RTX 5080 now costs more than an RTX 5090 did at launch. no, that's not a typo

Nvidia just hiked GPU prices for the third time this year, and for the first time it hit everything — not just the flagship.

Ravi Malhotra · Jul 31 · 7 min