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AMD’s Radeon RX 6000 GPUs are All Nearly Back to their MSRPs, NVIDIA RTX 30 Series Still $100-200 Over Launch Prices

AMD’s Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards are (mostly) back to their MSRPs across the US market while rival GeForce RTX 30 GPUs continue to sell $100-200 over their sticker prices. Let’s have a look at the prices of both lineups over at Newegg to get a clearer picture. Starting at the midrange, we have the RX 6600 XT going for a bit over $400. This puts it just $40 over its launch price of $379.

Its nearest NVIDIA rival, the RTX 3060 Ti is going for roughly $579, $179 over its MSRP of $399. It’s worth noting that the Ti is a step up from the 6600 XT, especially in ray-traced games. You can read more about that in our review.

Then we have the Radeon RX 6700 XT going for $514.99 ($529 + $15 rebate), once again approximately $30-40 over its sticker price of $479.

NVIDIA has a bit of a pricing problem here. The cheapest RTX 3070 Tis are actually cheaper than the lowest-priced 3070s. ASUS and Gigabyte both have an SKU priced at $699, $100 over the official price of $599. Once again, it’s important to note that although the 3070 Ti is priced $185 higher than the 6700 XT, it’s also substantially faster at higher resolutions.

Approaching the high-end, we have the Radeon RX 6800 XT and the GeForce RTX 3080. The Sapphire RX 6800 XT Pulse is now priced at $859 while the MSI RTX 3080 Gaming is going for $969, both considerably over their six hundred something dollar MSRPs.

Finally, we have the Ampere and RDNA 2 flagships. The Radeon RX 6900 XT is now back to its launch price of $999 across most retailers while the RTX 3090 is still selling a fair bit over its already inflated MSRP of $1,499.

As a bonus, the Radeon RX 6900 XT reference model is also available on AMD’s official website for a price of $999.

Areej Syed

Processors, PC gaming, and the past. I have been writing about computer hardware for over seven years with more than 5000 published articles. Started off during engineering college and haven't stopped since. Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Divinity, Torment, Baldur's Gate and so much more... Contact: areejs12@hardwaretimes.com.
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