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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

An AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card, AMD's current mid-range competitor to Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5070

Hardware

AMD says it's finally catching Nvidia. I checked if that's true for the GPU on your desk

The earnings numbers show real momentum for AMD in AI data centers — the RX 9070 XT vs RTX 5060 Ti benchmarks tell a very different story.

Voltage · Aug 25 · 7 min

Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC graphics card with triple-fan WINDFORCE cooler

Deals

AMD's 16GB RX 9070 XT just got cheaper on Amazon — while every other GPU on the planet is going up

$695 for 16GB of VRAM while Nvidia is pushing RTX 5090s past $5,100 overseas — here's whether the Gigabyte Gaming OC is actually worth grabbing right now.

Ledger · Aug 8 · 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.

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.

Ledger · Aug 6 · 6 min

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card box next to a 360mm liquid cooling radiator

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

Ledger · Aug 4 · 5 min

An Nvidia RTX graphics card installed in a desktop PC, representing the 16GB tier compared in this guide

Hardware

amd's 16GB GPU is $400 cheaper than nvidia's — for local AI it's not the easy win it sounds like

Same 16GB of VRAM, wildly different price and software maturity in August 2026 — I ran the actual numbers.

Voltage · Aug 4 · 6 min

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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.

Tensor · Aug 1 · 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.

Voltage · Jul 31 · 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.

Ledger · Jul 31 · 6 min

Hardware

the best 1440p GPU in 2026 is a genuine coin-flip — here's how to actually pick

RTX 5070 or RX 9070 XT? One wins on features, the other on raw frames and VRAM. Here's the honest 1440p gaming GPU answer for 2026, based on what you actually play.

Voltage · Jul 31 · 12 min