- ASUS ROG Astral LC RTX 5090 tips the scale at $ 3,409
- Some other RTX 5090 and 5080 models also order a heavy bonus compared to the PDSF
- The stock of these GPUs remains finely thin anyway
GPUs RTX 5090 and 5080 from Nvidia left not only because of these new Blackwell graphics cards are not available for purchase – they sold immediately, more or less – but also because of the prices on a third party Planches.
The WCCFTECH has digitized the prices between the Asus and MSI Blackwell ranges, and the results will probably scare players, if not terrifying, who reflect on a high -end GPU purchase.
When the stocks come back-there are boosts of pre-orders live here and there right now, but not much else, but be sure to keep an eye on our guides on where buying the RTX 5090 and also the RTX 5080 GPU – Price labels watch seriously steep.
The crown for the most attractive price of all is awarded to the Asus Rog Astral LC RTX 5090, a giant of a flagship product which certainly comes out all proverbial stops (the “ lc ” refers to the liquid cooling system Incorporated), but this will cost you $ 3,409 in the United States currently in the own store of the graphics card manufacturer.
Even the cheapest RTX 5090 GPU currently sells, the Tuf game model is $ 2,749, which is more expensive than the Nvidia PDSFI (and the price requested for its founding edition). Remember that this is the basic Asus model, you cannot go lower.
At least with the RTX 5080, there is an ASUS model at the PDSF of $ 999 on its online store, the Prime model – is therefore something. If you want the Tuf game model of the RTX 5080, however, it will cost you $ 1,484, a fairly heavy hike for a variant that is not a high -end card. (Le Rog Astral, cooled by Air, RTX 5080 Key $ 1,649, all correct prices at the time of writing).
MSI does a little better to keep a lid on prices, but there are nevertheless price labels that are difficult to swallow. There are no RTX 5080 models on MSRP on MSI’s Us Store, and the cheapest is the 3X Ventus at $ 1,139, although it is not a big jump. The high -end high -end SOC Liquid RTX 5080 is tired lower than the ASUS ROG Astral, however, at $ 1,499.
MSI RTX 5090 graphics cards start with the 3X Ventus which is $ 2,379 on its store, at a more reasonable price than the ASUS basic lighthouse, but always a 20% (almost) hike on the PDSF. If you look at the Liquid RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid SOC, this graphics card is an attractive $ 2,789 on the MSI store.
Analysis: Okay, therefore a flagship product cooled by liquid was never going to be cheap, but …
Before the new Blackwell graphics cards appear, the prediction was that they could be considerably higher than the PDSF. And this is indeed wide, although part of the problem here is that third -party advice manufacturers seem to have inflated the prices even more after all the shortages of clamor and scholarship around the RTX 5090 and 5080 GPUs.
For example at the highest -end, the Asus Rog Astral LC RTX 5090 mentioned is the most expensive of all Blackwell GPUs at $ 3,409. However, it was announced at $ 3,100 (on Reddit, and caused agitation at this price), so in one way or another, there were an additional $ 300 in addition to the price requested already exorbitant.
I am not impressed by this type of shenanigans because it is already quite serious that the stock is stupidly difficult to obtain, and the scalpers cause enormous price inflation by returning from RTX 5080 and 5090 graphics cards, without the manufacturers of planks Do not decide that they decide to try and push even stronger for profits.
Is it just the dynamics of the market – reflecting the slim supply and the great demand? Well, yes, it is to a certain extent, and the prices will undoubtedly settle in any case, if you can be patient. (Indeed, there are still large question points on how long we could wait for the prices even at a more acceptable level overall).
Meanwhile, it is clearly true that the requested prices remain something questionable, because there are practically no RTX 5090 or 5080 graphics cards for sale, whether at recommended prices or third -party price.
