Nvidia and AMD rush to stockpile graphics cards ahead of Trump tariff that could raise prices by 40%

[midian182]

Forward-looking: If you're thinking of buying a next-generation graphics card, you might want to do it sooner rather than later. Nvidia and AMD are reportedly increasing the production and shipping rate of their upcoming GPUs so they can avoid the Trump administration's tariffs, which could push prices up by 40%.

The rival tech giants, along with other companies who will be impacted, are rushing to get their products into the US before January 20, which is when Trump's new tariffs are believed to come into effect.

Trump plans to impose 10% to 20% tariffs on imported goods, while imports from China will be hit with a special 60% tariff. Their aim is to bring manufacturing back to the US.

Manufacturers will certainly pass some of these new costs onto consumers in the form of higher selling prices. That means the likes of laptops, smartphones, monitors, desktop computers and TVs, most of which are primarily manufactured in China, would become more expensive.

While Nvidia and AMD use the likes of TSMC and Samsung for chip manufacturing, the assembly and packaging of their graphics cards, including cooling systems, PCBs, and other components, are often done by companies in China, such as Foxconn or BYD. AIB partners like Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, and Zotac carry out much of their assembly in China, too.

According to Ctee, GPU manufacturers have been rushing to ensure their products arrive at US warehouses before the January 20 inauguration.

Also read: Economists warn that Trump's tariffs could cause tech prices to skyrocket

Nvidia is set to unveil the RTX 5000 series at CES in just over a week, while AMD will reveal the Radeon 9000 series. The tariffs have the potential to push selling prices of these next-gen cards up significantly. If, for example, Nvidia's flagship RTX 5090 does come with the rumored $1,799 MSRP, a 40% selling price increase due to the new tariffs would push that figure to over $2,500.

Manufacturers are trying to stockpile goods in the US before January 20 to avoid passing the tariff increases onto customers, as a sudden jump in prices would undoubtedly impact demand. But companies won't be able to avoid raising prices forever.

It's not just graphics cards that could become much more expensive as a result of the tariffs. A recent Consumer Technology Association (CTA) report notes that laptops could go up by 45%. Smartphone costs are expected to rise by 25.8 percent, monitors are anticipated to see a 31.2 percent increase, and game consoles could become 40% more expensive.

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Nvidia and AMD rush to stockpile graphics cards ahead of Trump tariff that could raise prices by 40%

 

[Achaios]

The kind of buyer that buys a 90 series GPU would still buy it whether it costs $2K, $3K or $4K or even possibly more than that.

So, I don't think this is much of an issue, particularly for buyers of the 80 and 90 series GPUs.

 

[yRaz]

Don't care how much it costs cause there isn't a single game out there that needs one that is worth playing.

 

[takaozo]

This move with the new tariffs has to apply for new imported stuff. But...I'm 100% sure the vendors will apply the same new price to existing inventory, making their margins grow. Nobody will block their money in stocks without some expected fat margins.
It will spread like a plague across the world.
I'm not looking to buy right now and honestly not sure if going to looking up ahead. Only if a part will fail, maybe then, but used marked for sure on GPU's.

 

[Mark Fuller]

Trump's move is supposed to benefit the American producer and consumer by counteracting the tariffs they impose on our goods we manufacture and export to their countries, but since most of the goods and services we buy at this day and time comes from over there, we will just have to wait to see what happens. Everything from automobiles to tech support is based offshore at this day and time. The declining merchant marine fleet is a prime example of what I am talking about. The reason for this is the ununionized cheap labor they employ to manufacture their goods and provide their services like tech support. If our so called great Union Leaders and politicians are so really concerned about the plight of the common man, maybe they should dare to organize union movements in some of these foreign countries and see what they would get for that. I tell you what they would get. They would be crucified upside down and their heads cut off like Peter and Paul.

