GeForce RTX 50 Series Sees Price Hikes Across Asia, NVIDIA Cancels Pre-Price-Change Order, and One Retailer Says Buy Now, Supply Is Unstable

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Forget the connector; the real meltdown for NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 50 series could be the consumer market as prices jump across Asia. It’s been rumored that price hikes were inbound for the RTX 50 series thanks to NVIDIA reportedly having told its partners that memory kit bundles would cost more moving forward, and we’re now […]

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[Ditchinit]

"Buy now or miss out" = FOMO

 

[Skillz]

Yeah so who wants to buy one for me?

 

[Grimlakin]

This sucks for anyone that was wanting a 5090 but decided to wait for prices to drop for the next gen to come out. I bought when I did specifically because I didn't see prices coming down and I don't see a next gen card to compete with the 5090 for QUITE some time.

This sucks for current owners as well because if you need a warranty claim you'll probably get a refund and asked to re buy at the higher cost.

 

[igor_kavinski]

The worst thing has been nvidia's attitude towards its customers. Started from the 4090 days when EVGA bailed out because nvidia was being very rude to them despite EVGA being a great company for consumers for so many years.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

This sucks for current owners as well because if you need a warranty claim you'll probably get a refund and asked to re buy at the higher cost.

This has been my biggest worry with my rigs and laptop. All great at what they do, and I managed to get what I needed at, or close to MSRP and consider myself very lucky even if there was some added interest while I paid them off. However, they are all looking to be very longterm investments now and I really doubt I'll be able to afford any successor(s) for them when any become available.