GPU prices haven't stopped climbing for 3 weeks straight across the EU, here's the data
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A PC hardware price tracker, PriceSquirrel, operating across 25+ stores in 9 EU countries, has observed a continuous three-week increase in GPU prices.…
hey again! I run a EU PC hardware price tracker PriceSquirrel , 25+ stores across 9 countries, and wanted to check: are GPU prices actually rising, or does it just feel that way?
To make this defensible, I didn't just average "whatever's in stock" each day, that inflates the trend if cheap cards sell out and drop off the average. Instead I built a fixed basket: 176 GPU models tracked at 3+ different retailers, every single day for the last 30 days, no gaps, no swapping in or out.
Result:
- July 15: €808.57 average
- August 14: €963.56 average
- +19.2% in one month, same 176 cards throughout
The rise wasn't sudden, it started climbing around July 24-25 and has been steady since, not one spike from a single event:
- July 15-23: flat, €805-815
- July 24-31: climbing, €826 → €906
- Aug 1-14: continued rise, plateauing slightly in the last week, €910 → €964
By country, since it varies a bit:
- Germany: +19.6%
- France: +18.1%
- EU-wide: +19.2%
Pretty consistent across markets, not a single-country anomaly.
Methodology, upfront: "price" here is each product's average price across whichever 3+ retailers carried it that day (not the single cheapest, not a blended market average across a shifting product list). Basket is fixed, same 176 SKUs day 1 and day 30, verified daily.
Happy to break this down by tier (5080/5090) or AMD vs NVIDIA if there's interest, this is currently the aggregate number.
Source: pricesquirrel.com , updated every 6 hours