An Nvidia RTX 5090 graphics card. | Photo by Tom Warren/The Verge
Every so often, Central Computers - one of the last remaining dedicated Silicon Valley computer stores - lets subscribers know it’s managed to obtain a small shipment of AMD graphics cards. Today, it informed me that I could now purchase a $600 Radeon RX 9070 XT for $850 - a $250 markup.
It’s not alone. I just checked every major US retailer and street prices on eBay, and I regret to inform you: the great GPU shortage has returned. Many AMD cards are being marked up $100, $200, $250, even $280. The street price of an Nvidia RTX 5080 is now over $1,500, a full $500 higher than MSRP. And an RTX 5090, the most powerful consumer GPU? You can’t even get the $2,000 card for $3,000 today.
Here, I’ve built tables to show you:
ItemMSRPAverage eBay street price (Mar-Apr)Best retail price (April 25th)AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT$599$957$880AMD Radeon RX 9070$549$761$835Nvidia RTX 5090$1,999$3,871$3,140Nvidia RTX 5080$999$1,533$1,390Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti$749$1,052$825Nvidia RTX 5070$549$715$610*“Best retail price” is the actual price I saw a card for on April 25th - roughly the minimum you’d pay.*
You shouldn’t just blame tariffs for these price hikes. In early March, we found retailers were already …
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Again? They’ve been out of control since at least the pandemic. Only a select few haven’t been.
Been trying to get ahold of an ARC B580 near MSRP and I can’t. Scalpers keep buying up the stock and I see them on eBay for $200-$250 over MSRP. I almost considered a 5060 for a brief second since it’ll have an MSRP of $299 but it only has 8GB and well, fuck Nvidia