New RTX 50 Series Price Hike To Hurt Mid-Range Segment As ASUS And Galax Decide To Increase GPU Prices By Up To $74
According to a Channel Gate report cited by Wccftech, two NVIDIA board partners are implementing new price hikes on three GeForce RTX 50-series SKUs this month. The increases affect the RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070, and this may be the third or fourth such adjustment this year.
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