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NVIDIA signals a price increase! 🚨 GDDR7 and GDDR6 RAM costs are increasing, affecting new and current RTX graphics cards.
NVIDIA announces price increase for GDDR7 and GDDR6 memory chips, which will result in higher production costs for graphics cards. And it is expected that consumers will have to face higher prices for graphics cards, both in the current model and in the future.
📌 Summary of important points:
- NVIDIA has announced a price increase for the GPU Kit, which consists of the GPU chip and memory. to graphics card manufacturing partners (AIB)
- This price increase covers both the new GDDR7 memory for the RTX 50 Series graphics cards and the GDDR6 used in the current generation.
- The direct impact is that the cost of producing graphics cards will increase. This is highly likely to result in the retail price of graphics cards in the market being more expensive as well.
There are recent news reports from the supply chain that NVIDIA has raised prices for key components for graphics card production once again. This time, it is an increase in the price of GPU Kits delivered to various Add-in-Board (AIB) partner companies, which are manufacturers of graphics card brands that we are familiar with.
This round of price adjustments is not limited to the new GeForce RTX 5090 chips, but also extends to other GeForce RTX graphics cards that use GDDR6 memory as well. This means that both new graphics cards that are about to be released and the current graphics card that is on sale There may be higher prices in the near future.
💡 Reason for price adjustment
The main factor driving up costs is the price of memory chips, both GDDR7, the newest technology, and GDDR6, which is widely used today. Major memory manufacturers like Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix all have high demand for high-bandwidth memory chips. (High-Bandwidth Memory) from the AI and Data Center markets in large numbers, causing production costs for the consumer market to increase as well. NVIDIA therefore needs to adjust prices according to market mechanisms.
📉 Impact on consumers
As AIB partners' production costs increase, it is highly likely that the retail prices of their graphics cards will increase in order to maintain profits. So anyone who is planning to buy a new graphics card Or waiting for the arrival of the RTX 50 Series, you may have to prepare an increased budget than previously anticipated. This is news that may not be good for gamers and general users.
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