Graphics card price history, and what it is a history of

Retail GPU history: not enough data to judge. Public upstream history: available from 2017-01 through 2026-06. Evidence cutoff: 2026-07-26. BLS WPU117839, fetched 25 July 2026 and source registry, reviewed 2026-07-25.

The retained files do not contain a history of retail graphics-card offers. They contain monthly BLS indexes for integrated-circuit packages and semiconductor manufacturing. Those series are useful for upstream context, but they cannot be relabelled as GPU prices. No current source was cleared for durable per-GPU retention in the 2026-07-25 review. Source registry, reviewed 2026-07-25.

The two retained upstream lines

The first row is calculated from BLS WPU117839 and the second from BLS PCU334413334413. Both files were fetched 25 July 2026, and their March through June 2026 values are provisional.

The integrated-circuit-package file reached its retained low of 29.538 in August 2025 before reaching 31.201 in June 2026. The broader semiconductor file also reached its retained low in August 2025, at 29.392, before ending at 29.695 in June 2026. Similar low dates do not make the two indexes independent confirmation of a retail GPU cycle. BLS WPU117839 and BLS PCU334413334413, fetched 25 July 2026.

Why this is not a graphics-card price chart

A retail GPU observation needs the chip, board partner, partner variant, memory capacity, condition, merchant, and time. The BLS indexes contain none of those fields. They also do not isolate cooler design, board power, retailer stock, launch price, or a temporary promotion. Product-identity and source methodology, published 2026-07-26.

The public index window is long enough to describe those indexes retrospectively. The retail GPU window is not merely short; it has not begun. Its status is therefore not enough data to judge, with no estimated completion date until a retention-cleared source starts collection. Source registry, reviewed 2026-07-25.

Why there is no verdict on the history

The no-lookahead recommendation backtest covered 1,252 decision points across 11 BLS series. The three-month wait candidate was contradicted in 29 of 48 testable signals, 60.4%, above the declared 40% limit. The buy candidate was contradicted in 62 of 118 three-month signals, 52.5%. Those error rates are why this page describes the recorded indexes but gives no buy-or-wait advice. Verdict methodology, run 2026-07-26.

A future retail state would require at least 14 days, 10 usable price readings, and 60% coverage. Crossing those thresholds would not change the failed recommendation test. Price-state methodology, published 2026-07-26 and verdict test, run 2026-07-26.