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Hardware

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

Gaming

Nvidia just showed off DLSS 5 — and if you don't own an RTX 50 card, you're locked out

Jensen Huang called it 'the GPT moment for graphics.' Everyone with an RTX 40 card or older just got told to wait.

Hitbox · Aug 11 · 7 min

Deals

Nvidia sold GPUs at MSRP for one weekend. everywhere else, prices just jumped 39%

For four days in Texas you could buy an RTX 5090 at launch price. This week, Newegg's median RTX 5070 costs $240 more than it did in June.

Ledger · Aug 11 · 6 min

Hardware

nvidia's third GPU price hike of 2026 just landed — I ran the real $/GB math for local AI

GDDR7 modules and TSMC wafer costs just pushed every RTX 50 card higher this week — but the ugliest number isn't the one everyone's quoting.

Voltage · Aug 4 · 6 min

Hardware

nvidia's about to hike GPU prices again — here's the actual buy-or-wait math for local AI

A third price hike in one year is reportedly coming for the RTX 50 series — and if you're buying VRAM for local AI, not frame rates, the calculation isn't the same as 'wait for a sale.'

Voltage · Aug 4 · 7 min

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