First information about the price of the graphics card has appeared
A good week before the graphics card was presented, the first information about the price was leaked. What this means for German buyers is still difficult to say. Nevertheless, interested parties will probably have to be prepared for a price increase.
First prices discovered at dealers
CES 2025 is getting closer and closer and with it the Nvidia keynote on January 6th. On this day, the first models of the company’s new Blackwell graphics cards will be presented. In addition to the absolute top GPU, the GeForce RTX 5090, the smaller heaviest, the RTX 5080, is also expected.
While the first information about prices for the flagship of the upcoming 50 series was available weeks ago, the RTX 5080 was more likely in this regard silent. Until now. The first information has now emerged from an online retailer from Australia that YouTuber Vex discussed in a video. This means that at least buyers down under will have to dig deeper into their pockets than for the previous model.
There are signs of a significant price increase
A GeForce RTX 5080 should cost 2,799 Australian dollars. If you convert that and take into account the different surcharges for taxes, you get an amount of around 1,800 euros Notebook check has calculated. Compared to the price of the RTX 4080 of 1,469 euros when it was released, that would be over 300 euros more – a surcharge of a good 22 percent.
However, it should not go unmentioned that the information is prices for the “Asus Prime GeForce RTX 5080 16GB OC Edition”, an overclocked custom version of the RTX 5080. Nvidia’s Founders Edition could be a little cheaper. Despite the leak, it is difficult to say exactly what the price will be in this country. However, it currently seems likely that German buyers will also have to prepare for an increase in prices.
Available soon
The RTX 5080 is equipped with 10,752 cores, 16GB of GDDR7, a 256-bit memory bus and a bandwidth of 1024 GB/s. The TDP of the card should be around 400 watts. It is currently expected that the 5080 will be the first Blackwell model that customers can purchase. The GPU should be in stores shortly after CES in mid-January. The RTX 5090 will follow a little later.
