Abstract:
At the PAX West game show held in Seattle, Washington, USA, NVIDIA rarely provided attendees with the opportunity to purchase GeForce RTX 50 series Founders Edition graphics cards at the recommended retail price (MSRP). Under the background that the current graphics card market generally has a premium and it is extremely difficult for players to purchase modern independent graphics cards at affordable prices through conventional channels, this move has aroused great concern among hardware players and exhibition visitors.
According to information announced on site, this original price supply covers three public models of GeForce RTX 5070, RTX 5080 and flagship RTX 5090. The specific selling prices are strictly in accordance with the official recommended retail price: the RTX 5070 public version is priced at US$549, the RTX 5080 public version is priced at US$999, and the widely sought-after flagship model RTX 5090 public version is priced at US$1,999.
This on-site purchase opportunity is particularly attractive to players who have been unable to update their equipment due to supply chain shortages and skyrocketing prices. Affected by multiple factors such as tight supply chains and spillover demand for artificial intelligence computing, the price of non-public version (AIB) graphics cards on the current market has been pushed up to staggering levels. Taking retail channels as an example, the market price of the non-public version of the RTX 5070 produced by major graphics card manufacturers is generally around US$850; the starting price of the non-public version of the RTX 5080 has soared to more than US$1,600; and the actual transaction price of the non-public version of the flagship card RTX 5090 equipped with large-capacity GDDR7 memory has already exceeded the US$5,000 mark online, making the official original price of US$1,999 extremely attractive.
Nvidia GeForce brand evangelist Jacob Freeman confirmed that the RTX 50 series public version graphics cards during the PAX West exhibition will be sold directly in limited quantities strictly on a "first come, first served, while supplies last" principle. In addition, Freeman also revealed that in addition to affordable graphics cards, a limited number of exquisite GeForce-themed trading cards were also provided at the booth for players to obtain.
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