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According to a post on Chinese social media platform Weibo, AMD is planning to ramp up graphics card prices in response to the ongoing squeeze on memory supply. The post says that AMD has already implemented an increase for its industry customers that has yet to show up in retail prices, but this new hike will be larger, likely resulting in higher retail prices for gamers.


Lonely City Hardware on Weibo (via harukaze5719 on X) says, "AMD's GPU lineup already saw a price increase around October, but the increase was not large, so it has not yet significantly impacted the cost of graphics cards on the market."

Article:

AMD is reportedly planning a GPU price rise as the memory shortage crisis bites and odds of decent Black Friday graphics card deals look increasingly slim

Source: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/graphics-cards/amd-is-reportedly-planning-a-gpu-price-rise-as-the-memory-shortage-crisis-bites-and-odds-of-decent-black-friday-graphics-card-deals-look-increasingly-slim/

 

[DenchDeckard]

Trust me, if you have any interest in anything PC related...and its on offer over Black Friday.....BUY NOW!

Retailers are legally bound to keep their pricing locked for the next two weeks on any SKUs that are in a black friday deal in the UK.

After that!.......

 

[BennyBlanco]

Just as they started to claw a tiny bit of market share. Oh well. If you're gonna pay a premium there is no reason at all to buy an AMD GPU. Might as well buy Nvidia.

 

[Thebonehead]

Good guys AMD

 

[Doggyred]

Looks like console will be the platform of choice for the poors in the future

 

[AJUMP23]

We should really build more factories that can produce more memory chips.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Looks like console will be the platform of choice for the poors in the future

Guess who makes all the console hardware ?

 

[winjer]

This is the 4th or 5th thread about dram prices increasing because of AI.

 

[poppabk]

Can we stop calling social media posts 'reports'.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Guess who makes all the console hardware ?

 

[K' Dash]

Looks like console will be the platform of choice for the poors in the future

We're going to see $1K+ hardware next gen, a lot of people will be priced out of the hobby.

 

[Thebonehead]

Looks like console will be the platform of choice for the poors in the future

They're not immune to memory price increases

 

[MisterXDTV]

They're not immune to memory price increases

You are not getting a better deal than PS5 at $400 and PS5 Pro at $650

That's the point....

 

[Botan32]

So I'm going to stick with my PS5 and last year's PC for many years to come.

 

[Celcius]

This timeline sucks

 

[Sticks]

Glad I bought a 5070TI last week

 

[alabtrosMyster]

Memory and anything that goes through a foundry like Samsung or TSMC is getting much more expensive because of the pressure put on production by the AI boom.

When will it burst? And will crypto boom again by that time?

 

[alabtrosMyster]

You are not getting a better deal than PS5 at $400 and PS5 Pro at $650

That's the point....

I miss 100$ consoles.

 

[MisterXDTV]

I miss 100$ consoles.

Soon we are going to get $100 games

 

[Fbh]

Looks like I'll keep playing on ps5 for the next 10 years

They're not immune to memory price increases

True, but console manufacturar are more willing to eat the cost and sell the console with little profit, because instead of fucking you over up front they do so in the long run with more expensive games and paid multiplayer.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Memory and anything that goes through a foundry like Samsung or TSMC is getting much more expensive because of the pressure put on production by the AI boom.

When will it burst? And will crypto boom again by that time?

.

 

[DeepEnigma]

AI was the real tariff all along. Just as miners were before that.

 

[vkbest]

Guess who makes all the console hardware ?

AMD don't manufacture consoles hardware. Sure consoles will be affected by the memory rising prices, but not because AMD decide increase their prices.

 

[analog_future]

My MSRP 5090 looks more like a steal every day

 

[rodrigolfp]

Looks like console will be the platform of choice for the poors in the future

Nah. I will skip some meals but keep avoiding consoles and its limitations the most I can.

 

[Sanepar]

Looks like console will be the platform of choice for the poors in the future

Nah, for console players, cloud and rent is destiny. Pc Will be only for high end consumer.

 

[The Pleasure]

Pc Gamers when the cheapest build is 1500 thanks to ai

 

[alabtrosMyster]

AI was the real tariff all along. Just as miners were before that.

Giant chip foundries will come online, eventually they'll make more than needed, prices will go down again.

 

[Knightime_X]

So it's just a shortage and nothing actually permanent.
Basically, the demand is high and stock is low, so by demand prices go up temporarily.
Ok, well.. just wait it out. Eventually, there'll be an overstock and prices naturally go back down. ez
Get what you need now and wait out the price hike storm.

 

[FalconPunch]

I have a 5090, ps5 pro, ps5, switch 2, so basically all set. I might by a 5070ti/9070xt just as a backup because of 12vhpwr failures.