No relief in sight: Nvidia says GPU supply unlikely to stabilize anytime soon

Gaming hardware has been facing severe shortages for what feels like an eternity now, leading to unfathomable price hikes. Gamers who have been hoping for some relief will have to deal with some bad news coming straight from Nvidia's CEO.

According to Jensen Huang, supply will remain "tight" for the next few quarters. Beyond that horizon, the outlook remains quite uncertain. That makes sense, considering just how rapidly the industry has been evolving and adapting to the demand in the data center segment.

Tough days lie ahead for gamers and PC builders

Either way, the situation undoubtedly appears quite grim for the foreseeable future. Nvidia is a publicly traded company, and will almost certainly pivot to whatever segment they find to be most profitable. As of right now, that segment happens to data center.

With supply likely to remain scant, prices will continue being well out of reach for many people. DDR5 RAM, for instance, has skyrocketed in price in recent months, shooting up by as much as five times in the last year or so. However, there has been a slight drop since January, which does appear to indicate that there is indeed a limit beyond which consumers will simply refuse to pay.

Something similar happened in Japan with AMD Radeon RX 9060 and 9070 gaming GPU prices. After shooting up to their all-time highs in January, demand took a dive and prices followed suit, dropping as much as 20% in around a month or so.

That said, prices are more than likely to stay way, way above MSRP for the time being, even if small drops and attractive retail deals pop up every now and then. Unless something drastic happens which ends up causing a drop in data center demand, or somehow drives a massive increase in production capacity, building a gaming rig will almost certainly remain a pricey affair.