Overview
- Multiple hardware outlets said a post on Chinese forum Board Channels reported AMD will raise the price it charges AIB partners for GPU plus VRAM bundles by about 10%, with coverage appearing in late June and published in early July.
- The claim originates from a forum leak reported by VideoCardz, TechRadar, PCGamesN and others and has not been confirmed by AMD or by the named partners ASUS, XFX, or Sapphire.
- Reports do not specify which Radeon models would be affected so it is unclear whether the adjustment applies across the product stack or only to specific SKUs.
- Analysts and reporters link the move to tight global supplies and rising market prices for graphics memory, and note that entry‑level cards requiring large VRAM sticks could see the biggest relative cost impact.
- Industry coverage says partners will likely pass at least some of the higher bundle cost to retailers and consumers over time while noting NVIDIA has not been reported to enact a matching immediate increase.