 

[Mark Fuller]

This move with the new tariffs has to apply for new imported stuff. But...I'm 100% sure the vendors will apply the same new price to existing inventory, making their margins grow. Nobody will block their money in stocks without some expected fat margins.
It will spread like a plague across the world.
I'm not looking to buy right now and honestly not sure if going to looking up ahead. Only if a part will fail, maybe then, but used marked for sure on GPU's.

You can bet they will do anything to pad their accounts..

 

[unoficialoficial]

If the government only wants domestic production, why doesn't it create a law that directly prohibits production in other countries? It doesn't because it would be unconstitutional. And it remains unconstitutional even if it tries to do so indirectly through tariffs. The idea is to reduce taxes and replace revenue with tariffs to gain a strategic advantage. However, with tariffs, it risks isolation and in the medium to long term, could lose the strategic advantage of the dollar as a global currency.

 

[Mark Fuller]

If the government only wants domestic production, why doesn't it create a law that directly prohibits production in other countries? It doesn't because it would be unconstitutional. And it remains unconstitutional even if it tries to do so indirectly through tariffs. The idea is to reduce taxes and replace revenue with tariffs to gain a strategic advantage. However, with tariffs, it risks isolation and in the medium to long term, could lose the strategic advantage of the dollar as a global currency.

Not only does it lead to isolation, it also leads to retaliation. They will probably make a political move themselves of some kind. Money even means WAR.

 

[SRB]

If the government only wants domestic production, why doesn't it create a law that directly prohibits production in other countries? It doesn't because it would be unconstitutional. And it remains unconstitutional even if it tries to do so indirectly through tariffs. The idea is to reduce taxes and replace revenue with tariffs to gain a strategic advantage. However, with tariffs, it risks isolation and in the medium to long term, could lose the strategic advantage of the dollar as a global currency.

Yeah, and then, once we've sold off all of our ability to produce our own goods for cheaper prices (consumer) and higher profits (corporation). It won't really matter about tariffs and the constitution, since we will not have the ability to take care of ourselves without the continued flow of goods from our "benefactor", China.

At this rate, since we've lost the ability to think long term and sacrifice for the long term (or for the country, for that matter), the USA will cease to be a republic without anyone firing a shot.

We already no longer manufacture most of our chips. TSMC did it cheaper, and Intel funneled all it's profits to boost it's stock price, then fired the guy who reinvested in r&d and manufacturing. Won't be much left soon.

 

[unoficialoficial]

Yeah, and then, once we've sold off all of our ability to produce our own goods for cheaper prices (consumer) and higher profits (corporation). It won't really matter about tariffs and the constitution, since we will not have the ability to take care of ourselves without the continued flow of goods from our "benefactor", China.

At this rate, since we've lost the ability to think long term and sacrifice for the long term (or for the country, for that matter), the USA will cease to be a republic without anyone firing a shot.

We already no longer manufacture most of our chips. TSMC did it cheaper, and Intel funneled all it's profits to boost it's stock price, then fired the guy who reinvested in r&d and manufacturing. Won't be much left soon.

If someone wins all the rounds, the game is not fun anymore. An expensive product that nobody can buy is not a useful product. Production has pros but and cons; it causes pollution, excessive energy consumption and complicates logistics. The US is still a strong nation, even if it has lost some of the dynamism it had in the past.

 

[yRaz]

If the government only wants domestic production, why doesn't it create a law that directly prohibits production in other countries? It doesn't because it would be unconstitutional. And it remains unconstitutional even if it tries to do so indirectly through tariffs. The idea is to reduce taxes and replace revenue with tariffs to gain a strategic advantage. However, with tariffs, it risks isolation and in the medium to long term, could lose the strategic advantage of the dollar as a global currency.

The petro-dollar is already dying. There is only so much economically available oil in the world and we will likely see towards the end of our lifetimes it being cheaper to produce chemical fuels using green or renewable energy than it is to mine or drill for them.

