NVIDIA users who have been waiting to pull the trigger on green team’s newest flagship graphics card might want to head over to Best Buy.
The retailer is currently selling the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition for $1,599.99. This is a $400 discount on the MSRP of the graphics card, which NVIDIA launched earlier this year for $1,999.99.
Availability of the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti at Best Buy will depend on location, as the graphics card is only available for pickup. Delivery doesn’t seem to be available.
None of the other GeForce RTX 30 Series Founders Edition models appear to be on sale, but Best Buy continues to be the only retailer that sells them based on the listings provided by NVIDIA’s own GeForce shop.
The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is a big ferocious GPU with TITAN class performance. Powered by Ampere—NVIDIA’s 2nd gen RTX architecture—it doubles down on ray tracing and AI performance with enhanced Ray Tracing Cores, Tensor Cores and new streaming multiprocessors. Plus, it features a staggering 24GB of G6X memory, all to deliver the ultimate experience for gamers and creators.
NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is the first GeForce graphics card to feature the new 12VHPWR power connector, which can deliver up to 600 watts of power. It features a 450-watt TDP, and manufacturers have recommended that the GPU be paired with power supplies rated 850 watts or higher.
The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti has been described as the “fastest GeForce GPU for the most demanding creators and gamers.”
Source: Best Buy
Discussion (19 replies)
Join Discussion →Or you know... wait for them to drop further...
Or wait for the 4090 which will be faster for less (maybe)
If you believe all the rumors, the 4070 will be faster for $400...
(and if you believe that one...)
Yeah, that's right up there with the 2080 Ti killer for $699 aka the 3080. Just checked BB and lol it's still sold out but the cheapest new on Prime is $799.
I am shocked though. This 3090 Ti FE is in stock at BB. I can't remember ever seeing an RTX 30 series FE that didn't disappear before my eyes as a bot snagged it. The times are a-changing.
If rumors are accurate (which they may not be) the upcoming 4070 will give you the same or similar performance, with an MSRP of $400*.
(*as long as crypto doesn't come roaring back before then)
It's always idiotic to buy a flagship card at the end of a generation. The only time they ever come close to making sense is if you buy them right at the start of the gen, as soon as they are launched. At least that way you can spread that insane price point out over several months to over a year of dominating performance, instead of having something faster and cheaper come along in only a couple of months.
That's about how much I spent to step up to the 3090 Ti I now have. Still pretty happy about it. Seriously no complaints other than having missed out on this:
Who cares about an Fe with you can get a liquid cooled factory OCd card for the same price. This a beast of a card and right now it comes with the NV Face Your Demons 4-game bundle.
Some people just really like the FE versions, I guess.
This is true - among a few other points:
Does nVidia still service and provide warranty service or did they punt all of that through Best Buy as well?
It's funny how many times I've read in a thread somewhere that the 1st thing a new owner did after unpacking an FE card was to begin removing the cooler and heatsink.
I was psyched to see that the Hybrid 3090 Ti I just ordered is only ~788mm in length and 2 slots wide since it's going into a mid-size case that's more suited for ATX. I'm not sure how one would work for an ITX but coming from a HAF I'm pretty excited.
Good question. Hadn't thought about that before. I doubt BB would've picked that up but anything's possible.
I would like to think that will happen, but very doubtful.
I agree
It will be all of those things... on paper.
It will be a few months before mere mortals can get their hands on them. It only took, what, almost 2 years for the 3000 series to finally get to the point where a regular non-bot, non-miner willing to pay 2x, non-influencer given a review copy, non-lucky person who happened to get hot through a queue or drop was able to get their hands on them at anything near the original announced pricing.
Now, I admit, that was something of a perfect storm. But Pascal was very similar. So was Maxwell, iirc. Turing wasn't as bad, but Turing also didn't have nearly as large of gain numbers on initial launch - just really brought RTX/DLSS stuff, and rasterizing wasn't hugely improved (that, and Pascal was just a really good product with some longevity).
I hadn't heard these rumors about the upcoming 4070 having an MSRP of $400, or having similar performance to a 3090 Ti. Methinks my 1080 Ti might finally get replaced. Not that I actually believe these rumors.