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.
225 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce RTX Series Prices Up To 71% Higher Than Previous Gen
I'm certainly interested to see how the 2070 pans out though, as like a lot of others it is the most realistic choice for me.
Gotta admit though, that dual fan cooler is pretty sleek in my book!
Can’t find a single card btw at $999...
Also anyone seen a white card?
All i saw were claims of performance for future games that can take advantage of it but what about all other games? I saw no mention of any performance numbers over current cards in games already launched.
It's premature to go ahead and make purchases based on this information alone: wait for benches when those become available, and then decide to go ahead with purchasing or not.
Sure: it looks quite impressive and for the games that support it, i'm sure RTX line of cards will have a lot more performance then current top 1080Ti but, as DX12 and Vulkan have taught us, just because a newer technology promises more performance in future games, doesn't mean that technology will take off right away, and i expect several years before this technology is in full use.
That said, the future for AMD's graphics division looks grim ... unless they come up with some kind of Ryzen-esque graphics architecture, in terms of IPC uplift.
Hopefully now that mining has moved past GPUs, we'll start seeing prices below MSRP again. Otherwise these things are pretty pricey.
And for the people pre-ordering the 2080Ti like it's a PC game or something...yeah, I guess a sucker is born every minute and because of those people, those callous companies are exploiting us in such a way! /rant I know, right? :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
AAA from now on will be on a console, PS4 Pro or Xbox One X (or maybe PS5 or Xbox 2). PC high-end market going Apple style. No thanks, I´m not willing to pay this type of money for that.
Congratulations Nvidia for making Pc high-end market a luxury and niche thing.
Edit: It almost makes me want to buy a Vega 64 as an act of defiance.
I just will wait for reviews on the 2080ti and for when the price goes back to around MSRP (Plus a white card comes out).
Nvidia stock at $250 = $600 RTX 2070 "midrange"
I think the goal was to have FEs at a higher price. AIB/OEM reference (blower style) card at the SEP and aftermarket AIB cards above FE prices.
Like 10 series with a higher starting price.