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GPU prices keep surging in 2026 — Lack of sale discounts and rising VRAM costs keep current-gen prices sky-high
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But for those who didn’t upgrade back then, what does the future look like if you want to upgrade your graphics card?
Currently, we have access to the 50-series range of graphics cards from Nvidia, and the 90-series from AMD, with a couple of entries from Intel.
These cards were primarily released in January 2025, with different graphics card SKUs released throughout the year.
Just one aspect of the increased costs incurred with any new graphics card release will be the high-speed memory used, and, in the GPU's case, the amount of VRAM.
Finding a massive discount on a graphics card in the current economic climate is going to be limited to stores making pricing mistakes or some serious combo bundle deals from retailers.