Nvidia RTX 5070 launch day live: Heaps of non-MSRP cards and a handful of MSRP ones released today, but surprise surprise, stocks are low
I'm keeping this page up-to-date with all the latest RTX 5070 listings and prices in the US and UK.
Jump straight to the section you want...
1. Quick links
2. Founders Edition links
3. MSRP model links
4. Non-MSRP model links
5. Purchasing tips
6. Live updates
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 launches today, March 5, at 6am PT/9am EST/2pm GMT. That means it's time for us to yet again man our watchposts and keep a close eye on major retailers for any available cards to buy and prices to report.
But will this launch be a scrabble like the rest?
In our RTX 5070 review, our Dave says it's impossible to recommend this card right now. Not a great start. The threat of AMD's RX 9070-series looms overhead, and we'll hear about those later today, too.
Prices have also been astonishingly high for many of the third-party RTX 50-series, entirely demolishing any sense of value, though we do have a Founders Edition RTX 5070 to ensure some cards are available at Nvidia's MSRP this time. That's a $549 MSRP (or more like $550).
Though if you must have Multi Frame Generation, the RTX 50-series' hot new feature, then the RTX 5070 is the cheapest way to score it. For now, anyways. While the RTX 5070 feels like an RTX 5060 in all but name, we're still expecting an actual RTX 5060 at some point.
All things considered, it might be a good idea to wait around until AMD's RX 9070-series shows up to decide between these cards. It currently looks like AMD's cards will offer the better performance-per-dollar versus Nvidia's options, but there's still the question of whether third-party manufacturers stick close to MSRP for either red or green team's forthcoming cards. The lack of reference card for AMD's launch has us a little bit concerned, too.
Quick retailer links
US RTX 5070 retailers:
- Best Buy: Tons of RTX 5070 cards listed, including a few at MSRP
- Newegg: Listings for Gigabyte, MSI, Asus, and more RTX 5070 cards
- Amazon: Keep your eyes peeled for RTX 5070 listings, but unlikely at launch
- B&H Photo: A range of RTX 5070 graphics cards
UK RTX 5070 retailers:
- Nvidia: The place to go for the Founders Edition RTX 5070
- Scan: RTX 5070 from several manufacturers
- Overclockers: Likely to list a few RTX 5070s at launch
- CCL: A heap of RTX 5070s 'coming soon'
- Amazon: Keep your eyes peeled for the RTX 5070, though look elsewhere at launch
- Currys: Palit, Asus, MSI, and Gigabyte RTX 5070 GPUs
- Ebuyer: MSI, Gigabyte, and Asus RTX 5070 cards
Founders Edition
Good news, there will be a Founders Edition reference card for the RTX 5070. This card is designed by Nvidia and that means it is guaranteed to be sold for the MSRP of $549—direct from a trusted retailer, anyways, there are no guarantees for the second-hand market.
This card is a twin-fan design, though unlike previous 40-series cards, both fans are on the same side in more traditional positions. It's a fairly compact design by modern standards, which makes it truly deserving of a small form factor build.
This card is good-looking, compact, cool, and comes with a price tag set at Nvidia's MSRP. That means it's sure to be in very high demand among a sea of overpriced alternatives. If you want a hope of buying one, I'd pay close attention to the retailers below:
- In the US, you can pick up an RTX 5070 FE from Best Buy.
- In the UK, we're expecting you can pick one up straight from Nvidia.
MSRP model retail links
Below you'll find all the models that are already listed at MSRP, or we've been told will be MSRP, at launch.
There are once again only a handful of options, same as the RTX 5070 Ti, and that does mean we're rather worried about how many of these cards actually exist and are ready to be sold.
Word of warning: We had a similar list of third-party MSRP models for the RTX 5070 Ti launch, but the cards seemingly never showed up. In the US, we never saw a single MSRP card noted as 'in stock', while in the UK many of the supposed MSRP models were selling above MSRP. The more expensive third-party models were more readily available, and that might be the case again here.
| Header Cell - Column 0 | US retailers | UK retailers |
|---|---|---|
Nvidia Founders Edition | ||
Zotac Solid | ||
MSI Shadow 2X OC | Row 2 - Cell 2 | |
Gigabyte WindForce | Row 3 - Cell 2 | |
Gigabyte WindForce OC | ||
Asus Prime | ||
PNY OC | ||
MSI Ventus 2X OC | Scan £TBC | Ebuyer £TBC | Currys £9,999 (placeholder) | CCL TBC |
Non-MSRP model retail links
Here's the extensive list of non-MSRP cards. Notice how many there are compared to MSRP cards? Yeah, that slims down our chances of any good deals, that's for sure.
