(Credit: Newegg)
Newegg is blaming President Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports for price hikes on Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 graphics cards.
On Wednesday, customers noticed sudden price increases on the coveted GPUs across Newegg’s site. When customers asked about it on X, Newegg responded: "yeah, tariffs."
Trump’s 10% tariffs on Chinese imports went into effect this week. Although Nvidia and its GPU partners haven’t officially commented on the tariffs' impact, the tweet from Newegg signals the PC industry is rolling out price changes to offset the cost increase. It's resulted in price hikes ranging from $100 to $400, depending on the GPU model.
In a follow-up tweet, Newegg added: "Our GPUs are from China," after a user asked if the online retailer was sourcing any supplies from Taiwan or Vietnam.
Like other sellers, Newegg immediately sold out of the RTX 5000 GPUs, meaning it had no time to stock up on supplies before the tariffs went into effect. In a separate tweet, Newegg indicated that shipments of the RTX 5090 are especially thin.
So far, Nvidia has declined to comment on the price hikes. But ASRock, a GPU vendor for AMD and Intel, told PCMag it’s planning to move its manufacturing from China to other markets, including Taiwan and Vietnam, in response to the US tariffs. But because factory migrations take time, ASRock warned during the transition period: "We may absorb some of the cost and also increase some in price to reflect the increased cost."
Still, the Newegg price hikes seem to be higher than 10%. That's prompted some GPU buyers to question if vendors are taking advantage of the tariff news and low supplies to jack up prices.
In the meantime, the scarce supplies for the RTX 5000 GPUs have driven some to ask whether Newegg will consider reviving its raffle-based “Shuffle” system to distribute the graphics cards. In response, Newegg’s account on X said: “we're working on something.”
Newegg's official spokespeople didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.