AMD graphics card prices rumored to rise, so get this Radeon RX 9070 XT at $599 while you can

AMD graphics cards could be about to get more expensive, according to a new report. Thanks to the increase in DRAM prices we've seen in recent months, prices for a variety of broader tech products have also climbed recently, and it's looking like AMD GPUs could be the next in line.

This is particularly an issue for AMD cards, as the company is trying to play catch-up with Nvidia on the graphics card front, and keeping its cards as price-competitive as possible has been crucial for them to remain a tempting option. In our RX 9070 XT review, for instance, we named it the best graphics card you can buy for most gamers, thanks to its impressively low MSRP. However, since launch, it has tended to sell at well above this price, particularly in the US, and it's only recently that some cards have hit its $599 MSRP.

One such card is the still-available ASRock Challenger Radeon RX 9070 XT, which you can pick up from Walmart via this link for bang on its $599.99 MSRP. However, not only is getting such a card for such a low price already a rarity, but soon it could become an impossibility, according to a new report.

Over on the regular source of GPU leaks that is the Chinese discussion board, Board Channels (via Videocardz), a new post is claiming that following a small price increase for its GPUs in October, AMD will be increasing GPU prices again. Notably, it says that, while the previous price increase was absorbed by the graphics card makers, this time gamers will be affected by graphics card price increases.

Exactly how much the price increases will be, and when they'll happen, isn't known by the leaker, but they suggest it will affect the next shipment of GPUs and VRAM that AMD sends to its board partners. AMD sells its GPUs and VRAM as a combined package to its board partners, who then assemble the rest of the graphics card, including the PCB and cooler.

This information is certainly disheartening, especially in light of the massive DRAM price increases we've seen in the last few weeks, but it does remain just a rumor for now, so it should be taken with a grain of salt. All we can say for certain is that if you're thinking of buying a graphics card at the moment, grab whatever deals you can find, as even Black Friday might be too late to get a true bargain.