So, frankly, the US needs to rework its economy to gain an economic advantage that seperates itself from the need of being the world's reserve currency.

Also, please refresh me on constitutional law, I missed the day where they taught us how it's illegal to tell companies they can't produce products in other countries. They tell companies all the time that products need to be 100% US made for national security purposes. The thing is, it would take about 30 to 40 years to bring 100% of manufacturing back to the US, we just don't have the infustructure for it. So that leaves us with tariffs as the only reasonable way to still get everything we need or want. That's just how it has to be since the treasonous investors sold our means of production to our enemies.

Further, since the only reason those products are so cheap is that our enemies are making them with slave labor, I think tariffs are a pretty reasonable compromise. It's convenient for everyone since they never have to see the slave making their 5090 or iPhone. But rest assured, if these products were humanely produced then they would be MUCH more expensive

 

[Endymio]

We already no longer manufacture most of our chips. TSMC did it cheaper, and Intel funneled all it's [sic] profits to boost it's [sic] stock price, then fired the guy who reinvested in r&d and manufacturing.

A nice theory that fails to fit the facts. Intel spends 50% more on R&D today than a decade ago -- more than AMD and NVIDIA both combined. Intel is floundering because it produces chips primarily for itself, whereas TSMC makes them for hundreds of clients.

 

[Mark Fuller]

If someone wins all the rounds, the game is not fun anymore. An expensive product that nobody can buy is not a useful product. Production has pros but and cons; it causes pollution, excessive energy consumption and complicates logistics. The US is still a strong nation, even if it has lost some of the dynamism it had in the past.

That's because of the system that was set up in the first place made it that way to this day. Too bad they've gone to doing the opposite and causing the decline.

 

[Mark Fuller]

The petro-dollar is already dying. There is only so much economically available oil in the world and we will likely see towards the end of our lifetimes it being cheaper to produce chemical fuels using green or renewable energy than it is to mine or drill for them.

So, frankly, the US needs to rework its economy to gain an economic advantage that seperates itself from the need of being the world's reserve currency.

Also, please refresh me on constitutional law, I missed the day where they taught us how it's illegal to tell companies they can't produce products in other countries. They tell companies all the time that products need to be 100% US made for national security purposes. The thing is, it would take about 30 to 40 years to bring 100% of manufacturing back to the US, we just don't have the infustructure for it. So that leaves us with tariffs as the only reasonable way to still get everything we need or want. That's just how it has to be since the treasonous investors sold our means of production to our enemies.

Further, since the only reason those products are so cheap is that our enemies are making them with slave labor, I think tariffs are a pretty reasonable compromise. It's convenient for everyone since they never have to see the slave making their 5090 or iPhone. But rest assured, if these products were humanely produced then they would be MUCH more expensive

It is true that the petro dollar is dying because of a lack of resources bringing a need for alternatives and it is also true that there is nothing wrong with humanely producing goods in other countries even given a price increase. It is also true that there is a huge untouched field of oll in a place they call in the Hebrew language Armageddon. I favor the immediate hydroelectric power plant solution notwithstanding environmental concerns since hundreds and thousands of them were decommissioned in favor of petroleum and coal when the energy giants took over (they decommissioned the trolley system in Los Angeles leaving smog in the face to this day). Also it would take a lot of firewood to replace coal and oil but anything that can make steam will make electricity, and God forbid if I should mention nuclear energy. But, will it even matter if most people get blown away at Armageddon.

 

[Mark Fuller]

A poem

Where the carcass lies

As we head toward our eternal fate
where our souls will be changed forever
We will reflect upon the mistakes we've made
and know we can go back never
For where the carcass lies
there the Eagles will gather

And we think about things given us
that were all on a Silver platter
But we sought out all the strangest ways
and all our plans have shattered
For where the carcass lies'
there the Eagles will gather

Politicians and preachers
tell us that all this will last forever
But the way that it is going now
does it really even matter
For where the carcass lies
there the Eagles will gather

Well the nations might fall
but the Eagle flies on forever.

