Monday, August 20th 2018
NVIDIA GeForce RTX Series Prices Up To 71% Higher Than Previous Gen
NVIDIA revealed the SEP prices of its GeForce RTX 20-series, and it's a bloodbath in the absence of competition from AMD. The SEP price is the lowest price you'll be able to find a custom-design card at. NVIDIA is pricing its reference design cards, dubbed "Founders Edition," at a premium of 10-15 percent. These cards don't just have a better (looking) cooler, but also slightly higher clock speeds.
The GeForce RTX 2070 is where the lineup begins, for now. This card has an SEP pricing of USD $499. Its Founders Edition variant is priced at $599, or a staggering 20% premium. You'll recall that the previous-generation GTX 1070 launched at $379, with its Founders Edition at $449. The GeForce RTX 2080, which is the posterboy of this series, starts at $699, with its Founders Edition card at $799. The GTX 1080 launched at $599, with $699 for the Founders Edition. Leading the pack is the RTX 2080 Ti, launched at $999, with its Founders Edition variant at $1,199. The GTX 1080 Ti launched at $699, for the Founders Edition no less.
The GeForce RTX 2070 is where the lineup begins, for now. This card has an SEP pricing of USD $499. Its Founders Edition variant is priced at $599, or a staggering 20% premium. You'll recall that the previous-generation GTX 1070 launched at $379, with its Founders Edition at $449. The GeForce RTX 2080, which is the posterboy of this series, starts at $699, with its Founders Edition card at $799. The GTX 1080 launched at $599, with $699 for the Founders Edition. Leading the pack is the RTX 2080 Ti, launched at $999, with its Founders Edition variant at $1,199. The GTX 1080 Ti launched at $699, for the Founders Edition no less.
225 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce RTX Series Prices Up To 71% Higher Than Previous Gen
RTX 2070 659eur
RTX 2080 869eur
RTX 2080 Ti 1299eur
The prices are nothing but a joke. I remember when I thought that people paying over 500eur from a graphics card was something unbelievable.
Now I want Intel's project sooner.
Pre ordering without any knowledge of performance. I'm amazed by some people. And not in a good way
And as many other have said they are pre-order prices, even if i could i wouldnt buy it for that price.
That is if I didn't have a mortgage....
and kids....
and the need to eat for a month....
Other than those roadblocks, yeah, who am I kidding? I had a helluva time scraping together the funds for my 980Ti cards 3+ years back.
Thankfully I'm not a graphic whore. I'm rather content on my med/high settings for my 5760x1080 setup. If a game doesn't support that wide resolution well, I get by maxing out the game on 1920x1080. Aside from my cards taking a dump on me, they should hold me just fine for a couple more years.
Though, it is a bit surprising to see the 980Ti cards going from MSRP of $649, then the 1080Ti $699 to the 2080Ti at $999 - holy hell! The price jump is crazy.
These are the real prices:
2080Ti: 999$/1050€
2080: 699$/750€
2070: 499$/550€
Edit:
Amazon is 2080 $750 - $840, 2080 Ti $1170 - $1210.
Same amount but faster memory. Cutting edge 12nm process. There may be only some ultra expensive enterprise cards launching on 7nm this year. Currently only AMD has announced their 7nm Vega part for HPC later this year. 7nm is not ready for mass production.