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They are being accessed via unofficial, reverse-engineered methods rather than NVIDIA public APIs. Third-party tools like HWMonitor have restored hotspot reporting by using reverse-engineered private NVAPI interfaces or direct GPU access in some cases, because NVIDIA has blocked public access to those sensors. Answered

According to the Economic Daily News, NVIDIA will raise prices for all GeForce GPU bundles by 20 to 30%. This reported increase would affect GeForce RTX 50 Series bundle pricing. Answered

Rising DRAM prices are the primary cause of the reported RTX 50 Series price increases, forcing NVIDIA to raise GeForce GPU bundle prices by about 20 to 30% and contributing to local retail spikes (for example, 60% above MSRP in China for some Colorful cards). The article cites dramatic GDDR6 and GDDR7 cost increases (noting 3GB GDDR7 chips at $60-$70 versus 2GB chips around $20), reduced and short-term memory supplies for partners like MSI, and analysts predicting a 10-20% shrink in the consumer GPU market as a result. Answered

MSI Afterburner will not add RTX 50 Series hotspot readings because NVIDIA keeps VRAM/hotspot monitoring interfaces private and blocked from public APIs, so the only ways to access them are via reverse engineered or unofficial methods. As MSI is both Afterburner’s publisher and a close NVIDIA partner, the developer said adding an unsanctioned feature that NVIDIA has actively blocked would be inappropriate. Answered