The arrival of the new generation of graphics cards NVIDIA It is imminent, there are practically a couple of weeks left until we see the presentation of the new models RTX 50 at CES 2025, the biggest technology event at the beginning of each year. But although we are eager to see all the news that all the companies will bring and that we have seen thanks to various leaks, there are also several reasons why we would not want some of the rumors and leaks that we are seeing lately to come true, as is the case of the price basis that the new ones could have RTX 50since it would be much higher than the current ones.
One of the biggest problems with PC hardware is what it costs, the models with the highest performance of each of the components can have a price similar to the average salary in several countries, while there are others with a higher range. low that even so, they can be extremely expensive for a normal person. But the implementation of new technologies along with less competition means that everything ends up becoming more and more expensive, something that could happen with the new NVIDIA graphics cards, which would have prices much higher than those offered by previous generations.
A change in price that comes for various reasons
Although we are already used to seeing how the hardware PC varies in price depending on what it incorporates, the graphics NVIDIA They seem to have several reasons why they will arrive at a much higher cost compared to their previous generation. Some of the main culprits are clearly both the jump of GDDR6 to GDDR7 such as the use of high-end components to create them, something that the company already warned would have consequences, not only in what the products would cost. graphics but also in the stock that would be available, indicating that it would be much more limited than the previous generation.
Now, a few weeks after its presentation and possible launch, we know a series of details about its price that had not appeared on the internet, a series of rumors and leaks that indicate that some models would have a much higher price compared to the previous generation. The main model from which this information would have been leaked is from the RTX 5080since according to rumors this SKU could easily exceed €1,500 or even reach €1,600 for the base price only (RRP), which compared to what the previous generation model, the RTX 4080, would have, would be about €300-€400 plus base only (not counting taxes).
Among other things, we can also observe that this graph would not arrive with a configuration that is too different from what the current model offers in terms of VRAM, obviously the technology changes, but it would maintain the 16 GB that is already practically traditional for these models. What is clear is that the generational leap, without counting this data, will be really large, since the core of the GB203 GPU will operate at speeds of 32 Gbps compared to the 23 Gbps offered by the RTX 4080, being as we can well imagine. another reason why prices could increase so much.
