- The Astral Astral Rog RTX 5090 inclines the scales at $ 3,409
- Some other RTX 5090 and 5080 models also have a considerable premium on MSRP
- The stock of these GPUs remains varyingly thin anyway
NVIDIA RTX 5090 and 5080 GPUs have an unstable start, not only because of these new Blackwell graphics cards are not available to buy, they were exhausted immediately, more or less, but also for third -party boards prices.
Wccftech has been scanning prices in ASUS and MSI Blackwell ranges, and findings will probably scare, if they don’t terrorize, players who are reflecting a high -end GPU purchase.
When the stock enters again, there are early orders stalls live here and there at this time, but not much more, even if you’re sure to watch our guides on where to buy the RTX 5090 and also the RTX 5080 GPU oh really steep.
The crown for the most striking price is awarded to the Astral Rog LC RTX 5090, a giant of an flagship that certainly takes out all proverbial stops (the ‘LC’ refers to the built -in liquid cooling system), but it will cost it $ 3,409 in the US currently in the graphics card manufacturer store.
Even the RTX 5090 GPU is cheaper than Asus currently sells, the TUF game model is a weight of $ 2,749, which is more than a third more expensive than the MSRP established by NVIDIA (and the initial price for its founders edition). Remember, this is Asus’s base model, it can’t be lower.
At least with the RTX 5080, there is an ASUS model in the MSRP of $ 999 in its web store, the Prime model, so that is something. However, if you want the RTX 5080 TUF game model, this will cost you $ 1,484, a quite considerable walk for a variant that is not a high -end card. (The Astral Rog, air cooled, RTX 5080 touches $ 1,649, all prices correct at the time of writing).
MSI does something better to maintain a lid in prices, but there are some difficult price labels to swallow. There are no RTX 5080 models in MSRP in the American MSI store, and the cheapest is the 3X Ventus to $ 1,139, although that is not a great jump. The UP-End RTX 5080 SOC Liquid suppress is launched lower than the Astral Asus Rog, although, at $ 1,499.
MSI RTX 5090 graphics cards begin with the 3X Ventus, which is at $ 2,379 in its store, with a more reasonable price than the Base Base Ship of ASUS, but it is still a 20% walk (almost) on the MSRP . However, if you are seeing the RTX 5090 Suppress Liquid SOC, this graphics card is $ 2,789 in the MSI store.
Analysis: Well, then a flagship refrigerated by liquids was never going to be cheap, but …
Before the new Blackwell graphics cards arose, the prediction was that they could have a considerably higher price than the MSRP. And that in fact has come true, although part of the problem here is that the manufacturers of third -party boards seem to have inflated prices even more after all the clamor and the shortage of actions around the RTX 5090 and 5080 GPUs.
As an example of the highest end, the Asus Astral LC RTX 5090 mentioned is the most expensive Blackwell GPU with $ 3,409. However, it was announced to $ 3,100 (in Reddit, and caused a stir at that price), so somehow, there have been another $ 300 placed on the sale price already exorbitant.
I am not impressed with this type of mischief, since it is bad enough as that the stock is stupidly difficult to achieve, and the resellers are causing a great pricing inflation by reselling the RTX 5080 and 5090 graphics cards, without the manufacturers themselves Boards decide to try to try and push even harder to get profits.
Is this only market dynamics, a reflection of thin supply and great demand? Well, yes, it is to some extent, and without a doubt prices will eventually calm down anyway, if you can be patient. (In fact, there are still some great question signs about how long we could be waiting for the price to be at a more acceptable level in general).
Meanwhile, it is clearly true that sales prices remain a debatable point, since there are almost no RTX 5090 or 5080 graphics cards for sale, either at recommended prices or third -party prices.
