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Thanks to all the AI tech bros out there hoarding RAM to use for only God knows what, the price of pretty much all hardware has been steadily increasing due to shortages. At the time of writing, a single stick of RAM will cost you more than a PS5, which is unsurprisingly forcing console manufacturers like Xbox to keep raising the prices of their hardware to almost ludicrous levels.
We know that it’s impacting game development too, as Divinity developer Larian Studios recently admitted to us in an interview that the RAM shortage is forcing them to do “a lot of optimization work in early access that we didn’t necessarily want to do.” Then again, Larian has been making pretty good use of AI itself recently, so maybe it’s making a rod for its own back.
In any case, it’s difficult to imagine hardware prices actually dropping right now, with AI going nowhere for the time being. In fact, it’s possible prices could rise further, as we may see price increases for GPU significantly increase in the future thanks to Nvidia.
Nvidia To Reportedly Cut GeForce GPU Production In 2026
First shared by tech outlet Overclock3d, it’s currently being reported in China that Nvidia is planning to cut its GeForce GPU production capacity by a pretty massive 30 to 40 percent, with the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and RTX 5070 Ti supposedly the first in the firing lin. According to the report, this is because Nvidia is struggling to acquire enough GDDR7 memory to keep producing GPUs at its current rate.
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This report doesn’t mention Nividia’s non-GeForce RTX PRO series GPUs though, suggesting that the company is planning to sacrifice sales of its GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards in order to profit more from its pricier GPUs, allocating its limited memory resources to the products that will bring in the most dough.That is a very bad sign for PC gamers currently trying to get their hands on a mid-range GPU. Nvidia will likely focus more on high-range GPUs and low-range GPUs that have lower memory. That will undoubtedly cause a shortage, likely cause prices to skyrocket as they have done with RAM, and make grabbing decent hardware much pricier than it already is. You’ll basically have to shell out for a more expensive GPU, or settle for a less than decent one, so if you’re in the market for one, maybe go out and grab one before 2026 hits.
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