Though we don't know the prices for many of these models just yet, some have placeholder prices... or at least I hope they're placeholders. Who knows these days?
| Header Cell - Column 0 | US retailers | UK retailers |
|---|---|---|
MSI Gaming Trio OC | Scan £TBC | Ebuyer £TBC | Currys £9,999 (placeholder) | CCL £TBC | |
MSI Inspire 3X OC | Row 1 - Cell 2 | |
MSI Vanguard SOC Launch Edition | ||
MSI Vanguard | Row 3 - Cell 2 | |
MSI Ventus 2X OC White | ||
MSI Gaming Trio OC White | ||
MSI Ventus 3X OC | Row 6 - Cell 2 | |
MSI Shadow 3X OC | Row 7 - Cell 2 | |
Zotac Solid OC | ||
Gigabyte Aero OC | ||
Gigabyte Eagle OC | ||
Gigabyte Eagle OC Ice | ||
Gigabyte Aorus Master | ||
Gigabyte Gaming OC | ||
Asus TUF Gaming | ||
Asus TUF Gaming OC | ||
Asus Prime OC | ||
Palit GamingPro | Row 17 - Cell 1 | |
Palit GamingPro OC | Row 18 - Cell 1 | |
PNY ARGB Epic-X RGB OC | ||
Inno3D OC | Row 20 - Cell 1 | |
Inno3D Twin X2 | Row 21 - Cell 1 | |
Inno3D Twin X2 OC | Row 22 - Cell 1 |
Tips and tricks
- Set up user accounts at large retailers ahead of time.
- Don't refresh too often, you might get blocked by automated systems. Try to be patient if pages load slowly.
- Hedge your bets with various retailers—keeping an eye on only one retailer can cause disappointment.
- Don't give up on Best Buy (and others)—in recent years Best Buy has gradually rolled out supply, meaning there's sometimes still a chance to score a card after the launch hour.
- Sign up for stock alerts ahead of time—some retailers (Micro Center) demand it.
- Keep an eye on stock lottery programs, such as the Newegg Shuffle.
- If you don't score one this time, don't fret. Considering the poor response to this card, prices may come down in the future, and there's always AMD's launch later in the week.
Live updates
Psst... Anyone still here?
There's still an Asus RTX 5070 in stock, the Asus TUF Gaming RTX 5070 OC for $740 at Newegg.
It's not really a surprise that it's the $740 cards that seem to stay in stock, though, is it? That's almost RTX 5070 Ti territory...
And a big salute for the MSI RTX 5070 Gaming Trio OC, which is still in stock at Newegg for $650.
This Gainward card is in-stock for £650 at Overclockers UK, for now.
The B&H Photo RTX 5070 graphics cards are "waiting list only", which means they might be available to those who signed up to stock alerts beforehand.
It seems that things like that are becoming the norm in order to be able to even have a chance at grabbing an Nvidia GPU at launch. Whether it's pre-orders, Newegg's lottery system or B&H's stock alerts, it seems just sitting there refreshing pages doesn't cut it anymore.
I can't say I'm too happy about that. But stocks are what they are, I guess.
Well, the RTX 5070 launch seems to have been as blood-curdling as the RTX 5070 Ti launch for those looking to get their hands on one of these cards.
Stocks are as ethereal as ever, and if cards did happen to appear in-stock on a retailer for a brief moment, I sure as hell didn't see them, barring a few select cards from a few select outlets.
And the ones that are in stock are primarily expensive ones, which is difficult to justify and recommend for a card that pushes the envelope very little compared to its previous-gen predecessor.
Can we start looking towards the AMD RX 9070-series cards, yet?
A different MSI card's also rockin' in-stock on Newegg for $720, the Vanguard Launch Edition "including Lucky Blind Box". Could these couple of MSI cards be the only RTX 5070s that actually exists in the wild? It does make me wonder...
Just four sold! And "going fast."
What were the stocks to begin with, then?
