By @windowscentral
Publication Date: 2025-11-14 14:39:00
Graphics cards (GPU) are one of the key ingredients in the Black Friday deal recipe, and traditionally, retailers seem to offer the largest discounts this time of year.
That’s great news, especially since GPU prices have been falling of late due to fewer stock shortages and the fact that the latest AMD and NVIDIA hardware is coming up on a one-year launch anniversary.
Best early Black Friday NVIDIA GPU deals
Best early Black Friday AMD GPU deals
FAQ
Why are so many GPUs on sale for a price above MSRP?
NVIDIA and AMD set an MSRP based on their own reference specs. For NVIDIA, its Founders Edition cards are priced at that MSRP, as are AMD’s reference cards (which it didn’t produce for the RX 9000 series).
Either way, NVIDIA and AMD’s board partners take those specs and build their own GPU around them. In many cases, these third-party GPUs offer improved cooling and overclocking abilities, additional RGB lighting, and funky designs.
These adjustments drive the price up beyond the MSRP that NVIDIA and AMD have set. That means that you can’t always rely on the MSRP comparison — it’s often better to look at previous low prices,…
