MSI briefly stopped pretending to sell RTX 50 GPUs at MSRP before backtracking

Facepalm: Nvidia's database prices for nan precocious launched RTX 50 bid graphics cards person go almost imaginary, pinch committee partners charging hundreds much for immoderate models. While a fewer listings still support nan pretense of MSRP, MSI had nary complete nan weekend, sparking concerns of a repetition of 2021's crypto-driven value inflation.

Hardware & Co precocious caught MSI raising nan prices of its Nvidia RTX 50 bid graphics cards, efficaciously eliminating nan past remaining MSRP listings. Although nan prices person since reverted, only 2 RTX 5070 Ti models presently adhere to Nvidia's suggested pricing.

A screenshot from VideoCardz shows that MSI concisely hiked nan prices of its cheapest RTX 5070 Ti variants, listing nan Shadow 3X astatine $819 and nan Shadow 3X OC astatine $839 – some of which person since returned to nan GPU's $749 MSRP. The Ventus 3X OC and Inspire 3X OC besides saw impermanent value increases of $70 and $80, respectively.

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Unfortunately, MSI continues to use premiums to each disposable RTX 5080 and 5090 models. Despite nan RTX 5080's charismatic $999 MSRP, MSI's cheapest action is nan Ventus 3X astatine $1,139. Meanwhile, nan RTX 5090, theoretically priced astatine $1,999, really starts astatine $2,399.

While different committee partners person besides raised prices for astir RTX 50 models, immoderate MSRP listings remain, suggesting that not each manufacturers person followed MSI's lead – astatine slightest not yet. The modular RTX 5070, launching connected March 5, has truthful acold maintained its $549 database price.

Inflated prices person only worsened what was already a lukewarm cost-per-frame betterment pinch nan RTX 50 series. Our RTX 5070 Ti review concluded that nan GPU is only worthwhile astatine MSRP. At $900, customers mightiness arsenic good person bought an RTX 4070 Ti 2 years ago. Interested customers forced to salary $900 alternatively whitethorn arsenic good person purchased an RTX 4070 Ti 2 years ago.

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Still, moreover these overpriced models tend to waste out instantly. When Nvidia's latest lineup launched successful January, immoderate retailers received only double- aliases moreover single-digit quantities of high-end cards, and it remains unclear erstwhile banal levels will improve.

One mentation down nan deficiency of MSRP models from committee partners points to their razor-thin untung margins, worsened by Nvidia's determination to usage much costly GDDR7 VRAM for each RTX 50 GPU. Additionally, a caller earthquake successful Taiwan apt impacted proviso chains.

Whether AMD tin capitalize connected what some person called a paper launch from Nvidia remains uncertain. Team Red's Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT are group to motorboat imminently astatine $549 and $599, pinch rasterized capacity expected to intimately lucifer nan RTX 5070 and 5070 Ti. However, committee partner listings for AMD's caller GPUs person yet to surface.