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Nvidia GPU prices spike in Japan; prices up to 41% higher than Amazon US
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A Redditor has shared a photograph of the prices of Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs in Japan, and it doesn’t bode well for gamers. According to u/Chaise91’s post on the r/pcmasterrace subreddit, retail prices for some of the best gaming GPUs are somewhere between 5.66% and 41.1% higher compared to Amazon U.S. listings.
The memory chip shortage and massive demand for AI compute have been affecting the supply of gaming GPUs, with reports suggesting Nvidia is planning to halt RTX 5090 production in favor of AI data center and professional GPUs. Because of this, the supply of high-end GPUs has vanished online, with third-party sellers now demanding almost $10,000 if you want to buy one. The image shared on the social media platform does not show the RTX 5090, so we fear that retailers in the market no longer have the high-end graphics card in stock, leading to supply pressure on the lower-tier cards.
We built a table comparing the prices from the Japanese retailer to listings we found on Amazon based on the current exchange rate of JPY 153.38 for every USD 1, and the hikes vary between 12.71% on average for the RTX 5080 to a jaw-dropping 41.10% for the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB. Note that these are pre-tax prices, though, so your mileage may vary depending on which state you live in. We added a representative 8.5% tax rate to see the price difference for gamers in states with high sales taxes, and the difference falls between 3.88% and 30.04%.
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