Time to Upgrade? Prices Drop for Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5000 GPUs

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Buying an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 card this year has been a nightmare of tariffs, scalpers, and shortages, but the PC graphics cards market appears to be rebounding.

Many higher-end GPUs from Nvidia and AMD are in stock at major retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, and Newegg, and their prices are falling, especially for the RTX 5090, which started at $1,999 but skyrocketed to over $3,000.

That’s likely to continue after the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) decided not to re-impose an additional 25% tariff on Chinese-made graphics cards until at least Nov. 30. (A 20% duty the Trump administration imposed on Chinese imports in March remains.)

Surprisingly, you can now find the upcoming RTX 5090 on Asus’s website for $1,999 ahead of its Sept. 1 ship date. Meanwhile, Newegg is offering a Zotac RTX 5090 for $2,249. (Hover over the bars below to see the specific pricing.)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090

This week, we also spotted Best Buy offering PNY models of the RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 Ti at their starting prices of $999 and $749, respectively. Prices were sky high in May following the 20% tariff on Chinese-made GPUs. Many consumers also accused retailers and Nvidia of exploiting the demand by charging exorbitant costs.  

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080

Improved pricing and supplies in recent weeks suggest the market has stabilized to some degree. In certain cases, websites have even been highlighting the decreased pricing, likely in an effort to boost sales for GPUs, which have become the most expensive part of a desktop PC.

Still, it’s rare to find prices that match the suggested launch prices. For example, we didn’t see any AMD Radeon 9070 XTs for $599; the lowest was $699 through Newegg.

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

In some bad news, President Trump is planning to announce new tariffs focused on foreign-made semiconductors. Depending on how the policy is implemented, this could ensnare graphics cards and many consumer electronics. On Friday, an appeals court ruled that most of Trump’s tariffs are illegal, though they’ll remain in place for now.

The graphs in this story were compiled using price history data from PCPartPicker.com.