Hear that? It’s the sound of 1,000,000 avid gamers ready for the discharge of Nvidia’s next-gen RTX playing cards with bated breath. You’ll be capable of half together with your hard-earned money in a couple of days, and Newegg and Finest Purchase are first in line to take it. The retailers have already got listings for dozens of RTX 5090 and 5080 playing cards — and a few of them even have costs.
Go forward and take a look at the early RTX 50 listings on Newegg and Finest Purchase. The latter has costs, most notably the right-on-the-money RTX 5080 Founder’s Version. FE playing cards are bought direct from Nvidia with no accomplice branding or upgraded components, and the RTX 5080 is hitting the promised $1,000 launch worth (with a free month of Discord Nitro, woo).
Different RTX 5080 variants from Gigabyte are additionally on provide, topping out on the Xtreme Waterforce 16GB mannequin, which prices $1,400 and comes with an included radiator and triple-fan cooling setup. Very fancy and really expensive, however nonetheless effectively beneath the $2,000 beginning worth for the RTX 5090. Solely the Founder’s Version of that card is up on Finest Purchase’s website to this point, although a couple of pre-built desktops are proven.
Newegg is displaying each RTX 5090 and 5080 variants, with over 40 completely different fashions from Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, Zotac, and PNY. Costs for these particular playing cards aren’t obtainable but, and Nvidia’s Founders Version playing cards are notably absent from the lineup. In line with a Newegg press launch, they go on sale within the US on Thursday, January thirtieth at 9 AM Jap (6 AM Pacific) together with pre-built PCs with the brand new GPUs.
In an echo of… effectively, just about each Nvidia launch of the final decade, the corporate is already warning that playing cards may exit of inventory rapidly. It says that it’s working with companions to get as many GPUs on cabinets as attainable, however please resist the urge to complement scalpers. Elden Ring will nonetheless be there in a few months. Oh, and don’t neglect to take a look at PCWorld’s overview of the RTX 5090 proper right here, and the newer RTX 5080 overview right here.
