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5080 Graphics Card Price Surges $660 in 10 Days

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The price of the 5080 graphics card has seen a significant increase over a 10-day period. Initially purchased for $1658 on October 16th, the price rose to $2032 by October 19th. By October 26th, the cost had further escalated to $2318, including taxes and shipping, as observed through purchases made on Amazon. AI

IMPACT Price increases for high-end GPUs like the 5080 can impact the cost and accessibility of local AI model training and inference.

RANK_REASON The item discusses pricing fluctuations of a specific hardware component, which falls under the category of tools or infrastructure for AI development, rather than a core AI release or research.

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5080 Graphics Card Price Surges $660 in 10 Days

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Frizzy-MacDrizzle ·

    Price 5080 10 days

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I paid $1658 on October 16th, on October 19th I paid $2032; with tax, shipping, same card.</p> <p>Now $2318</p> <p>This is all through the big A btw.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Frizzy-Ma…

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