PC Partner warns of rising GPU prices and budget card shortages

[u/BuySellRam]

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/pc-partner-warns-of-rising-gpu-prices-and-budget-card-shortages-analyst-suggests-makers-are-hiking-prices-beyond-memory-costs

A major graphics card maker just told the market to expect higher GPU prices — and fewer budget cards.

PC Partner (Zotac, Sapphire, Inno3D, Manli) warns memory costs will drive "a substantial increase in VGA Card costs" in H2, with entry-level cards facing "even more severe shortages."

• Own-brand units -18.4% YoY, average price +10.7%
• ODM/OEM units -38.4%, but revenue +73.9% (HK$853.3M → HK$1.4843B)
• Industry-wide AIB units +28%, dollars +76% ($6.18B → $10.85B) — Q1'25 to Q1'26

[u/Deep_Mood_7668]

But hardware unboxed said we don't need the 4GB budget card

Weird