By Elias Virtanen
Publication Date: 2026-10-02 20:34:00
Nvidia has cut the price of entry into its desktop AI supercomputer lineup, unveiling a 64GB configuration of the DGX Spark priced at $4,999 as a memory supply squeeze reshapes the AI hardware market. The new tier, confirmed by PCMag, Tom’s Hardware, The Register, and Hardware Busters, arrives through OEM partners rather than as a standalone Nvidia-branded box, and it lands at a moment when the existing 128GB DGX Spark has climbed to roughly $6,950, up from its original $3,999 launch price. That is a jump of nearly 75% in a matter of months. For a product line Nvidia pitched as a way to put “a petaflop of AI compute” on a desk, the sudden existence of a cheaper, lower-memory variant tells its own story about where component costs are heading in late 2026.
The timing is not a coincidence. Memory manufacturers have been absorbing relentless demand from data center AI buildouts for the better part of two years, and that pressure has finally worked its way down to prosumer and…
