{"id":1580765,"date":"2026-05-15T15:49:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/EdMMhLvkuhqFyaQxrUfriV"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:49:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:49:54","slug":"i-really-hope-you-werent-considering-a-gpu-upgrade-this-year-as-nvidia-may-raise-the-price-of-the-already-pricey-rtx-5090-by-as-much-as-300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/i-really-hope-you-werent-considering-a-gpu-upgrade-this-year-as-nvidia-may-raise-the-price-of-the-already-pricey-rtx-5090-by-as-much-as-300\/","title":{"rendered":"I really hope you weren&#8217;t considering a GPU upgrade this year, as Nvidia may raise the price of the already pricey RTX 5090 by as much as $300"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>As far as the memory shortage is concerned, we&#8217;re yet to see much light at the end of the tunnel. Case in point, there&#8217;s mutterings about yet another hardware price spike, and this time it may mean the already pretty expensive Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU could go up in price by as much as $300.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, no consumer-facing increase has yet been announced. However, a source on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardchannels.com.cn\/thread-131775-1-1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Board Channels<\/a> reports that add-in-card (AIC) partners in China have been warned of a 2,000 RMB (or $300) price increase. If true, this increase will likely trickle down into a sharp uptick that PC gamers will feel as well. Reportedly, the price increase affects both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/graphics-cards\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-fe-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">RTX 5090<\/a> and its China-exclusive RTX 5090D V2 variant, which enjoys 24GB of GDDR7 memory (via <a href=\"https:\/\/videocardz.com\/newz\/nvidia-reportedly-raises-rtx-5090-and-rtx-5090d-v2-board-prices-due-to-gddr7-cost-increase\" target=\"_blank\">VideoCardz<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>For comparison&#8217;s sake, the model of the RTX 5090 available to those with the cash in the UK and US enjoys 32 GB GDDR7. With that much memory, rumours of a price increase are far from surprising, especially as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/sony-hikes-the-ps5-price-by-usd100-ps5-pro-by-usd150-this-was-a-necessary-step\/\" target=\"_blank\">the PS5 has already seen a significant price increase<\/a> for similar reasons. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/nintendo-is-raising-the-price-of-the-switch-2-later-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">The price of the Nintendo Switch 2 will also increase later this year<\/a>. The Steam Machine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/valve-quickly-updates-its-own-steam-machine-update-recommitting-to-a-2026-launch-despite-ai-woes-nothings-really-changed-on-our-end\/\" target=\"_blank\">is still hoping to launch this year, too<\/a>, but who knows at what price amid the memory supply crisis. At the very least, there&#8217;s no word yet on similar price increases for Nvidia&#8217;s other 50-series cards.<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height: 250px;\">\n<div class=\"kwizly-quiz kwizly-eM7mDO\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/kwizly.com\/embed\/eM7mDO.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Current pricing for the RTX 5090 isn&#8217;t really in the ballpark of affordable to begin with. If you&#8217;ve been keeping up with Nick&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/graphics-cards\/graphics-card-price-watch-deals\/\" target=\"_blank\">graphics card price watch<\/a>, you&#8217;ll note that a reasonably priced RTX 5090 hasn&#8217;t featured in some time. You may also have seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/graphics-cards\/best-buy-creates-the-gpu-pricing-meme-nobody-asked-for-so-heres-the-sadly-inevitable-nvidia-rtx-5090-for-usd5090\/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Buy asking for an eye-watering $5090 for the high-end GPU<\/a>. That&#8217;s a particularly egregious example, though the MSRP $1,999 card has been venturing closer to the $3,500 mark since the start of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Still, if you&#8217;ve been looking to upgrade your rig recently, then you don&#8217;t need me to tell you how much the memory supply crisis has impacted component pricing\u2014though, those still a little unclear on the situation should give our Jacob&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/memory\/ram-and-storage-is-ridiculously-expensive-right-now-because-of-drumroll-ai-of-course-and-theres-little-reason-to-think-prices-will-drop-any-time-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\">RAMpocalypse explainer<\/a> a read.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"aSTxQ4YwGLDCb76EUatHWV\" name=\"rtx-5090\" alt=\"Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holding an RTX 50-series card.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/i-really-hope-you-werent-considering-a-gpu-upgrade-this-year-as-nvidia-may-raise-the-price-of-the-already-pricey-rtx-5090-by-as-much-as-300.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Nvidia)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The short version is that the AI industry is hungry for memory chips, causing an outsized demand that leaves the capacity of even major memory manufacturers like SK hynix at &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/memory\/regardless-of-the-type-of-offer-available-capacity-is-essentially-zero-right-now-sk-hynix-is-reportedly-being-swamped-with-unprecedented-offers-to-secure-memory-chips\/\" target=\"_blank\">essentially zero right now<\/a>&#8216;. Like many other major players, SK hynix has various capacity-expanding projects in the works, though these<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/memory\/the-three-big-players-in-computer-memory-are-all-building-new-factories-but-it-probably-wont-help-dram-prices-until-2028-if-then\/\" target=\"_blank\"> likely won&#8217;t have a meaningful impact on supply until 2028 at the earliest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Limited supply means higher prices, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/memory\/hp-warns-that-memory-now-makes-up-around-35-percent-of-the-cost-its-pcs-double-that-of-a-year-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\">HP recently warning that memory now makes up around 35% of the cost of its PCs<\/a>. Worse still, the limited supply situation has also given rise to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/memory\/were-starting-to-get-convincing-counterfeit-ddr5-modules-just-in-case-the-memory-crisis-isnt-bad-enough-already\/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty convincing counterfeit DDR5 modules<\/a> as well. Alas, running a gaming PC without RAM or a GPU isn&#8217;t really an option\u2014unless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/memory\/to-the-surprise-of-no-one-running-a-pc-without-system-ram-is-not-the-solution-to-the-memory-crisis-but-hey-you-can-always-force-snake-to-run-in-the-bios\/\" target=\"_blank\">playing Snake in the BIOS<\/a> is your idea of a good time.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/graphics-cards\/i-really-hope-you-werent-considering-a-gpu-upgrade-this-year-as-nvidia-may-raise-the-price-of-the-already-pricey-rtx-5090-by-as-much-as-usd300\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As far as the memory shortage is concerned, we&#8217;re yet to see much light at the end of the tunnel. Case in point, there&#8217;s mutterings about yet another hardware price spike, and this time it may mean the already pretty expensive Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU could go up in price by as much as $300. To be clear, no consumer-facing increase has yet been announced. However, a source on Board Channels reports that add-in-card (AIC) partners in China have been warned of a 2,000 RMB (or $300) price increase. If true, this increase will likely trickle down into a sharp uptick that PC gamers will feel as well. Reportedly, the price increase affects both the RTX 5090 and its China-exclusive RTX 5090D V2 variant, which&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/i-really-hope-you-werent-considering-a-gpu-upgrade-this-year-as-nvidia-may-raise-the-price-of-the-already-pricey-rtx-5090-by-as-much-as-300\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1580766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[791,66],"class_list":["post-1580765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-graphics-cards","tag-hardware"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I really hope you weren&#039;t considering a GPU upgrade this year, as Nvidia may raise the price of the already pricey RTX 5090 by as much as $300 | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As far as the memory shortage is concerned, we&#039;re yet to see much light at the end of the tunnel. 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