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Posted by USA-nian

- February 18, 2025, 19:21:10

Quote from: European on February 18, 2025, 14:58:25Earlier in the year, Donald Trump introduced 25% tariffs on all imports, and $1259 is about 25% more than $999, meaning there is a very high likelyhood that the tariffs are the cause behind the increased prices rather than price manipulations.

No, Donald Trump did not introduce a "25% tariffs on all imports" earlier in the year. He introduced an additional 10% tariff on the goods with the County of Origin 'China' earlier this year. Also, such a tariff applies to the much lower wholesale price that a US Importer (such as NVIDIA) pays for the China-origin goods that it imports - not to the MSRP. In other words, your assumptions are incorrect on many levels.

Posted by Adam Corsetti

- February 18, 2025, 15:02:31

That was mentioned as a cause in the article. Raising prices was probably inevitable, but in the case of the RTX 5080, doing it a week after release isn't going to sit well with consumers.

Posted by European

- February 18, 2025, 14:58:25

I am pretty sure I know the reason behind the increased prices in the US. Earlier in the year, Donald Trump introduced 25% tariffs on all imports, and $1259 is about 25% more than $999, meaning there is a very high likelyhood that the tariffs are the cause behind the increased prices rather than price manipulations. By these calculations, i assume the price for to 5070 ti would be around the $950 range in the US. Congratulations, you made everything in the US so much more expensive than it would've been! Regards, a European.

Posted by Redaktion

- February 17, 2025, 20:05:32

eBay will not be the only place to find the Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti at shockingly high prices. The first reviewed GPUs on February 19th are supposed to have a $749 MSRP. Still, without a Founders Edition, manufacturers are taking massive liberties with Nvidia's suggested pricing.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/RTX-5070-Ti-price-manipulation-allows-GPUs-to-meet-pre-release-date-review-guidelines.962780.0.html