The Nvidia RTX 5090 could cost more than most gaming PCs

We know a good deal about Nvidia’s planned GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards, but the only lasting consideration beyond its core features is its cost. According to the latest leaks and rumors, the RTX 5080 and the top-end Nvidia RTX 5090 may require consumers to open their wallets wide enough to fit one of these. it was called massive cards. Noted tipsters suggest that the 5090 may cost 40% more than the 4090 did at launch.

Nvidia has not yet confirmed that the 50 series still exists, mostly sharing pricing details, but there are enough leaks and rumors to suggest that the cards will be expensive. Twitter tipster @wnxodwhich shared some precise hardware information, published an image of a product listing for the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 in Chinese Yuan. As spotted by WCCFTech during the weekend, the cards will cost 18,999 yuan and 9,999 yuan, respectively. That would be close to $2,600 and $1,400 in USD for the 5090 and 5080.

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None of this should be reflected in the price costs Nvidia RTX 5080 and 5090. These numbers are not confirmed, and the US prices will be different from the Chinese counterparts with the 13% VAT in China. After tax, it puts the price of the 5090 closer to $2,200. However, we fully expect the rumored top-end Blackwell GPUS to cost more than the 40 series. Rumors based on Google search listings show 5090 sporting 32GB of GDDR7 memory. More leaks mention that the 5090 will have 21,760 FP32 CUDA cores, 5,000 more than the last generation. According to leaks, the 5080 should be marginally better than its Ada Lovelace counterpart, with 16GB of VRAM and 1,024 more CUDA cores.

Even if the Chinese price is accurate, Nvidia may change things before release. However, it suggests that next-gen Nvidia cards could cost almost 40% more than the 4090 did at launch. That 2022 GPU cost $1,600 in October 2022. The RTX 4080 cost $1,200 when it debuted. Today, you can find both for less, but not much. They will continue to drop in price thanks to the 50 series, although it will take time to see Blackwell drop in a similar fashion.

Over the weekend, YouTuber Vex also shared leaked pricing information indicating the price of Australia’s 50 series cards. According to the YouTuber, the 5080 may cost more than 2,500 AUD, or more than $1,500 in the U.S. Those SKUs are for an alleged Asus DUAL variant, although we don’t know what exact configuration it will include.

Everything we know at this point is conjecture, and you should take it with a grain of salt. Expectations for the next flagship GPU are all pointing to much more expensive cards than ever before, which makes me shudder to think about the prices for any laptop that dares to put a flagship Nvidia GPU inside.

That is why the cost for the noise RTX 5070, 5060 and 5060 Ti will be so crucial. All of these cards are supposed to be upgrades over the 40 series but with more marginal gains. The RTX 5080, especially the 5090, seems suitable for AI processes, graphics and games. The leaked VRAM count on both high-end cards would be particularly important for handling AI capabilities. The 5060 and 5060 Ti will be much more conservative, according to a report from WCCFTech. The 5060 will supposedly only have 8GB of VRAM. The Ti version will get 16 GB, the same as the 5070 (according to rumors from @kopite7kimi) and the 5080.

Nvidia doesn’t have much competition for the tippy top end of GPUs. Rumors suggest that AMD will also share information about its RX 8000 series cards We still don’t know if the supposed cost of the next generation RTX is equivalent to its current performance. At the very least, we won’t have to wait too long to find out. CES 2025 will begin on January 6. Nvidia keynote will be done that day, 6:30 pm PT and 9:30 pm ET.