{"id":1662870,"date":"2026-08-14T17:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bps332umEScucB2kxutE76"},"modified":"2026-08-14T17:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:45:17","slug":"weve-been-tracking-graphics-card-prices-for-exactly-one-year-and-its-never-been-worse-than-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/weve-been-tracking-graphics-card-prices-for-exactly-one-year-and-its-never-been-worse-than-this\/","title":{"rendered":"We’ve been tracking graphics card prices for exactly one year and it’s never been worse than this"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We first started tracking the prices of individual graphics cards on August 14, 2025, and since then we’ve checked on an almost<\/em> weekly cadence (we’ve got to have holidays, y’know). And it’s not been a pretty year.<\/p>\n

In the interests of full disclosure, the methodology behind this data capture has been to have one editor spend an inordinate amount of their work day tracking down the cheapest available version of each of the current generation of GPUs from Nvidia, AMD, and yes, even Intel. They must be new in-box, so no refurbs or open box sales, and they must be from reputable sellers\u2014no vendors on Amazon called sdfgwegggggwawfdasfsreqwwqeccccawef, in other words.<\/p>\n

This data captures the very cheapest prices these GPUs were available for throughout the year, but what it doesn’t capture is the average price, which has often been much higher. Sometimes there might be a good deal on a particular graphics card, while the rest of the market is significantly more expensive. But our idea was to capture what a reader could spend in a particular week to bag the GPU chipset they wanted. And we’re carrying that on, with our weekly updates page<\/a> always housing links to the cheapest cards we can find.<\/p>\n

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