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GPU Prices in 2026: The AI Surge, the Cooldown, and What to Buy Now

AI demand spiked consumer GPU prices into a mid-2026 peak — and they're cooling off it now, unevenly. The current numbers vs MSRP, why the RTX 5090 won't budge, and what's actually worth buying.

Voltage · Sep 22 · 7 min

AMD Radeon RX 9070 graphics card resting on a desk

Deals

AMD's $629 card just quietly beat Nvidia's $900 one on paper — and on VRAM

The plain, non-XT Radeon RX 9070 just hit its lowest price yet on Amazon, and the math against a shortage-priced RTX 5070 honestly isn't close.

Ledger · Aug 19 · 6 min

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB graphics card on a desk

Hardware

Nvidia's cheaper GPU just got more expensive than the one above it. no, that's not a typo

The RTX 5060 Ti 16GB launched $120 under the RTX 5070 to win on value. This week, several retailers have that flipped completely.

Voltage · Aug 19 · 7 min

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

Hardware

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.

Voltage · Aug 13 · 6 min

An Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-series graphics card sitting on a dark background

Hardware

nvidia built a 24GB RTX 5080 Super. then it vanished over a $60 memory chip

The card was reportedly finished and sitting with board partners — and Nvidia shelved the whole Super lineup anyway.

Voltage · Aug 9 · 7 min

A graphics card on a retail store shelf with a price tag, as AMD confirms a 10-15% GPU price increase for August 2026.

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AMD had a GPU price hike ready for months. it just waited for Nvidia to go first

AMD finalized this price increase weeks ago and sat on it, waiting to see if Nvidia would take the backlash first. Now that Nvidia's moved, so has AMD.

Ledger · Aug 6 · 6 min

An Nvidia RTX graphics card installed inside a gaming PC

Hardware

nvidia's whole RTX 50 Super lineup just vanished — a memory chip tripling in price is why

the 5080 Super, 5070 Ti Super and 5070 Super are reportedly built, boxed, and sitting at board partners — Nvidia just won't let anyone sell them yet.

Voltage · Aug 2 · 6 min

An Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 graphics card standing upright against a dark background

Hardware

the RTX 5060 just jumped $75 overnight in China — and that's usually how it starts

A $299 budget GPU got $75 pricier in 72 hours flat. Here's the actual chain of events, and the honest call on buying now versus waiting.

Voltage · Aug 1 · 7 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.

Voltage · Jul 31 · 7 min

Deals

Amazon's $85-off RX 9070 XT deal isn't the actual deal this week. here's the one that was

The 'MSRP' this deal discounts from isn't AMD's real MSRP — and at least three cheaper listings existed the same week. Here's the actual math, plus a genuinely free alternative worth entering.

Ledger · Jul 31 · 6 min

An Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-series graphics card

Hardware

Nvidia finished building a better RTX 5070 months ago. Then it just... didn't ship it

18GB of VRAM, the same core, hardware reportedly already sitting with board partners — and still no release date. Here's the real reason, and what I'd buy instead this week.

Voltage · Jul 31 · 6 min

A hand holding euro and dollar banknotes, representing rising GPU prices

RTX 50 prices just jumped 59% in China — and the reason means it's coming everywhere. buy now or wait?

MSI, PNY and Colorful raised RTX 50-series distributor prices by up to 59% over MSRP. The cause isn't greed — it's the same memory shortage that's been quietly inflating everything with a chip in it. Here's whether to buy now.

Voltage · Jul 28 · 8 min