Report: Graphics Cards to Receive 10-15% Price Increase
As a result of increases in the cost of DDR3 memory, a number of graphics card vendors have reportedly increased prices by 10 to 15 percent.
According to a report published by DigiTimes, the recent increases in the price of memory has prompted several graphics card vendors to hike the retail price of products using DDR3 memory by 10 to 15 percent. Given that this price increase seems specific to this form of memory, we expect the impact to be restricted to the budget or entry-level market.
DigitTimes' unnamed sources also noted that they believe that prices are unlikely to return to their previous levels in the next six months unless manufacturers decide to offer promotions for specific models or bring forward the release of next-generation graphics cards.
The report further stated that since PC demand is still comparatively weak, the impact will not "upset consumers or channel retails greatly in the same run" and that the "PC replacement trend" that is expected to follow the release of Intel's Haswell platform in June may be compromised by these increased costs and the expected rise of motherboard ASP.

Yes. Maybe not many home users but mainly companies where you need to connect 2 monitors while many motherboards still only have 1 VGA port. And for presentation PCs where you need something stronger then integrated HD 4000 GPU but nut as strong as gaming GPU.
Ok, so will RAM in general be receiving this increase, as well???
All DDDR3 with the exception of embedded ones for tablets and smartphones are expected to cost more, because production is supposedly being cut back.
A shame, because I planned on buying an 8GB 1866 MHz CL10 RAM for the upcoming Richland laptops. Now it's gone up from around $50 to nearly $70.
It seems that every laptop manufacturer charges like $50 for 4GB to 8GB upgrade, and I'm not going to kneecap the APU by using 8GB 1333 MHz RAM from my current laptop.
So yes, It's only limited to gpu's with ddr3.
Noticed that as well, a few months ago I could get some 8gb of 1600mhz DDR3 for $40.
DRAM manufacturers were operating with razor-thin margins if not at a loss so the price hike is very much necessary for them to break even.
There used to be dozens of DRAM manufacturers but most of them have gone bankrupt due to failing to survive the merciless periodic lows in the DRAM industry. Elpida was one of the newest victims in 2012 and there will likely be more in the future, particularly considering that people's memory requirements are starting to flatten out.
It's pretty close to the ones that use ddr3
I just redid my computer for work. It is all office workloads, so I only got a Pentium G2020 which is more than enough horsepower to run office, browse the web, and crop/fix the occasional photo. But I needed a discrete GPU for the sake of having proper duel monitor support. I ended up going with a GTX610. Gutless card, but it was the cheapest GPU I could find with 2 DVI ports which was also passively cooled. Works great for what I need it to do, runs cold, silent, and low power, and lets my 2 old apple cinema displays stretch their legs without issue (or adapters).
Onboard graphics (be it Intel or AMD) are 'good enough' for home users (my wife runs on HD4000 without problems for everything she does), but if you want multiple displays, or to do other specialty things, then you still need a discrete GPU.