The current generation video cards are getting gradually more expensive. This is not only true for Nvidia, but also for AMD, and Asus is one of the latest companies that have a price increase in their plates.
Both RTX 5090 and RX RX 9070 XT models of ASUS have had increments in value in recent days, and now cost considerably more than their suggested prices (MSRP). And these are official prices, as they appear on listings on Asus’s own website.
As shown in the above capture, RTX 5090 costs $ 2,759 to $ 3,409 on the company’s website. The most expensive model had no increments in recent times, but Rog Astral costing $ 3,360 (in liquid cooling) appeared for $ 3,080 in early February, according to WCCFTECH. It is an increase of $ 280 in just one month.
Meanwhile, the most affordable RTX 5090 model by Asus is TUF Gaming, coming out for $ 2,760. It is a $ 10 “only” increase in recent times, and the plate now costs almost 1.4 time the MSRP of this GPU, which is $ 1,999.
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Asus does not offer Radeon RX 9070 XT in the suggested price
As mentioned, price increases also affect AMD models. The most affordable RXEON RX 9070 XT is Prime, which appears for $ 719. Obviously, it is a value far below what is requested by RTX 5090, as AMD plates mira mira compete in another performance segment.
It is important to remember that AMD announced the RX 9070 XT for MSRP of $ 599, so we have a difference of $ 120 in the price.
Going to Radeon RX 9070 we have a similar situation. The plate starts at $ 660, also with an Asus Prime variant. The suggested price of the plate is $ 549, so it is a difference of $ 110, very close to what happens in the XT variant.
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Source: https://www.adrenaline.com.br/hardware/asus-aumenta-os-precos-de-suas-gpus-rx-9070-xt-comeca-em-us-719-e-rtx-5090-em-us-2-759/
