Another RTX 5090 card is selling at a premium price tag, confirming the recent price hikes on RTX 5090 GPUs.
GIGABYTE Lists its 40th Anniversary RTX 5090 INFINITY Card at $5,299 on Micro Center, Positioning it in Premium Segment
NVIDIA RTX 50 series cards have definitely gotten expensive since launch. They took a long time to come down to normal prices last year, and right when the prices stabilized, the RAMpocalypse hit like a truck, resulting in a 20-30% price hike in a couple of months. While every SKU was affected, the flagship RTX 5090 GPU seems to have been affected the most due to the VRAM issue.
As far as we can tell from the listings of the RTX 5090s, you can hardly buy an RTX 5090 for less than $4000 these days. Most RTX 5090 editions are currently selling for $4000-$4500 on major retailers, which is over 2X the price of the Founders Edition. That said, we also have more premium editions for the RTX 5090 from each vendor than other SKUs. This is because vendors found out that the RTX 5090 premium GPUs can be a lucrative segment.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 AORUS Infinity, which launched as GIGABYTE's 40th Anniversary edition, is seen as one of those premium RTX 5090s that brought a distinguished design. It boasts a triple-fan design, featuring a flow-through cooler, a hidden overdrive fan, composite metal grease for the GPU, and a boost clock of 2730 MHz, which is nearly 300+ MHz higher than the reference edition.
The card has finally hit the shelves, but at an eye-watering price. The GPU is currently available on Micro Center for a price tag of $5,299, which is roughly 2.6X higher than the Founders Edition card. This is even pricier than some of the premium ASUS RTX 5090 cards, which were considered to be ridiculous last year.
Now, one can easily expect the entire AORUS RTX 50 Infinity lineup to be much more expensive than the reference designs. Although it's unlikely to see Infinity cards selling for over 2X when it comes to the RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 series, one should expect a hefty price tag when they hit the shelves.
News Source: Videocardz
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