The GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 are both really quick graphics cards– if you can look past the possibility that we might have yet another power-connector-related getting too hot issue on our hands. The large bulk of individuals (including you, critical and tech-savvy Ars Technica reader) will not be investing $1,000 or $2,000 (or $2,750 or whatever) on a brand-new graphics card this generation.

No, statistically, you (like the majority of people) will most likely wind up purchasing among the more budget-friendly midrange Nvidia or AMD cards, GPUs that are all slated to start delivering later on this month or early in March.

There has actually been a wave of statements on that front today. Nvidia revealed the other day that the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, which the business formerly presented at CES, would be offered beginning on February 20 for $749 and up. The brand-new GPU, like the RTX 5080, appears like a reasonably modest upgrade from in 2015’s RTX 4070 Ti Super. It ought to at least flirt with cost for individuals who are looking to get natively rendered 4K without immediately requiring to make it possible for DLSS upscaling to get playable frame rates.

That stated, if the launches of the 5090 and 5080 are anything to pass, it might not be simple to discover and purchase the RTX 5070 Ti for anything near to the noted market price; early retail listings are not assuring on this front. You’ll likewise be relying solely on Nvidia’s partners to provide unadorned, fairly minimalist MSRP variations of the cards considering that Nvidia isn’t making a Founders Edition variation.

When it comes to the $549 RTX 5070, Nvidia’s site states it’s releasing on March 5. It’s less amazing than the other 50-series cards since it has less CUDA cores than the outbound RTX 4070 Super, leaving it much more dependent on AI-generated frames to enhance efficiency compared to the last generation.