The chain reaction of the memory shortage is now gradually expanding, and is no longer limited to the storage industry. The impact on graphics cards is also becoming more and more obvious. According to Japanese media reports, NVIDIA has stopped supplying video memory to partners and only provides GPUs, putting graphics card manufacturers and retailers under tremendous pressure.
Although graphics card prices have not yet been observed to rise significantly (compared to storage), judging from the current situation, it is only a matter of time before graphics cards are completely out of stock.
For example, Tsukumo eX., one of the most popular computer stores in Akihabara, Japan, has begun to implement graphics card purchase restrictions:
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and RX 9000 series and higher models, each person can only buy one piece!
The store owner said: "Video cards with large memory capacity are extremely difficult to purchase nowadays. Although there is still a certain amount of inventory in the store, we are not sure when the next batch of goods will arrive, or even whether it will arrive."
Other stores have similar concerns, and even the difficulty of replenishing graphics cards with 8GB or more of video memory is increasing.