Another poem

A Place down yonder

There's a place down yonder that we all know
It's where the nasty people go

Just look around if you can
You'll see the hordes that raped the land

It's wretched people in a mass
It's maggots, scorpions and poison gas

No place to run, no place to hide
its toluene, chlorine and thalidomide

No one to help or no one to care
Goblins and Demons everywhere

It has the refuse of modern man
It's toxic waste in a garbage can

A Godless abode is the only thing
where chaos always reigns supreme

Just do what's right and don't even wonder
Maybe you'll avoid that place down yonder

 

[Kashim]

The petro-dollar is already dying. There is only so much economically available oil in the world and we will likely see towards the end of our lifetimes it being cheaper to produce chemical fuels using green or renewable energy than it is to mine or drill for them.

So, frankly, the US needs to rework its economy to gain an economic advantage that seperates itself from the need of being the world's reserve currency.

Also, please refresh me on constitutional law, I missed the day where they taught us how it's illegal to tell companies they can't produce products in other countries. They tell companies all the time that products need to be 100% US made for national security purposes. The thing is, it would take about 30 to 40 years to bring 100% of manufacturing back to the US, we just don't have the infustructure for it. So that leaves us with tariffs as the only reasonable way to still get everything we need or want. That's just how it has to be since the treasonous investors sold our means of production to our enemies.

Further, since the only reason those products are so cheap is that our enemies are making them with slave labor, I think tariffs are a pretty reasonable compromise. It's convenient for everyone since they never have to see the slave making their 5090 or iPhone. But rest assured, if these products were humanely produced then they would be MUCH more expensive

Nice job on the verbal masturbation. You can try to explain it away any way you want, but the bottom line is that "tariff" is just another word for "tax", period. Americans hate taxes, so I can understand why Right-wingers have to confuse them with another word and pretend it's being paid by someone else.

Tariffs are NOT paid by China or any other country. They are paid by the American companies that import the products and then they are passed on to the consumers. Plain and simple.

I understand the reasoning behind tariffs; to force companies to bring back jobs and manufacturing to the US. It simply won't work for two main reasons. First, many of the products being imported can't even be manufactured in the US because of the lack of supply chain. It would literally take decades to create the kind of supply chains needed to manufacture certain imported products.

Secondly, tariffs won't bring manufacturing back to the US because it's much, MUCH more expensive to produce things there. You could put 200% tariffs on China and American companies still won't produce those goods domestically. They will simply move production to the next cheapest country.

The US is one of the most expensive places to produce anything, so you would literally have to put massive tariffs on 90%+ of the countries in the world to really force companies to manufacture domestically. Try and manufacture iPhones in the US for example. Apple would probably have to sell them for $9,000 each to make a profit when you consider that American workers expect $30+/hr wages, full benefits, and a month of paid vacation every year.

You can either have cheap products coming from China or you can have ridiculously expensive stuff made in America that nobody can afford. Sorry America, but you can't have it both ways.

 

[Achaios]

Nice job on the verbal masturbation. You can try to explain it away any way you want, but the bottom line is that "tariff" is just another word for "tax", period. Americans hate taxes, so I can understand why Right-wingers have to confuse them with another word and pretend it's being paid by someone else.

Tariffs are NOT paid by China or any other country. They are paid by the American companies that import the products and then they are passed on to the consumers. Plain and simple.

I understand the reasoning behind tariffs; to force companies to bring back jobs and manufacturing to the US. It simply won't work for two main reasons. First, many of the products being imported can't even be manufactured in the US because of the lack of supply chain. It would literally take decades to create the kind of supply chains needed to manufacture certain imported products.

Secondly, tariffs won't bring manufacturing back to the US because it's much, MUCH more expensive to produce things there. You could put 200% tariffs on China and American companies still won't produce those goods domestically. They will simply move production to the next cheapest country.

