NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Drops Below the $1000-mark

[btarunr]

NVIDIA's high-end GeForce RTX 4080 has, for the very first time, dropped below the $1,000-mark in pricing. A Newegg retailer-level promotion sees the MSI RTX 4080 Ventus 3X OC graphics card listed at $1,099, with a coupon shaving off a further $100. This is a 16.5% discount over the $1,199 NVIDIA baseline MSRP for the RTX 4080. The MSI Ventus 3X OC was originally launched at a $60 premium over the MSRP.

The GeForce RTX 4080 is seeing a much needed downward trend in street pricing, with the graphics card market as a whole experiencing a slump. The RTX 4080 in particular could be experiencing pressure from the Radeon RX 7900 XTX for NVIDIA and retailers to consider price-cuts, with the lowest street-price for the AMD flagship recorded at $881. It's probably hoped that a $999 price could attract some buyers away from the RX 7900 XTX. The GeForce RTX 4080 is an enthusiast-class graphics card designed for maxed-out gaming at 4K Ultra HD, with ray tracing enabled, and loaded with features such as DLSS 3 and dual-stream encoders and decoders.



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[ZoneDymo]

Not enough, keep going, at atmost 800 we can have a gander

 

[TumbleGeorge]

It's probably hoped

It's? Hmm i didn't understand. English isn't my natural language but... What means?

 

[SOAREVERSOR]

It's? Hmm i didn't understand. English isn't my natural language but... What means?

Means they are dropping the price because they hope it can get them more sales... but that the writer doesn't know if this is why they are doing it. Companies drop prices for reasons other than sales at times it's just to clear out something.

 

[katzi]

HA! I'll take a real look when it drops another $200.

 

[ratirt]

HA! I'll take a real look when it drops another $200.

If it hits the $700 I might get one myself. Although I doubt it will heh. For that price it would have been a killer GPU.

 

[Crackong]

Good
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Still not going to get one tho

 

[Hyderz]

there is inflation and economic recessions for goods and serves
nvidia priced it out of proportion.... 4080 should have been 799 $100 increase from 3080.. even then its a big jump but $1200 is just too much

 

[konga]

The lowest street price for the 7900 XTX was actually $829.99, when the Powercolor Hellhound was that cheap on Amazon for a day. We've yet to see a repeat of that sale, but it's only a matter of time.

 

[john_]

AMD's 7900 series is dropping slowly for a long time now. Nvidia probably waited until AMD's 7900 XTX gone under a certain price and maybe even more, to first see sales numbers and if that price reduction on AMD's card was working. Maybe XTX is starting selling better and Nvidia had to respond. If there isn't another price reduction, on RTX 4090 or RTX 4070 Ti, then Nvidia is just reacting on the fact that the cheaper XTX is starting to sell better than before.

While the difference between RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 is huge now, I doubt Nvidia is getting ready an RTX 4080 Ti.

 

[lemonadesoda]

4080 launch price was set to balance demand vs supply. Initially very limited supply.

Now that production has ramped up, and partner brands have their production and supply chains working, then the equation of much more supply requires a rebalance of demand v supply. It was to be expected that prices would cool off.

It is also a very difficult equation to balance given shifts in mining and AI purchasing behaviours. I think the new specialist AI H-labelled cards will help to manage that going forward.

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I'm in the market for a 4080 only when the prices hurt nV and don't hurt me. That's the $500 mark, ie, not happening, lol.

 

[Bwaze]

Wasn't there tonns of predictions that gaming cards will see price increases, not decreases, due to focus of manufacturing on AI cards and decrease in orders of gaming cards?

It doesn't matter for us in EU anyway, it's one card model at one US vendor with specific, time limited discount. Cheapest RTX 4080 here is still 1160 EUR (1260 USD), cheapest MSI RTX 4080 Ventus 3X is 1310 EUR (1420 USD), a hefty 42% more than a Newegg price.

 

[Minus Infinity]

I would consider a 4080 at $799 or a 7900XT at $699, but honestly since I won't be getting a 4K monitor anytime soon, I will more than likely just stick to 6800XT and wait for RDNA4 or 50 series Nvidia's.

 

[mama]

This is a great card but still at a shockingly bad price. It seems this is well known but Nvidia have a pricing strategy to acclimatise sale prices to Covid times. Good luck.

 

[ecomorph]

Lowest 4080 price in northern EU is still 1300€... (and that's for a Palit/KFA2/PNY/Zotac, lowest MSI/Asus 1400+€)

 

[Daven]

I would consider a 4080 at $799 or a 7900XT at $699, but honestly since I won't be getting a 4K monitor anytime soon, I will more than likely just stick to 6800XT and wait for RDNA4 or 50 series Nvidia's.

There is a huge chance that the 7900XT could hit $700. There is zero chance that the 4080 will hit $800.

 

[ZoneDymo]

If it hits the $700 I might get one myself. Although I doubt it will heh. For that price it would have been a killer GPU.

The more interesting consquence of that would be the other cards.
Imagine the 4070Ti being 500 dollars, the 4070 being 400 and the 16gb 4060ti being 330 or so, that would be better.
Still a tad too high imo all in all, but better.

 

[ratirt]

The more interesting consquence of that would be the other cards.
Imagine the 4070Ti being 500 dollars, the 4070 being 400 and the 16gb 4060ti being 330 or so, that would be better.
Still a tad too high imo all in all, but better.

I would not go for anything below 4080 since the offers are silly in my opinion. Why would 4060Ti get 16GB with such a low performance in comparison to 4070Ti and yet the 4070Ti is only 12GB. That is like a minimum in my opinion. Still the 4060Ti is a better buy thought than a 4070 or 4070Ti.
4080 for a $700 would be a steal.

 

[ixi]

If price would go below 700e, then I would be interested. Otherwise no thanks. If I have waited already long enough for upgrade I can wait more . Hope in next gen from all three companies - that ~500e gpu will be at power of current high end gpu's.

 

[TumbleGeorge]

Hope in next gen from all three companies - that ~500e gpu will be at power of current high end gpu's.

Please no! Power of 300+ watts is too much for middle class graphic cards. If you really want something let's be about performance, please!

 

[Deleted member 185088]

Only 400$ and the 4070 will.be aorta worth it.

 

[Vayra86]

Only 400$ and the 4070 will.be aorta worth it.

I've heard of selling kidneys and livers but aorta's...

 

[Bwaze]

If price would go below 700e, then I would be interested. Otherwise no thanks. If I have waited already long enough for upgrade I can wait more . Hope in next gen from all three companies - that ~500e gpu will be at power of current high end gpu's.

The price isn't even going below $1000, this is a single store offering a single model with a rebate that will expire. Don't get your hopes high on getting these cards 50% cheaper...

 

[N/A]

How generous of them, they offer a price protection if the price drops in the next 10 days. I want price protection for 10 monts at least.
It will drop to $700 in 550 days or so. but by that time it will be named 5070 16GB and carry a 128 bit bus 200mm2 die much like the 4060 Ti 16.

 

[WorringlyIndifferent]

Lmao. The 7900 XTX is a faster card with 50% more memory, selling for over $150 less than the 4080. Nvidia can blow a thousand dollars directly out of their ass if they think they're gonna get good sales at that price. Try 800, maybe, then we'll talk.

Oh and something to note: it's pretty obvious that Nvidia is desperately trying to condition consumers to covid-era pricing. They haven't enjoyed profit margins anywhere near that high in years, and you can be damn sure they're frothing at the mouth to keep it going. Don't let them; don't buy these cards. Let Nvidia rot and watch them squirm lol