Strong trader consensus around the $0.75–$1.00 and $1.00–$1.25 bands for end-of-October A100 rental prices reflects persistent but moderating demand for the Ampere-generation large language model workloads alongside rising supply of newer Hopper and Blackwell GPUs. Marketplace data from providers like Vast.ai and Thunder Compute show A100 80GB rates clustered near $1.09–$1.79 per hour in August 2026, with spot lows dipping toward $0.50–$0.80 as B200 deployments accelerate and hyperscalers reallocate capacity. Recent reports note 30–40% spot-rate declines for related H100/H200 cards since May, driven by stabilized enterprise AI spending and secondary-market inflows, which are beginning to exert downward pressure on older cards without triggering a sharp collapse. Sustained utilization for cost-sensitive inference and fine-tuning continues to anchor prices above $0.50, while limited new A100 availability and no major regulatory or energy-cost shocks limit upside beyond $1.50.