How much? These third-party RTX 4090 graphics cards are already $2,000 or more

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Nvidia's biggest and boldest card to date, the RTX 4090(opens in new tab), is set to release on October 12 for $1,599. That's the reference price for the card, and the one you'll see on Nvidia's own Founders Edition card. However, you should expect to pay more for some high-end third party models, and early listings suggest that could be as much as, uh, €2,550. Or $2,000.

Gulp.

Over on German retailer Caseking, you'll find the Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 AMP! Extreme Airo for an eye-watering €2,279(opens in new tab). It's a lovely looking car, sorry, card—I was just thinking about how I spent the same amount on my car. This card brandishes a 2,230MHz base clock and a 2,580MHz boost clock, and I can only assume it keeps cool with an absolute behemoth of a heat sink stuck atop it.

Zotac also offers the second most expensive card on the site, the Trinity OC, at €2,199.

Over in the US, Newegg has the Asus GeForce RTX 4090 24GB ROG Strix OC listed for $2,000(opens in new tab). I was initially surprised as to the price of this one—MSI has its watercooled Suprim Liquid GPU going for $1,750(opens in new tab)—but then it is a Strix model and they've always run for a high cost. The Strix cards usually stay plenty cool, however, and I would expect no less of this RTX 4090 model at this price. It's likely to run relatively quickly, too, though neither Newegg or Asus note the clock speeds yet.

Though the highest price I've seen so far comes from Finland's Proshop, as spotted over at Videocardz(opens in new tab), which has the Asus Strix OC going for €2,550(opens in new tab) including VAT. Big oof.

UK prices are still largely to be confirmed, as Scan, Overclockers, and Box don't have prices listed. That is for all but one card over