Nvidia graphics card prices are dropping by up to $500 today, but MSRPs won't change permanently
Nvidia has confirmed it is cutting prices on its most expensive RTX 30-series graphics cards. I mean, considering we saw so many great deals on Prime Day graphics cards(opens in new tab) it's kinda funny timing for it to be announced today. I guess Nvidia is just keen to keep the good times rolling with summer sales for everyone.
Or rather is keen to help its graphics card partners shift stock by providing promotional pricing to them ahead of the expected launch of the RTX 40-series cards(opens in new tab) later on this year. Potentially in a handful of months, in fact.
It's no surprise that Nvidia has chosen the RTX 3090 Ti(opens in new tab), RTX 3090(opens in new tab), RTX 3080 Ti(opens in new tab), and RTX 3080 12GB as the cards to get this sort of discount support in the channel. These are the GPUs which are going to be replaced at the dawn of the new Lovelace era of GeForce graphics cards, and if the rumours are to be believed could look rather pedestrian against the new AD10X GPUs.
But it does also suggest that Nvidia is keen to ensure stock is sold through before it gets near launching the new cards, so we may still have a while to wait. We don't know just low limited this limited time promotion is, but I would be surprised if it wasn't up until the next-gen launch.
«For a limited time, we are including a 4 game bundle(opens in new tab) along with promotional pricing for GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards and up,» reads Nvidia's official response to us. «After a long period of supply shortages we are taking action with our partners to deliver a limited time promotion for enthusiast gamers and serious creators.»
We had originally seen stories that Nvidia was slashing the MSRP(opens in new tab) on its most over-priced
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