Nvidia store quietly pulls the RTX 5080 following RTX 5090 removal — street prices climb to 2.2X MSRP

First, it was the GeForce RTX 5090, and now the GeForce RTX 5080 – two of the best graphics cards have gone dark. After the Blackwell flagship left Nvidia's marketplace, the GeForce RTX 5080 followed suit. Prices for the sub-flagship have exploded to more than 2.2X its original $999 MSRP, and the Blackwell-powered graphics card is slowly going out of stock at various U.S. retailers.

As with the recent disappearance of the GeForce RTX 5090 on Nvidia’s marketplace, the listings and filters for the GeForce RTX 5080 have also disappeared. While its absence does not necessarily mean Nvidia has discontinued the graphics card, it does raise questions about its status and future availability.…