Nobody Wants NVIDIA’s $1199 US GeForce RTX 4080: Despite Lower Shipments, Retailers & Stores Are Stocked With Cards
According to the article
・It’s been a few days since NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card launched at a whopping $1199 USD price, but consumers seem to be buying very little.
・Reason for not selling is price
・The RTX 4080 Launches At US$1199, The Biggest Price Increase We’ve Seen To Date For An ’80’ Class GeForce Graphics Card
In comparison, two years ago the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 was US$699 and the RTX 3080 12GB was US$899.Previously, NVIDIA’s ’80’ class cards were well priced in the $550-$700 range for several years.
・The RTX 4080 is an impressive graphics card in terms of performance and power efficiency, but users aren’t ready to pay $1,000+ for an ’80’ class graphics card.
NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4080 graphics cards are in stock at retailers in nearly every region
This is undoubtedly due to NVIDIA holding a large amount of inventory for the RTX 4080 as there was no stock left after the launch of the RTX 4090.
NVIDIA 4080 shipment units:
🟢30,000
NVIDIA 4090 shipment units:
🟢130,000
Total RTX 40 shipment units:
🟢160,000
NVIDIA’s 4090 was pretty much sold out at launch.
Retailers still have 4080 in stock.
— Hassan Mujtaba (@hms1193) November 19, 2022
Another Nvidia RTX 4080 inventory pile pic.twitter.com/ITEzCkZ96o
— tae kim 🐀 (@firstadopter) November 17, 2022
・The RTX 4090 achieves a 30-40% increase in performance compared to the RTX 4080, so many users want to buy a 4090 at a price that is 10-15% higher than the expensive 4080. Wax
And the last and most important reason why RTX 4080 graphics card buying is holding back is:AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 series graphics card launch is imminent
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