Best Buy is selling an RTX 5080 for more than the RTX 5090’s MSRP

Best Buy has raised the value of the Asus ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC to $2,099 — the first clip a awesome US retailer is straight trading an RTX 5080 for much than the $1,999 MSRP of the RTX 5090, VideoCardz reports. The ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC now costs 40 percent much than its motorboat value of $1,499, and complete double the $999 MSRP of the RTX 5080 Founders Edition.

As VideoCardz notes, this is presently the only RTX 5080 straight sold by Best Buy that’s priced complete the RTX 5090’s MSRP. There are still different RTX 5080 GPUs disposable for importantly less, including astatine different retailers — Asus is trading the ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC for $1,899, which is still much than its motorboat value but a spot little than Best Buy. However, constituent shortages and RAM value hikes aren’t showing immoderate motion of slowing down any clip soon, truthful much RTX 5080 GPUs could spot akin value hikes.

Best Buy’s value summation besides follows reports that Nvidia is readying to summation its GPU prices by 20 to 30 percent, its 3rd specified value hike this year. With prices for RAM and different components rising, we’ve moreover seen the return of GPUs pinch 4GB of VRAM for illustration the ASRock AMD Radeon RX 9050 Challenger.