# GPU prices are climbing again, and blame the memory chips, not the graphics silicon

The upcoming jump in GPU prices isn't being caused by the chip responsible for rendering your games. The culprit is the memory sitting right beside it.Fresh reports indicate that Nvidia has already notified its board partners — the likes of ASUS, MSI and GIGABYTE, which design their own takes on RTX

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| Published | 24 July 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/gpu-prices-are-climbing-again-and-blame-the-memory-chips-not-the-graphics-silicon/