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Morning Edition · Sunday, November 1, 2026Published at 1:20 AM EST · New York
Nvidia removes the RTX 5080 from its US store after the RTX 5090, as graphics memory shortages push street prices toward $2,000
Retail coverage attributes the withdrawal to scarce GDDR7 and to Nvidia directing silicon toward AI accelerators, and a 24 GB RTX 5080 is rumored for as soon as December.
The 16 GB GeForce RTX 5080 no longer appears in the search filters of Nvidia's US marketplace, although the site still lists its $999 launch price. The RTX 5090 was removed earlier. Notebookcheck and MobiDevices report that both cards were…
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