MSI hikes costs of its Nvidia RTX 50 collection playing cards, however it may possibly’t do the identical with AMD

The GPU battle for this era is in full swing. Normally, MSI could be proper in the midst of it as a serious board associate for each Nvidia and AMD. Nevertheless, it appears to be like like MSI has picked the group they wish to assist – and it’s inexperienced.

One of many main issues for patrons for Nvidia’s newly launched line of graphics playing cards has been worth. Constrained provide has pushed up costs far past the MSRP. This has largely been pushed by scalpers grabbing up obtainable inventory and reselling it at an inflated worth. Sadly, plainly MSI additionally desires a few of that additional money and has jacked up the costs of its graphics playing cards accordingly.

MSI ups worth of RTX 5070 Ti and different playing cards

The RTX 5070 Ti was introduced by Nvidia with an MSRP of $749 however with no Founders Version. The official MSI US on-line retailer doesn’t at present have any RTX 5070 TI playing cards obtainable at that worth. Even essentially the most fundamental mannequin obtainable, the Shadow 3X is listed at $819, $70 greater than the MSRP. The upper specced fashions attain up in the direction of $1000.

The RTX 5070 Ti Vanguard, as an illustration, is priced at an eye-watering $999.99. Neither is it the one RTX 50 card affected, with RTX 5080 MSI playing cards beginning at $1139.99 and going as much as $1499.99.

MSI places all its eggs in a single basket

Again in 2024, MSI stated it was planning to deal with Nvidia’s RTX playing cards. This assertion appears to be extra correct than anticipated, since there’s no indication that MSI is producing an RX 9070 collection graphics card. AMD has dropped the model from its record of companions for the upcoming launch, which takes place on March sixth.

This would possibly go in the direction of explaining the worth hike for the RTX 50 collection. If MSI has been dropped as an AMD board associate, they’ve probably misplaced entry to a income stream, inflicting the corporate to rely closely on Nvidia playing cards to safe earnings.