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PC Partner, a manufacturer of graphics cards under brands such as AMD, Inno3D, Manli, Sapphire, and Zotac, warns that its costs are expected to rise significantly in the second half of 2026, leading to increased graphics card prices, particularly for budget models. This trend is linked to declining

Recent price hikes for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards in the U.S. have been significant, with some models seeing increases of up to 39%. These price surges are largely attributed to rising costs associated with the Blackwell architecture and ongoing global semiconductor supply chain con

The current PC hardware market, particularly GPU pricing, remains persistently high, with no signs of decline despite the release of new generations from NVIDIA and AMD. The root cause lies in the soaring costs driven by the AI boom, especially the exponential rise in high-speed memory (VRAM) prices