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An Nvidia RTX 5090 graphics card. | Photo by Tom Warren/The Verge
Every so often, Central Computers – one of the last remaining dedicated Silicon Valley computer stores – lets subscribers know it’s managed to obtain a small shipment of AMD graphics cards. Today, it informed me that I could now purchase a $600 Radeon RX 9070 XT for $850 – a $250 markup.
It’s not alone. I just checked every major US retailer and street prices on eBay, and I regret to inform you: the great GPU shortage has returned. Many AMD cards are being marked up $100, $200, $250, even $280. The street price of an Nvidia RTX 5080 is now over $1,500, a full $500 higher than MSRP. And an RTX 5090, the most powerful consumer GPU? You can’t even get the $2,000 card for $3,000 today.
Here, I’ve built tables to show you:
Item
MSRP
Average eBay street price (Mar-Apr)
Best retail price (April 25th)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
$599
$957
$880
AMD Radeon RX 9070
$549
$761
$835
Nvidia RTX 5090
$1,999
$3,871
$3,140
Nvidia RTX 5080
$999
$1,533
$1,390
Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti
$749
$1,052
$825
Nvidia RTX 5070
$549
$715
$610
“Best retail price” is the actual price I saw a card for on April 25th – roughly the minimum you’d pay.