New Nvidia RTX 30 Series Graphics Cards: Pricing for South Africa

South African pricing has been revealed for Nvidia’s powerful new GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards.

Released earlier this week, Nvidia claims that Ampere-based cards offer up to twice the performance and 1.9 times the power efficiency of the previous generation RTX 20 series.

While certain specifications had been leaked in the reports prior to the unveiling, Nvidia surprised many with aggressive pricing, particularly for the RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 cards.

The company provided the following recommended retail prices for the range:

• GeForce RTX 3070 – $ 499 (R8,376)
• GeForce RTX 3080 – $ 699 (R11,735)
• GeForce RTX 3090 – $ 1,499 (R25,166)

However, it appears that South Africans may not benefit as much from these prices as some would have hoped.

Local online retailer Evetech has list Pricing for ASUS and MSI RTX 3070, RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 cards.

GPUs are listed as “coming soon”, without a confirmed availability date.

A total of eight RTX 3090 and RTX 3080 models are listed, while six variants of the RTX 3070 are offered.

Big difference in price

Historically, there has been a difference between the prices of South African and US GPUs due to import and shipping costs.

However, the discrepancies are particularly significant this time.

The entry-level RTX 3070 listed on Evetech retails for R15,499, 46% more expensive than the directly converted US dollar price.

The most affordable version of the RTX 3080 is priced at R20,599, which is 43% higher than the direct dollar-to-rand price.

Gamers looking for a high-end GPU will pay between R39,499 and R46,499 for an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090.

That’s 36% to 46% more expensive than the recommended retail price in the US.

The following table shows the prices of the RTX 30 series cards that will be available from Evetech.

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