- Nvidias RTX 5000 -Serie GPU -Prices have fallen in Europe
- This price drop is due to the better exchange rate in euro -currency
- Restock may be greeted with a permanent purchase scheme to stop scalpers
Nvidia’s RTX 5000 series GPU -lineup (especially RTX 5090 and RTX 5090) provides some of the best PC game experiences today, despite many setbacks Team Green has been exposed to since the launch. Fortunately, there is some good news about prices, but it may not be the news you may want to hear.
As reported by Videocardz, Nvidia’s RTX 5000 series GPU prices have been reduced in Europe thanks to euro -currency strengthening (which means better exchange rates) -most importantly, RTX 5090 now costs € 2229 (formerly € 2329), while RTX 5080 now costs € 1119 (formerly € 1169).
These are not significant fall in prices, and it is a shame not to see similar price declines in the US and beyond – it really is only a result of the better exchange rate in Europe – but it is still good to see Nvidia responds as this considering the recent frustrations about GPU pricing. However, the problem of Founders Edition GPUs is not just pricing, it is accessibility, and this price fall does not solve this problem – in fact, it can make things a little worse.
It’s no secret that Nvidia’s GeForce RTX GPUs are always in great demand: The Blackwell GPU setup has faced several problems, such as lack of rops, but that doesn’t seem to be enough to turn consumers away from the GPUs completely. With this in mind, if Scalpers catches the wind on any price drop (especially those larger than this) after a reconstruction, Scalping is likely to be far worse – and it will take real buyers right back to square one of encryption after a map of MSRP.
Nvidia has to make its ‘verified priority access’ to a permanent scheme
Nvidia recently resumed its ‘Verified Priority Access’ scheme that gives users a chance to buy a founder edition card – and I see no reason why it should not be made permanent all Consumers.
I say this because the provisions involved in the VPA scheme mean that only customers in the US (who had also made an NVIDIA account it or before 30 January) may receive a chance to buy RTX 5090 or RTX 5080. Scalping, low accessibility GPU -Launch is launched.
I believe that the only solution to this question is to implement this scheme as a permanent measure: I have seen strict measures from retailers such as Scan UK during the RTX 3000 series Launch, which had a limit of a per. Customer and in some cases one pr. Household. I am aware that it would probably be difficult to make the verified priority access scheme permanently, as it is partly dependent on the age of account – but to introduce additional measures, such as a fixed limit per year. Household, may be sufficient.
It may sound incredibly aggressive, but at this current speed I do not see that any other methods the team green could introduce to stop – or at least limit – scalping when stock is replenished …
