NVIDIA RTX 50-Series GPUs Could See Another 20-30% Price Hike in 2026 - TechPowerUp
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- NVIDIA RTX 50-Series GPUs could see another 20-30% price hike in 2026, per TechPowerUp
- Best Buy is already selling an RTX 5080 for more than the RTX 5090's MSRP, per The Verge
- NVIDIA & AMD graphics card prices are seeing massive increases in China tied to GDDR6 and GDDR memory costs
- IGN frames the trend as Nvidia graphics cards about to 'get even more expensive,' reinforcing cross-outlet consensus on rising GPU costs
Why it matters: Consumers and PC builders face a projected 20-30% price increase on NVIDIA's RTX 50-Series in 2026, with the Best Buy RTX 5080-over-RTX-5090-MSRP anomaly already showing how distorted current retail pricing has become before the hike even lands.
