Nvidia launched its flagship GeForce RTX 4090 last month. It is currently the best graphics card on the market and its raw horsepower has made it to the top of the GPU benchmark tier. However, with his $1,599 price tag, the RTX 4090 is out of reach for most mainstream buyers. The RTX 4080 hits a slightly lower price point of $1,199, which is $500 higher than his RTX 3080 launch price in late 2020.
Despite the $1,199 price tag (lowest), RTX 4080 inventory levels are already dropping online. We’ve rounded up cards currently available on the web, including Nvidia’s Founders Edition. (opens in new tab) (Best Buy Exclusive) and an army of AIB partner models.
There are currently 19 RTX 4080 cards listed on Newegg’s website, but only 2 in stock at the time of writing: $1,239 Gigabyte Eagle OC GeForce RTX 4080 16GB (opens in new tab) and $1,269 Gigabyte Gaming OC GeForce RTX 4080 16GB (opens in new tab)There are nearly a dozen RTX 4080 cards listed on Best Buy’s website, but they are all marked as “sold out” or “coming soon.”
B&H Photo Video lists four cards from PNY and Zotac ranging from $1,199 to $1,399. Zotac GeForce RTX 4080 16GB AMP Extreme AIRO (opens in new tab)Unfortunately, they are all currently out of stock. Of course, scalpers are already pitching this card on eBay with a ton of markup. There are currently 23 products listed on the online marketplace, with prices ranging from $1,700 to over $2,000.
If you’re going online to get your hands on a GeForce RTX 4080, chances are you can buy the card at your local Best Buy or Micro Center brick-and-mortar store. Or, if you don’t mind waiting a few weeks, AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX will launch in his December for $899 and $999 respectively. AMD goes head-to-head with his RX 7900 XTX with his RTX 4080 when it comes to performance, but we’ll have to wait until we can benchmark the card ourselves to see how accurate that prediction really is. is needed.
Be sure to check out our review of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition. This is second only to the RTX 4090 in gaming performance. According to our tests, the RTX 4080 offers around 78% the performance of his RTX 4090 and a little over 50% faster than his previous RTX 3080.
