AMD reportedly raised the price of GDDR6 supplied to Radeon board partners, with the change taking effect on October 1, 2026, according to reports published October 10 by Fanáticos del Hardware and Wccftech. Both relay a claim from the Chinese industry forum Board Channels. The reports concern a component-supply price, not a confirmed increase in US retail prices for Radeon cards.
What the reports say
Fanáticos del Hardware reported no amount or percentage for the alleged increase and did not specify uniform terms across board partners or memory configurations. The reports describe a change to GDDR6 supplied with GPU packages for Radeon partners.
How a component cost reaches a retail card
Board partners receive the GPU and GDDR6 together, then add their own printed circuit board, power-delivery components and cooling to assemble a graphics card, according to Fanáticos del Hardware. A change in the cost of supplied memory is one step in that chain; it does not by itself set the card’s store price.
Inventory, supply contracts, margins and distribution can affect whether and when a component-cost change reaches retail prices. The reports establish no specific US retail increase tied to the alleged GDDR6 adjustment.
