Nvidia has quietly removed the GeForce RTX 5080 from its online store, following the earlier disappearance of the RTX 5090. The card is gone from the listings and the search filters on Nvidia’s US Marketplace, and partner custom variants using the GPU are gone too, leaving the RTX 5070 Ti as the fastest graphics card listed there.
The removal does not necessarily mean the RTX 5080 is discontinued. Nvidia has not confirmed the status of either card, and a missing store listing by itself only shows what Nvidia and its retail partners currently have available to sell through that portal. Cards can return if availability improves.
Prices have nearly doubled
What is certain is the price. The RTX 5080 launched in January 2025 at $999. Retailer listings now start around $1,979.99, with a Gigabyte Windforce card at Micro Center at that price for in-store pickup, and a PNY card at Best Buy listed at $1,999. Tom’s Hardware’s October 30 check found the cheapest in-stock card for delivery, a PNY ARGB model, at $2,199.99 — more than double the launch price.
The increases have been attributed to limited supply, strong demand, and the ongoing memory shortage. Research firm TrendForce has warned of tight GDDR7 supply as manufacturers devote more advanced production capacity to server memory, and the squeeze is pushing up prices across the whole high-end range. The RTX 5070 Ti, launched at $749, is now selling for around $1,300.
A 24GB version is rumored
Reports say Nvidia may replace the current 16GB RTX 5080 with a 24GB version as early as December 2026 or January 2027. The extra video memory would also help with local AI models, but with the DRAM shortage still biting, a new version is unlikely to be reasonably priced.
For now, the remaining 16GB cards will only get harder to find, and the cheapest listings are already within a few dollars of the RTX 5090’s $1,999 launch price.
Sources: Tom’s Hardware, Notebookcheck, WCCFTech, VideoCardz
