I’d be more interested in seeing this adjusted for inflation
It’d be more worthwhile to examine more than just the “80-series” since they fill a different niche than they used to (~~1080ti~~/ 2080 ti were the highest end). It’s also shifted upwards by the rise of crypto, machine learning, and other applications rather than being primarily used for video games.
Regardless, it seems NVIDIA realized that there will always be a sizeable market for the highest end, no matter how much they charge for it. Even as graphical improvements becomes increasingly redundant.
Also would be good to inflation adjust this chart, since there’s about 70% inflation from 2003 to present.
I like the chart, although for the last ~5 years, the launch price has seemed pretty irrelevant to the experience of buying a new Nvidia card. The damn things seem impossible to find.
The 5080s are out now, but I didn’t even bother hoping to somehow acquire one of those, I thought now would finally be the time to get a 4080, but this too has been a journey in bullshit. I finally found one on Amazon for $3,200, which simply never arrived. Thanks for the refund Amazon! Waste of fucking time.
You’re missing the 8800 Ultra despite having other Ultra cards.
Top comments are saying “adjust for inflation” which lowers the (still very much) upward slant of the prices.. but here’s the thing: Prior to 10 series you’d see cards actually going on sale and selling BELOW MSRP.
I remember right when the 9800GTX+ launched, I got an 8800GTS G92 for $99! It was essentially the same as the GTX+ but clocked slightly lower… For freaking $99! I bought an SLI 460 kit from Galaxy (a lower tier brand) on sale for $300. Two GPUs which when in SLI outperformed the 480!
RTX3080 at $699 is a friggin **joke**! My FTW3 was direct from EVGA and while that card was a higher tier 3080, it was $970! If I don’t find a 5080 at $999, I’m skipping this generation as well.
![[OC] Launch MSRPs of NVIDIA GeForce 80-Series Desktop Graphics Cards](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/njt49o2hxqje1-1920x1024.png)
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**Data Source:** [TechPowerUp GPU Database](https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/), [AnandTech](https://www.anandtech.com)
I’d be more interested in seeing this adjusted for inflation
It’d be more worthwhile to examine more than just the “80-series” since they fill a different niche than they used to (~~1080ti~~/ 2080 ti were the highest end). It’s also shifted upwards by the rise of crypto, machine learning, and other applications rather than being primarily used for video games.
Regardless, it seems NVIDIA realized that there will always be a sizeable market for the highest end, no matter how much they charge for it. Even as graphical improvements becomes increasingly redundant.
Also would be good to inflation adjust this chart, since there’s about 70% inflation from 2003 to present.
I like the chart, although for the last ~5 years, the launch price has seemed pretty irrelevant to the experience of buying a new Nvidia card. The damn things seem impossible to find.
The 5080s are out now, but I didn’t even bother hoping to somehow acquire one of those, I thought now would finally be the time to get a 4080, but this too has been a journey in bullshit. I finally found one on Amazon for $3,200, which simply never arrived. Thanks for the refund Amazon! Waste of fucking time.
You’re missing the 8800 Ultra despite having other Ultra cards.
Top comments are saying “adjust for inflation” which lowers the (still very much) upward slant of the prices.. but here’s the thing: Prior to 10 series you’d see cards actually going on sale and selling BELOW MSRP.
I remember right when the 9800GTX+ launched, I got an 8800GTS G92 for $99! It was essentially the same as the GTX+ but clocked slightly lower… For freaking $99! I bought an SLI 460 kit from Galaxy (a lower tier brand) on sale for $300. Two GPUs which when in SLI outperformed the 480!
RTX3080 at $699 is a friggin **joke**! My FTW3 was direct from EVGA and while that card was a higher tier 3080, it was $970! If I don’t find a 5080 at $999, I’m skipping this generation as well.
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