In a blatant indication that high-end GPU prices are still falling quickly, EVGA has now dropped the cost of its base Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti graphics card to below the MSRP in the US.
Yes, a sharp-eyed Twitter user noticed that the FTW3 Gaming model (opens in new tab), with a recommended price of ₹170997.02 is now ₹91463.53 at the card manufacturer’s web site, making it pretty much half-cheap.
With a price tag of ₹95440.20 and a little faster boost speed, the FTW3 Ultra Gaming model is a reasonable upgrade should the standard FTW3 graphics card go out of stock.
The RTX 3090 Ti’s original MSRP is ₹159067.00 but due to improved cooling systems that enable the GPU to operate a little faster, EVGA charged a little more for its FTW3 variants.
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In order to put this price into context with the rest of the range, consider that the 3090 Ti costs only ₹3976.68 more than the current EVGA RTX 3080 Ti, making it a no-brainer for anyone looking for a top-tier Ampere graphics card (assuming their PC case, thermals and PSU can cope with the 3090 Ti, of course).
As you may remember, Nvidia just officially lowered the price of the RTX 3090 Ti to ₹119300.25 (along with price reductions for other top-tier Ampere graphics cards), but the flagship GPU now seems to be falling rapidly from even that lowered level. For instance, a Zotac 3090 Ti is currently available at Newegg for ₹98621.54 but EVGA’s MSRP is higher. pricing is about a hundred dollars less than that.
Recently, we’ve been hearing a lot of rumors about Nvidia’s partners having extra RTX 3000 cards they need to sell, and this would seem to be a very strong sign that this may be the truth.
It’s unquestionably a significant price cut by EVGA, and if the next-generation Lovelace GPUs are indeed close to going on sale right now, the RTX 4090 is expected to be the first to do so. As a result, it makes sense that the biggest price cuts should be made to the top-end RTX 3090 and 3090 Ti first, as these will quickly lose their allure as the Lovelace release date approaches.
