RTX 5080 Disappears From Nvidia's Store as Prices Reach $2,000 - IGN Pakistan
Nvidia's RTX 5080 graphics card has disappeared from the company's official store as prices have soared to nearly $2,000 amid a persistent RAM shortage affecting high-end GPUs.
The disappearance comes as the global RAM crisis continues to impact the tech industry, particularly affecting graphics cards due to their high-performance memory requirements. The most powerful consumer GPU currently available on Nvidia's marketplace is the RTX 5070 Ti, which launched for $749 in 2025 but now costs at least $1,299.
Even the RTX 5070 has seen significant price increases, now selling for at least $849 compared to its $549 launch price. The RTX 5080, which originally launched at $999, is still available through third-party retailers but at dramatically inflated prices.
Supply Chain Rumors
Recent reports from ChannelGate, via Club386, suggest Nvidia plans to discontinue the original 5080 and replace it with a 24GB version as early as December. However, this new variant is expected to be even more expensive due to current memory prices.
Rumors for the RTX 50 Super series started spinning up late last year, only to supposedly be discontinued due to the RAM shortage all the way back in February.
Market Reality
Currently, the cheapest RTX 5080 available on Newegg is a Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 edition from MSI priced at $1,899. On Micro Center, all RTX 5080 models are listed as "store pickup only," with the cheapest Gigabyte Windforce card priced at $1,979 and already out of stock in New York locations.
Samsung, which manufactures most of Nvidia's graphics memory, recently stated that the RAM shortage is only expected to worsen in 2027, suggesting that any new 24GB RTX 5080 variant could be prohibitively expensive for most consumers.
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