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Cake day: December 10th, 2025

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  • You’re pretty much limited to just a few cards for under $1,000; unless you happen to land on some fantastic deals, black friday is coming but I wouldn’t get too excited. I picked up a rx9070xt 16gb for $650 a couple of months ago at Microcenter but that same card is going for $920 right now.

    I would suggest picking out a couple of cards you like and wait for a random sale because prices are inflated for Black Friday. You might find a good deal, but stores always inflate prices around this time so that the Black Friday sales look better than they really are. There’s also the used market but buyer beware.

    Here’s a quick pricing guide off the top of my head for around the normal AI inflated prices from my tracking around 6-8 months ago. I’m not going to bother with links because most are broken due to BF sales.

    RTX5060 16gb ~$600 RTX5070 16gb ~$700 RTX5070ti 16gb ~$800 RTX5080 16gb ~$1,000 rx9060xt 16gb ~$650 rx9070xt 16gb ~$800

    I would recommend shopping for a RTX5070ti or rx9070xt with 16gb.

    This card was $650 back in August, now it’s $920. https://www.microcenter.com/product/689903/powercolor-amd-radeon-rx-9070-xt-reaper-triple-fan-16gb-gddr6-pcie-50-graphics-card

    The Nvidia cards are going for double what they were in August. A rtx5070ti is going for $1,400 right now, probably just so some sucker will pay the inflated prices up until BF then on BF people will think they’re getting a good deal and impulse buy. In my opinion a good rule to go by is if you can buy a whole new PC with the card pre installed for just a few hundred more than just the card alone then you can reverse the math to see what the card should cost at the time that PC was assembled.

    For example. You can buy rtx5060ti for $1,000 or buy a fully functional PC for $1,400 or a rtx5070ti laptop for $1,600. https://www.microcenter.com/product/712043/powerspec-g732-gaming-pc?ob=1

    GPUs are insane right now. Recommend waiting until Feb/March 2027 and hope to find a random good deal because stores are taking advantage of people right now.