WTF?! We have seen loads of experiences about weak RTX 4080 gross sales, however is Nvidia’s costly Lovelace product actually that unpopular? Not in accordance with Newegg, whose record of top-selling graphics playing cards is topped by the RTX 4080. Amazon, nevertheless, has some very totally different figures.
The RTX 4080 began life with a rocky launch. Regardless of the cardboard’s energy, it appeared that the $1,200 MSRP proved a tough promote for avid gamers, particularly in the course of the present financial local weather during which shoppers are prioritizing spending on necessities, and shipments of every little thing from PCs to smartphones are crashing.
The RTX 4080 was so unpopular that even scalpers could not promote them above MSRP, resulting in websites akin to Newegg refusing to permit refunds for the playing cards. Nevertheless, in accordance with the favored {hardware} retailer (by way of Tom’s {Hardware}), an RTX 4080 is presently its best-selling card.
The positioning’s record of best-selling GPUs is topped by the Gigabyte Gaming OC GeForce RTX 4080, priced at $1,459. One other RTX 4080, the Gigabyte Eagle OC that sells for $1,399, is in seventh place, whereas the MSI Gaming RTX 4080 ($1,619) is eighth and the Asus TUF RTX 4080 is tenth.
One other fairly stunning entry within the prime 5 is the Gigabyte Gaming RTX 4090 in third, which has a $2,199 price ticket. The flagship has been extra well-liked than the RTX 4080, however seeing it this excessive is sudden, and it has been marked as Out of Inventory in the previous couple of hours.
The remainder of Newegg’s chart is stuffed with the mid-range GPUs which have been climbing up the Steam Survey just lately, together with the RTX 3060, RTX 3050, and Radeon RX 6600.
So, are experiences of the RTX 4080’s poor gross sales exaggerated? Not in accordance with Amazon. Its top-selling GPU chart consists largely of RTX 3060 playing cards. The best-placed RTX 4080, in the meantime, is correct down in twenty third, and the best RTX 4090 is twelfth.
There are just a few explanations right here. Amazon is a extra well-liked vacation spot for informal avid gamers on the lookout for mid-range to low-end playing cards, whereas the extra hardcore crowd typically head to Newegg. Most individuals appear inclined to belief Amazon’s record, which is robotically up to date hourly, however the lack of unit gross sales from both retailer makes it laborious to evaluate the cardboard’s recognition. Then there’s the conspiracists’ view, who say Newegg is artificially pushing the RTX 4080 up the charts with a view to promote extra of its extra stock.
We would lengthy heard that the Radeon RX 7900 XTX ($999) and Radeon RX 7900 XT ($899) could be many avid gamers’ selections due to their low costs, however they’re each close to the underside of Newegg’s record. On Amazon, the RX 7900 XTX is twenty eighth, and the XT is thirty third, each decrease than the RTX 4080. However AMD’s RDNA 3 line solely arrived just lately, and the corporate has 200,000 items prepared for this quarter, so they may quickly stand up the ranks.
