Nvidia's GeForce RTX 50 Series Prices Soar by Up to 30% in South Korea

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 50 series GPU prices are set to increase in South Korea due to rising costs. The main contributors to this price hike are the recent increases in TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) wafer prices and GDDR7 memory prices.

TSMC asked its customers, including Nvidia, to prepare for price increases across their advanced chipmaking portfolio earlier this month. This affected not just newer 3nm processes but also 7nm and other legacy products.

Nvidia has raised the prices of RTX 50 series GPU packages sold to board partners due to increased fabrication and memory costs. As a result, major graphics card manufacturers plan to raise the prices of RTX 50 series models by up to 30% starting this month.