Ever since the RAM crisis kicked off in earnest in November 2025, pretty much every component in a gaming PC has grown more expensive. Now, less than a month after the RTX 5080 hit $2,000 here in the US, it's reportedly going to get even more expensive in China.

According to a post on ChannelGate, a Chinese tech insider board on WeChat, and spotted by Nvidia leaker Harukaze5719 on Twitter, MSI has increased GPU prices in China across the board, but the biggest increase is hitting the RTX 5080. Nvidia's penultimate GPU is going going up from 1,300 to 8,000 Yuan, or $194 to $1,199. However, lower-specced GPUs will have much less of a price increase, with the RTX 5060 only going up between 200 to 500 Yuan, or $30 to $75.

When Nvidia unveiled its Blackwell lineup of graphics cards, the RTX 5080 was already expensive, starting at $999, even though it was hard to find at that price for a while. But right when prices started to normalize, the RAM crisis happened, and prices have been steadily going up since February.

Even according to the leaks, these price increases are only going to hit in China, but it's likely that they'll eventually filter through to the US. At the time of writing, the RTX 5080 starts at around $2,199 on Newegg, and if these price increases came to the US, that'd go up to at least $2,400, and would likely be even higher.

These Chinese price increases are coming a couple of weeks after Nvidia removed the RTX 5080 from its own storefront, due to hardware shortages.

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