AMD reportedly planning another GPU price hike

A post on Board Channels - the Chinese supply-chain trade forum that has correctly called prior AMD pricing moves - reports that AMD may direct its add-in board partners to raise Radeon GPU and VRAM bundle prices by 10 to 15 percent as early as July 2026, according to coverage by VideoCardz and Notebookcheck. AMD has not confirmed the move. The underlying cost driver is concrete: GDDR6 memory spot prices have roughly tripled since late 2025, rising from around $2.50 per GB to $7.50 per GB, per Tech4Gamers citing Silicon Motion analyst Wallace Kou. Memory fabs including Samsung and SK Hynix have shifted wafer capacity toward HBM for AI data-center processors, reducing GDDR6 supply even though flagship AI accelerators do not use GDDR6 directly. As of the report's publication, Nvidia has not issued a corresponding price-increase notice to its AIB partners. If the hike materializes, AMD's Radeon RX 9000 series cards - including the RX 9060 XT, 9070, 9070 XT, and the anticipated 9080 - would cost 10 to 15 percent more at retail as early as the back-to-school season. A post on Board Channels - the Chinese supply-chain trade forum that has correctly called prior AMD pricing moves - reports that AMD may direct its add-in board partners to raise Radeon GPU and VRAM bundle prices by 10 to 15 percent as early as July ... [2061 chars]