The US is one of the most expensive places to produce anything, so you would literally have to put massive tariffs on 90%+ of the countries in the world to really force companies to manufacture domestically. Try and manufacture iPhones in the US for example. Apple would probably have to sell them for $9,000 each to make a profit when you consider that American workers expect $30+/hr wages, full benefits, and a month of paid vacation every year.

You can either have cheap products coming from China or you can have ridiculously expensive stuff made in America that nobody can afford. Sorry America, but you can't have it both ways.

Αs always, rude, probably drunk (I thought the prophet banned alcohol), out of context and spewing leftist nonsense.

 

[Keivz]

The kind of buyer that buys a 90 series GPU would still buy it whether it costs $2K, $3K or $4K or even possibly more than that.

So, I don't think this is much of an issue, particularly for buyers of the 80 and 90 series GPUs.

Not true at all. I personally won’t be buying one if it is a penny over $2k.

 

[Mark Fuller]

You can either have cheap products coming from China or you can have ridiculously expensive stuff made in America that nobody can afford. Sorry America, but you can't have it both ways.

There is a balance of the scales you know. I myself favor middle ground. And as far as your mention of verbal masturbation is concerned, I thought it was the left wingers who promote your alternative lifestyles.

 

[takaozo]

It's going to be great...first the income tax, then the federal tax and now the import tax (tariff). Just triple taxation not much. But relax some countries in Yurup have this model of taxation for ages now, nobody died just broke arse more than usual. But that's life.

 

[Mark Fuller]

Αs always, rude, probably drunk (I thought the prophet banned alcohol), out of context and spewing leftist nonsense.

You should not accuse him of being drunk just because you don't agree with him unless you can actually prove it beyond a shadow of doubt in a court of law. That's how left wingers manipulate the court system to subvert the very law of the constitution, and for sure he probably ain't no saint. Hell, some of their own people set up a *****house in Miami that they wouldn't be able to do in their own country. I saw that one on 60 minutes.

 

[brucek]

I think this is going to be economically unpleasant for most Americans in at least the short to mid term. As to whether there are compelling national security reasons to ensure there is a fully functional, end-to-end IT supply chain entirely in the US, along with a much enhanced general ability to do modern manufacturing of electronic products, I'm not sure. My worry would be that these will be infiltrated and compromised even if successfully built.

On the economic front, I believe Trump's message is less about better prices to all consumers and more about better jobs availability to those currently struggling. I'm skeptical trade wars have ever really delivered on that benefit from a big picture perspective aside from narrowly tailored retaliations to enable negotiation of better future agreements. The current arrangements have created a large number of high paying jobs for US companies that sell products globally, many of which would not be possible without overseas cost efficient manufacturing.

 

[Mark Fuller]

I am sorry for getting off track, I should stick to the subject. They have banned further discussions in this journal in times past because of insulting one another. I apologize to the readers and editors.

 

[Mark Fuller]

I think this is going to be economically unpleasant for most Americans in at least the short to mid term. As to whether there are compelling national security reasons to ensure there is a fully functional, end-to-end IT supply chain entirely in the US, along with a much enhanced general ability to do modern manufacturing of electronic products, I'm not sure. My worry would be that these will be infiltrated and compromised even if successfully built.

On the economic front, I believe Trump's message is less about better prices to all consumers and more about better jobs availability to those currently struggling. I'm skeptical trade wars have ever really delivered on that benefit from a big picture perspective aside from narrowly tailored retaliations to enable negotiation of better future agreements. The current arrangements have created a large number of high paying jobs for US companies that sell products globally, many of which would not be possible without overseas cost efficient manufacturing.

That's more like it, back on track. The creation of jobs should be the most important concern. Like I said, a balance of scales.

 

[TempleOrion]

You voted for economic isolationism and terminal decline. Gonna be great to watch