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What impact will the tariffs have?
We’re talking about GPUs available at prices close to MSRP right now, but what if that MSRP goes up? Nvidia’s GPUs are currently manufactured in Taiwan, and today, President Donald Trump has just announced a 32% tariff on the country.
Kimberly Gedeon has taken a look into what these tariffs could actually do — asking experts what the impact could be. Spoiler alert: higher value goods usually have a big profit margin baked in, and it’ll be the cheaper goods that are hit the hardest.
This could mean the RTX 5070 may see a bump up in cost. That’s a problem.
That being said, though, companies know full well that the way to get around this tariff is to start manufacturing in America, and Nvidia has committed to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the U.S. supply chain.
However, to move a massive operation like TSMC and massive manufacturing to another country takes a lot longer than four years — creating more uncertainty and seeing companies possibly sitting on the fence to see whether they need to jump now or wait it out.
One thing I am almost positive of, though, is that prices look set to go up soon in the short term, and that will hurt consumers.
STOCK ALERT: More RTX 5070s and 5080s at Best Buy
Kind of a bad news/good news situation. The good news is that there is an RTX 5070 available at MSRP. The bad news that the 5080 is still quite a bit over that MSRP. The cheapest one on there is $1,484.
What about the laptops?
The cheapest one we’ve seen is a tempting one to say the least! The MSI Vector 16 HX AI with RTX 5070 Ti is available for $1,599 at Newegg.
STOCK ALERT: RTX 5070 from £589 at Currys
That’s a little bit over RRP, but only by 40 quid. If you can absorb that cost, the Palit GeForce RTX 5070 is yours!
STOCK ALERT: RTX 5070 available for RRP in UK
Zotac’s overclockable RTX 5070 is now available for £539 over at Overclockers!
STOCK ALERT: RTX 5070 for $549 at Best Buy
If you’re quick, you can get an overclockable RTX 5070 from Best Buy for MSRP!
STOCK ALERT: 50-series GPUs available at Micro Center
If you live near a Micro Center, there is stock available at MSRP!
Is the Ti Tax worth it over RTX 5070? I tested it myself
You may be looking at the spec differences between 5070 and 5070 Ti and asking one question: do I need the extra power?
The answer is complicated, so I went into it with two top builds from PC Specialist to see if you need to splurge or whether you can save yourself some money.
Spoiler alert: If you’re multiplayer gaming and that super low latency is important without frame gen, then 5070 Ti is worthwhile. For the deep single player experiences, the horsepower of the 5070 is enough.
STOCK ALERT: The cheapest RTX 5080 in the UK is selling fast
The Palit RTX 5080 is available at £999 right now over on Overclockers.
STOCK ALERT: Pre-built RTX 5070 Ti PC deal with $200 off!
Newegg’s got the ABS Aeolian-M Aqua gaming pc with RTX 5070 Ti, Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF, 32GB DDR5 RAM and a 2TB SSD. Was $2.499 now $2.299!
STOCK ALERT: RTX 5080 available at Best Buy
The overclockable TUF Gaming 5080 is coming in at $1,484. That’s quite a ways over the initial MSRP, but we’ve been hearing all kinds of tariff talk impacting pricing.
STOCK ALERT: More RTX 5070s are appearing
Not only are more GPUs becoming available, but they’re available at retail price (no scalping)!
