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Not that you've been able to get one at MSRP anyway.

According to Chinese Board Channels and relayed by TechPowerUp, Nvidia may be preparing a price increase on the GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5090D V2 GPUs. Chinese Board Channels, "a reliable source for graphics card supply chain information," says that Nvidia will increase the price on these GPUs by roughly $300 for their add-in card (AIC) partners.

This price increase is the result of a drastic increase in...

AI server demand continues to be a thorn in everyone's side.

According to the latest TrendForce memory pricing survey, DRAM supplies are still "reallocating capacity toward HBM (high bandwidth memory) and server applications" in Q2 of 2026.

TrendForce projects that the contract prices for DRAM specifically will rise by 58-63% when compared to the previous quarter. And we already know just how bad that previous quarter has been. If you don't, then TrendForce...

Because we all needed another reason to tell these AI slop-pushing tech bros to go fuck themselves.

Another consumer focused electronic device is feeling the squeeze this week due to the ever worsening memory shortage. Valve has confirmed that the Steam Deck "may be out-of-stock intermittently in some regions due to memory and storage shortages." This announcement from Valve comes directly from the Steam Deck store page.

Both yesterday and continuing on into...

No RTX 5080 Super. No 6090. Nada.

If recent reports are to be believed, Nvidia will not release any new graphics card SKUs throughout the entirety of 2026. According to a report from The Information (paywalled site, info relayed via Insider-Gaming), Nvidia has either delayed indefinitely or completely axed all plans to release any sort of "Super" refresh for their RTX 50-series. Apparently Nvidia management decided to not release new cards in December 2025 as initially...

But doesn't a near total lack of supply effectively mean it's dead?

A report made just this week said that the Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti and Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti (16 GB) were "end of life." Hardware Unboxed relayed information that they were given by AIB partners such as ASUS, saying that production on these GPUs were effectively done and that whatever is currently left on shelves is all that is left.

Ah, but now ASUS and Nvidia have both made public statements in response...

One of the first notable GPU casualties from the memory shortage.

Hardware Unboxed, citing conversations they had with retailers and AIB partners, say that the Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti GPU is dead. These conversations were held following this month's Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

Asus was very direct with their statements to Hardware Unboxed. The 5070 Ti has been placed into "end-of-life" status at Asus due to a near complete lack of supply. Asus has no plans...

If even Nvidia is feeling the squeeze of memory pricing, what chance do you have?

A couple of new reports say that Nvidia may reduce the production of its RTX 50 series GPUs by anywhere from 30% to 40%. The cuts allegedly stem from the shortage of available and affordable memory.

According to Overclock3d, citing Benchlife and BoBantang, Nvidia may cut production of the 50-series GPUs by upwards of 40%. This is more than likely due to the tech giant not being able to...

The AI bubble burst needs to be soon, swift, and without mercy.

Maker of memory chips, Micron Technology, said on Wednesday that they are exiting the consumer business entirely. Reuters reports that Micron will instead focus entirely on creating advanced memory chips that will be used in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers.

This announcement comes just a month after pricing forecasts on memory painted a dire picture up through mid-2026.

As a result...

Prices expected to increase up to 50% every quarter until late 2026.

The ever rising demands of AI, new data center builds, a stock shortage, and the end of DDR4 have caused a surge in prices for PC memory. This is especially true for DDR5 memory, which has seen its average price skyrocket since September 2025.

According to PCPartPicker's trending graphs, the prices have gone up almost $100 for some DDR5 kits. For example, DDR5-6000 (2x16GB) kits went from about $125...