NVIDIA Flagship Graphics Cards Get Price Hikes at Best Buy, and an RTX 5080 Now Costs More than RTX 5090 MSRP

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Seemingly inevitable, consumer pricing for graphics cards is once again on the rise as Best Buy increases prices for select RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 models. The premium flagship ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 is edging closer to a $5K card now that its price is listed at $4,829.99, but that unobtainium tier pales in […]

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[Grimlakin]

Shock and amazement....

 

[Space_Ranger]

Gotta stuff those coffers one way or another!

 

[Ditchinit]

"Best Buy" ... a horrible, misleading misnomer.

 

[igor_kavinski]

I hope game studios soon realize it's no longer practical to target high end GPUs, especially from Nvidia and start focusing more on gameplay rather than DLSS fakery. Why put in all the effort when only like max 10% of the gaming population is going to see the Ultra quality end result?

 

[Ditchinit]

I hope game studios soon realize it's no longer practical to target high end GPUs, especially from Nvidia and start focusing more on gameplay rather than DLSS fakery. Why put in all the effort when only like max 10% of the gaming population is going to see the Ultra quality end result?

... because it is that 10% who shout out the loudest about the size of their enormous e-peen.