Oh, great, GPU prices could climb again — here's my expert advice on why you should buy now (and which graphics card to get)
THE SO WHAT
Another GPU price up-cycle would push more teams toward cloud credits, reserved instances, and lower-cost accelerators instead of on-prem cards. If your roadmap assumes cheap local GPUs for dev or inference, revisit those assumptions and lock in capacity where you can.
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