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Hardware

Should you buy a GPU now or wait? November 2026 prices, and where they're heading

US graphics card prices rose again in October, and nobody tracking them expects a drop soon. What every current card costs against its launch price, why waiting probably won't save you money, and which cards are still the least overpriced.

Aliteq Team · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · 8 min

Deals

Is the RX 9070 XT worth it? Yes, at up to about $900. Here's a fair price today

AMD launched the RX 9070 XT at $599. In early November 2026 US listings ran from $830 to $1,222, and the popular Gigabyte Gaming OC sat at $1,049.99 on Amazon. What a fair price is now, which listings to skip, and whether to wait.

Aliteq Team · Updated Nov 6, 2026 · 7 min

Deals

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.

Aliteq Team · Aug 6, 2026 · 6 min

Deals

AMD is basically giving away an $89 cooler with this 16GB GPU — the local-AI math actually works

a limited-time Newegg bundle drops the effective price of a 16GB RX 9070 XT to $659 — here's whether that's actually a good local-AI buy

Aliteq Team · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · 5 min

Hardware

RX 9070 XT or RTX 5070 Ti for local AI? Buy the 5070 Ti for speed and easy setup, the 9070 XT to save $380

Both cards have 16GB, so the same models fit. In llama.cpp's public benchmark tables the RTX 5070 Ti generates text about 30% faster, and it costs about 44% more at US retail. How the speed, the price, Windows support and rental compare, with every number dated and sourced.

Aliteq Team · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · 9 min

AI

AMD's big AI event was all about chips you'll never buy. the one you actually can already shipped

Instinct MI400 and Helios racks got the headlines at Advancing AI 2026 — but the actual local-AI hardware for individuals already exists, and it's cheaper than an RTX 5090.

Aliteq Team · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · 7 min

Hardware

the best 4K gaming GPU in 2026 isn't the RTX 5090 — and the reason is pure math

The RTX 5090 is the fastest card money can buy. It's also terrible value for pure gaming. Here's the 4K GPU you should actually buy in 2026, and why the $999 card beats the $1,999 one for most people.

Aliteq Team · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · 11 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.

Aliteq Team · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · 6 min

Hardware

RTX 5070 or RX 9070 XT for 1440p gaming? The RX 9070 XT, at today's prices

The RX 9070 XT was 24% faster than the RTX 5070 at 1440p across 52 games in TechSpot's September test, has 16GB of VRAM to 12GB, and cost less in the US in October ($870 vs $900). Buy the RTX 5070 only for path tracing or if it's clearly cheaper where you shop.

Aliteq Team · Updated Nov 6, 2026 · 7 min