The report suggests that price increases will be tied to VRAM capacity, so those with 16GB or more will likely see the full 15% increase, while models with 8GB may see only a 10% bump.
AMD and Nvidia may not have announced any GPU price hikes yet, but their board partners might. NotebookCheck, citing a report out of Taiwan, says Asus and Gigabyte will raise prices on RX 9000 and RTX 50-series graphics cards by the end of January by up to 15%.
Due to AI data center builders hogging NAND flash chips, everyone is struggling to get the memory they need, from system builders to industry giants like Apple and Samsung. MSI has reportedly already raised prices on its latest-generation models, and now it appears Gigabyte and Asus could follow suit.
