A standard RTX 5090 now costs $5,090, making Nvidia's flagship price painfully appropriate

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WTF?! Remember those halcyon days when the RTX 5000-series was announced and we were all shocked by the prices, especially the $1,999 RTX 5090. Now, the average price for the consumer flagship is pretty much $5,000, with one regular model hitting an actual $5,090.

As we noted in our recent graphics card pricing feature that shows just how quickly prices are rising, the RTX 5090 was around $4,900 in the US recently.

Prices for the card were up 20% over the past month and are now 41% higher than in February, by far the largest six-month increase of any card in the list. The massive increase since launch means it's now 145% above MSRP.

Just days later, RTX 5090 prices have climbed even further. It's at the point now where even regular cards...

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