RTX 5070 is in inventory at Greatest Purchase, at $550 MSRP

Doth mine eyes deceive me? The most cost effective and, in some ways, most fascinating of Nvidia’s new RTX 50-series graphics playing cards is definitely that can be purchased at a significant retailer? And I don’t have to surrender my soul or every other valuable bits? Certainly, for the final 90 minutes I’ve had the choice to purchase an RTX 5070 from Greatest Purchase. On the $550 MSRP. Holy crap.

So most mornings I scope out some offers that may enchantment to PCWorld readers. It’s a part of my job. This morning I noticed an Nvidia PNY RTX 5070 graphics card on SlickDeals, which Greatest Purchase is allegedly promoting for $549.99. Usually that wouldn’t be something fascinating, however as you’re most likely conscious, new Nvidia playing cards have been nearly not possible to seek out for a month and alter. Doubly so in case you’re on the lookout for one with out a ridiculous markup from an add-in board associate, a retailer attempting to make a bit financial institution, a reseller-slash-scalper, or some mixture of all three.

So following the hyperlink, I used to be stunned to see the $550 graphics card nonetheless that can be purchased, sure, on the worth Nvidia marketed means again at launch. I used to be ready so as to add it to my cart. I used to be capable of start the checkout course of, with an additional account verification step and a countdown timer that normally doesn’t apply to Greatest Purchase’s simple gross sales. I used to be introduced with the “place order” button, indicating that it was about to cost my card.

90 minutes later, I used to be capable of do it once more. Transport to my Pennsylvania residence in two days. To make use of technical trade parlance: scorching diggity.

A few qualifiers right here. One, I’ve a Greatest Purchase Plus membership, principally the shop’s model of Amazon Prime. It’s doable that Greatest Purchase is reserving a specific amount of inventory particularly for these memberships — the corporate has achieved so earlier than.

It’s additionally doable that, had I truly checked out at both of those factors, Greatest Purchase would determine that it doesn’t even have the inventory in spite of everything, apologize in an e mail, and reverse the cost in a day or two. We’ve seen that occur with the newest graphics playing cards as nicely.

However even with these sobering afterthoughts, the truth that I used to be capable of get this far into the method for what’s most likely one of the vital in-demand graphics playing cards available on the market proper now’s promising. It implies that someplace, in a minimum of some measurable diploma, availability is enhancing. We are able to however hope. Give it a shot in case you’ve been on the lookout for a comparatively inexpensive card. And don’t you dare attempt to flip it, or Santa will probably be going to the reindeer stalls to replenish your stocking this 12 months.