Every week, I check through all the prices for every current-gen graphics card from all the major retailers. When they all first launched, eight to 12 months ago, it was a depressing task because stocks were incredibly low for almost every model, forcing prices to go sky-high across the board. Eventually, towards the tail end of 2025, the situation resolved, and you could pick up all kinds of GPUs for considerably less than their MSRPs.
Now, thanks to the global memory supply crisis, graphics cards sporting 16 GB or more of VRAM are all shooting back up in price. In November of last year, you could bag yourself a 16 GB RTX 5060 Ti, RTX 5070 Ti, or RTX 5080 for $400, $745, or $990, respectively. Today, those same graphics cards are, at best, $450, $829, and $1,268.
