Retailers cut prices on RTX 50 series during Labor Day sales

Retailers slashed prices on several of Nvidia's new RTX 50 series graphics cards during Labor Day sales, bringing some high-end and midrange models down to or below their original suggested retail prices and offering rare bargains for PC builders and upgraders. Amazon, Newegg and Walmart all featured notable discounts this week on cards from Asus, MSI and Zotac as suppliers appear to be clearing inventory ahead of the fall buying season.

Among the largest moves, Amazon listed an Asus Prime GeForce RTX 5080 SFF model at roughly the thousand dollar mark, an all time low from typical street prices above 1,200. The compact 2.5 slot Prime variant includes 16 gigabytes of GDDR7 memory, dual BIOS profiles for performance or quiet operation, and a recommended power supply of about 850 watts, meaning some buyers may need to upgrade their PSUs to support it. Retail listings and reviews highlighted the card's axial fans, vapor chamber cooling and DisplayPort 2.1 and HDMI 2.1 outputs, features that make it attractive for 4K and ultrawide setups.

Midrange options saw steep markdowns as well. Newegg offered the MSI Shadow 2X OC Plus GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at about 409.99 after a 20 percent...