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Graphics card wholesale prices are on the rise once again in China, so it's time to brace yourself for even more GPU pricing pain

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Graphics card wholesale prices are on the rise once again in China, so it's time to brace yourself for even more GPU pricing pain

According to hardware outlet ChannelGate, the wholesale spot prices of several RTX 50-series graphics cards are on the rise once again in China, which is an ominous indicator for consumer pricing worldwide.

The 16 GB RTX 5080 is said to have increased by around 2000 CNY, which equates to around $300, while the RTX 5070 Ti has seen an increase of around 600 CNY ($90). In the RTX 5080's case, that puts the current wholesale spot price at around 14,500-15,000 yuan, which equates to a truly stunning $2,171-$2,246 range when converted to US dollars.

Retail graphics card pricing has already gone bananas in recent months, with US prices surging to hitherto unthinkable levels. The cheapest RTX 5080 we can currently find is a wallet-aching $1,850, while a mere $70 separates the RTX 5050, RTX 5060, and RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB on our GPU deals page.

Yes, that means the cheapest RTX 5050 we can currently find is $400. That's a silly price for Nvidia's slowest gaming GPU of the current generation.

While the 16 GB RTX 5080 has seen the largest jump in price so far (exacerbated by its reported discontinuation in favour of a 24 GB version), ChannelGate also says that Asus has just updated its pricing policy across the stack.

This amounts to a 1000 yuan ($150) increase for the RTX 5080 16 GB, a 200 yuan ($30) increase for the RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5070, and RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB, and a 100-300 yuan increase for all AMD cards.


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