If you've been waiting for one of the more affordable Blackwell cards to come back in stock at a reputable retailer, here's your chance to pick one up at list price. Amazon currently has the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 Windforce OC 12GB Graphics Card exclusively for Amazon Prime members for $609.99 with free shipping. This is an excellent GPU for gaming at up to 1440p with high framerates and supports the latest DLSS 4 technology. Also for a limited time, you'll get a free voucher for the upcoming Doom: The Dark Ages game with purchase.
Note that the suggested launch price of a GeForce RTX 5070 card is $549.99. There are a few models at that price point but they have been extremely hard to find in stock. This Windforce model is priced higher because it's an OC version. That said, this is currently the lowest price you'll find for a standalone 5070 GPU. In fact, according to Tom's Hardware, Nvidia plans to raise GPU prices by 10%-15% in the near future.
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 Windforce OC GPU for $609.99
Compared to the previous generation GPUs, the RTX 5070 performs comparably with the RTX 4070 Super. We wish there was a bigger generation improvement in raw performance, but the RTX 4070 Super was already an excellent card for 1080p and 1440p gaming. It also came in at a launch price of $599.99, which is only $10 less than the price of this Gigabyte 5070 model. None of this even matters anymore because it's impossible to find an RTX 4070 Super GPU for sale (at least at this price). The RTX 5070 does look and perform better than the RTX 4070 Super in games that support DLSS 4 and multi-frame generation, and it's a more future-proof card that will improve with driver optimizations.
Step up to the RTX 5070 Ti if you plan to game in 4K
The RTX 5070 GPU will be taxed if you plan to game in 4K. At that point, I'd recommend stepping up to the RTX 5070 Ti. This card is pretty much on par with the RTX 4080 Super but with the extra advantage of DLSS 4 multi-frame generation support. Walmart currently has a Zotac model for $837.98. Newegg is the marketplace vendor.
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