- Nvidia and board partners are reportedly set to drop the RTX 5000 series GPU prices across online dealers
- This is allegedly due to low sale and overshadowing after months of price inflation
- This is coming in the middle of another rumor that suggests that Nvidia will soon start Super GPU models for the Blackwell set
Scalpers has been out of the discussion in the GPU market for a long time as the prices for NVIDIA and AMD cards were marked across multiple retailers -but it seems that this can be a problem again, in the midst of good news for Team Green fans.
According to board channels at Chiphell, NVIDIA and its board partners are reportedly set to reduce the RTX 5000 series GPU prices already this month due to ‘low terminal sales’ and ‘over -universal’. It comes after rumors that Team Green will introduce Super GPU models to the RTX 5000 series later in this holiday season.
Nvidia should not yet give any confirmation of this. There is still a mix of Founders Edition and board partner GPUs available across retailers such as Best Buy in the US and scans in the UK – and especially at the original retail prices or lower, giving some credibility to this chiphell rumor.
It has been a slight contrast to the usual procedure in the GPU market; Consumers are typically left to fight Scalpers to acquire new GPUs, but as inflation and tariffs have left prices for retailers who skyrocket, demand has been low – but if this report is legitimate, it can quickly change when Scalpers catches the wind at lower retail prices.
Fortunately, Nvidia already has a solution to fight Scalpers, which is its ‘verified priority access’ scheme so consumers can buy new GPUs. However, it is a question of whether it decides to use it on a wider scale, as it is mostly limited to certain regions.
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Again, the rumor of the GPU price is not confirmed, so nothing is put in stone, but if this is true, Nvidia would do the best to use the buyer scheme to the full extent. Although I do not think there is a way to defeat Scalpers completely, I think this is the ideal method of softening their influence.
The verified priority access scheme gives those who have made an NVIDIA account on or before a specific date (recently 30 January), to get a special invitation to buy a Founders Edition GPU. This does not cover board partner GPUs, but it will at least give more consumers an opportunity for an upgrade.
I have no doubt that Scalping will be a widespread problem again, and frankly, I’m surprised that it’s not already started as there are plenty of devices at the retail price available right now.
Fortunately, however, it will be a good step from Team Green for its fans as there has been plenty of criticism during its RTX 5000 series -launch due to driver problems, lack of specifications on GPUs (specifically ROPS) and low accessibility.
It will be interesting to see how things are panning if prices start to fall even more and I would recommend keeping an eye on online dealers for any sudden development.
