The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (opens in new tab) goes on sale today, June 3, 2021, and if want any hope of buying one at MSRP you'll need to pay close attention to stores over the next 12 hours or so. Sadly, it's not a buyer's market for graphics card today, and that means demand will be exceptionally high for Nvidia's new gaming flagship.
For those of you just catching up (and just in time), the RTX 3080 Ti is a powerful new card from the green team that rivals the RTX 3090 in games. As you might expect, it comes with a high price tag for the world of gaming GPUs: the RTX 3080 Ti costs $1,200 (£1,050/€1,200/AU$1,920).
Newegg has confirmed it will be offering a chance to buy an RTX 3080 Ti on launch day via the Newegg Shuffle draw. More details here (opens in new tab).
You can find a list of Best Buy stores carrying RTX 3080 Ti stock here (opens in new tab). You'll need to get to the stores for a 7:30 am start local time, if not earlier, to receive a single ticket that you can exchange for a single graphics card from 9am local time.
Newegg will also have RTX 3080 Ti graphics cards available as part of the Newegg Shuffle (opens in new tab), a drawing system for in-demand products that will give random users the chance to purchase a graphics card on launch day.
As you'd expect, MWave doesn't have any stock of the RTX 3080 Ti at the moment, though it did! Best to keep an eye on what's going on over here, or sign up for their alerts.
The RTX 3080 Ti went live overnight in Australia and, as you'd expect, quickly sold out. Prices range from AU$1,920 up to just over AU$3,000. Go ahead and sign up to updates for your preferred local retailer, or else keep an eye on this page.
Origin has confirmed initial availability of RTX 3080 Ti-powered gaming PCs available on its website. We currently can't see any available in the configurator but we expect the option sometime today.
While we love building our own PCs, you can find plenty of value right now getting someone else to build it for you. Pre-built PCs have so far this year been the best way to secure yourself a graphics card at a half-decent price, and there are plenty of good options out there.
