A scorching potato: If you’d like a brand new graphics card and hope that costs have lastly come down, this is some unhealthy information: they have not. In reality, a number of GPUs are promoting for over 50% greater than their MSRP. The RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 are the worst of the bunch on this respect. Not too surprisingly, 8GB playing cards are closest to their MSRP.
Avid gamers Nexus carried out its typical in-depth analysis into the present state of the graphics card market, taking a look at 420 listings throughout Amazon, Newegg, and Greatest Purchase.
Out of all these playing cards, solely 20 of them had been in inventory and listed on the MSRP: eight RTX 5060, six RX 9060 XT (8GB), 4 RTX 5060 Ti (8GB), one RTX 5060 Ti (16GB), and one RTX 5070.
Wanting on the total image, graphics playing cards are promoting at a median of 31.8% greater than their MSRP. The mannequin with the most important improve over its advised retail value is the RTX 5080. Its $1,569 common is sort of 57% increased than its $1,000 MSRP. The RTX 5090 is not far behind (52.7% increased), adopted by Intel’s B580 (51.6%), B570 (50.8%), and AMD’s 9070 XT (45.9%). It’s famous, nevertheless, that Intel’s outcomes are barely skewed as a result of one AIB accomplice, Gunnir, pricing its fashions a lot increased than different distributors.
On the backside of the record is the RTX 5080 Ti (8GB), which is 12% over MSRP. The RTX 5060 is above it (13.1%) and the RX 9060 XT (8GB) subsequent highest at 14.8% above MSRP.
The 8GB playing cards’ positions come as little shock given the dearth of demand – we slammed these playing cards in our opinions. It was just lately reported that German retailer Mindfactory had offered 16 instances as many RTX 5060 Ti 16GB playing cards because the 8GB model. The RX 9060 XT 16GB, in the meantime, offered 30 instances extra models than the variant with half its VRAM.
Host Stephen Burke dedicates a bit of the video to the RX 9070 XT. It launched with a $599 MSRP, however AMD managed this value level by offering retailers with a $50 rebate – a brief perk.
AMD’s Frank Azor denied this was the case, telling the press that “It’s inaccurate that $549/$599 MSRP is launch-only pricing. We count on playing cards to be accessible from a number of distributors at $549/$599 (excluding region-specific tariffs and/or taxes) primarily based on the work now we have finished with our AIB companions, and extra are coming. On the identical time, the AIBs have completely different premium configurations at increased value factors, and people may even proceed.”
However three months after launch, the RX 9070 XT has solely one in all 26 listings priced at MSRP, and it is not in inventory. GN additionally notes that at launch, Newegg and BestBuy had a mixed 27 RX 9070 XT fashions listed, with six at MSRP. Out of the 21 listings which have remained since then, 71% have had their costs elevated, together with 5 of the six that launched at MSRP.
Burke wraps up the video by mentioning that MSRP has all however misplaced its relevance – as we speak, even entry-level accomplice playing cards promote at mark-ups increased than these as soon as reserved for flagship fashions only a few years in the past.
