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Every so often, Central Computers \u2014 one of the last remaining<\/a> dedicated Silicon Valley computer stores \u2014 lets subscribers know it\u2019s managed to obtain a small shipment of AMD graphics cards. Today, it informed me that I could now purchase a $600 Radeon RX 9070 XT for $850<\/a> \u2014 a $250 markup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It\u2019s not alone. I just checked every major US retailer and street prices on eBay, and I regret to inform you: the great GPU shortage<\/a> has returned. Many AMD cards are being marked up $100, $200, $250, even $280. The street price of an Nvidia RTX 5080 is now over $1,500, a full $500 higher than MSRP. And an RTX 5090<\/a>, the most powerful consumer GPU? You can\u2019t even get the $2,000 card for $3,000 today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Here, I\u2019ve built tables to show you:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n You shouldn\u2019t just blame tariffs for these price hikes. In early March, we found retailers were already scalping<\/a> their supposedly entry-level MSRP models of the new AMD graphics cards. Nor is this likely to just be high demand, given how few cards are changing hands on eBay: only around 1,100 new Nvidia GPUs, and around 266 new AMD GPUs were listed there over the past 30 days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Here\u2019s a deeper dive on the \u201cMSRP\u201d models of the AMD cards, which were all originally listed at $549 or $599:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n I\u2019ve focused this table on Newegg and Micro Center since they carry more models than any other retailer, though I also spotted \u201cMSRP\u201d 9070 XT cards at $800 and $850 at Amazon today, and an $830 card at Best Buy. Otherwise, these are the new sticker prices, not necessarily attainable prices, as most were out of stock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n From December 2020<\/a> to July 2022<\/a>, I periodically tracked the prices of game consoles and GPUs during the covid-19 pandemic, when they were incredibly expensive to obtain. At one point, some GPUs were worth triple their MSRP<\/a>. I\u2019d love to hear from Verge<\/em> subscribers<\/a> in particular: is this a valuable service we should continue in the tariff era? Or do you just want to know when it\u2019s safe to enter the water again?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n