Nearly a week before its official availability, retailers have started putting up listings for Nvidia’s next-generation mid-range GPUs. While the company delayed the release of the RTX 5070, allegedly to coincide with the arrival of AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 GPUs, the higher-end RTX 5070 Ti is confirmed to arrive on store shelves on February 20. Since Nvidia will not release a Founders Edition version of the RTX 5070 Ti, all the stock coming online is from add-in-board partners, and, so far, we’ve only seen one GPU listed at MSRP.
A quick look at our list below shows that these GPUs are already way above their MSRP, even accounting for local sales taxes. At the moment, only two GPUs fall below the $999 MSRP of the RTX 5080 FE, meaning you’re paying a lot more for less power.
These prices show just how much retail prices could differ from the MSRP, and this is assuming that these cards won’t be affected by the ongoing shortage of RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs. If they run out of stock of these mid-range cards, scalpers (and even some retailers or manufacturers) might take advantage of the situation and jack up prices even further.
Note: All prices, with the exception of Micro Center already have sales tax included
Still, we were surprised to find a GPU at MSRP in the US, especially as many tech enthusiasts are bracing for tariff-driven price hikes. We’ve even seen retailers and manufacturers increasing retail prices just because of it. Hopefully, more RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards appear online in the days before its official availability with more reasonable prices.
But even if Nvidia and its board partners continue with these price hikes, we still have hope of getting a decent mid-range card with the imminent arrival of AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 GPUs. Hopefully, they will be priced right, perform as advertised, and not become a disappointment like the Ryzen 9000 launch. We’re also still waiting for news on Intel Arc B700-series GPUs, which we have high hopes for after the successful release of the entry-level Intel Arc B580 GPUs and its more affordable B570 sibling.