Novatech has 8 of those MSI cards left in stock here.
That lone MSI card is still going strong at both Scan and Overclockers UK, though...
That's true for the UK too, by the way. The RTX 5070 FE is out of stock...
The Founders Edition at Best Buy is... drum roll... sold out. Hurray.
Damn, this Gigabyte card at Newegg had me going for a second, but I click on it, and of course it's out of stock. Shocker.
MSI's definitely doing the best of the bunch... with seemingly one card in-stock at Scan and Overclockers.
MSI has just one card in stock, now. You can get it here, if you fancy spending $720 on an RTX 5070, that is. And if the page will load...
A bunch of us here in the PC Gamer hardware den have been refreshing pages and we've barely seen any cards actually come in stock, let alone go in and out.
There are a couple of cards available on Scan (UK)... again, expensive ones. The MSI Gaming Trio can be bought right now for £710. There are a couple others open for pre-order.
MSI has a couple of cards in stock... just the expensive ones though.
And Newegg's cards all seem to be out of stock. Though the Asus Prime is lottery-based. Someone's gotta get lucky, right?
Errr, Best Buy's listings still say "coming soon"... when is soon?
The RTX 5070 is now launched.
And because I'm sure many of you will be looking to grab a Founders Edition card ASAP, if the stock remains for more than a blink of an eye, here's where to get one in the US and UK:
And here's where to get MSRP-priced cards (yes, I just copied the table above, but desperate times call for fast-paced fingers!):
| Header Cell - Column 0 | US retailers | UK retailers |
|---|---|---|
Nvidia Founders Edition | ||
Zotac Solid | ||
MSI Shadow 2X OC | Row 2 - Cell 2 | |
Gigabyte WindForce | Row 3 - Cell 2 | |
Gigabyte WindForce OC | ||
Asus Prime | ||
PNY OC | ||
MSI Ventus 2X OC | Scan £TBC | Ebuyer £TBC | Currys £9,999 (placeholder) | CCL TBC |
5 minutes to go, folks. Fingers on buzzers, because if previous RTX 50-series launches are anything to go by, blink and you might miss the stock.
T-minus 10 minutes
Less than 15 minutes before launch, and I'm not sure people are exhilarated... not that I should base that entirely on OCUK's viewer counts, of course. But remember that 9070 comparison from earlier...
Last but not least- the @NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5070, out now🔥⏰Step into a new era of gaming and unleash your creativity like never before, taking performance and innovation to exhilarating new heights.Discover the GeForce RTX 5070: https://t.co/iPgiKOJ2Ql#PNY #PNYPro pic.twitter.com/Rxffyru212March 5, 2025
Edit: Oopsie, PNY deleted the post. It jumped the gun, announcing its RTX 5070 as "out now" a few minutes prior to launch. Here's what it said:
"Last but not least- the @NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5070, out now🔥⏰Step into a new era of gaming and unleash your creativity like never before, taking performance and innovation to exhilarating new heights.Discover the GeForce RTX 5070: https://t.co/iPgiKOJ2Ql#PNY #PNYPro pic.twitter.com/Rxffyru212."
"Exhilarating new heights" indeed.
One thing to note about the RTX 5070 is that while yes, some of the third-party AIB prices are kind of ridiculous (just as with previous launches), a lot of these do feature some pretty hefty overclocks.
For instance, while the $550 RTX 5070 Founders Edition clocks in at 2,515 MHz on the boost clock, the $650 MSI RTX 5070 Gaming Trio OC has a 2.61 GHz boost clock. And the $740 Gigabyte RTX 5070 Aorus Master should have a whopping 2.71 GHz boost clock.
The RTX 5070 in general has a lot of overclocking headroom, as indeed does the RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 Ti. So in one way it makes sense that AIBs can charge so much more than MSRP for their overclocked versions.
But on the other hand, you could crank a lot of extra performance out of an RTX 5070 FE if you overclocked it yourself, and you'd save yourself a bunch of extra cash... so it's really a question of whether you're willing to spend a ton of extra money to not 'risk' doing the overclock yourself.
All quiet on the stocks and prices front—I don't see any changes on the US or UK retailers. The calm before the storm...
Don't forget about programs like Newegg shuffle, either. I don't know what deals and combos will be thrown out, but the idea is you enter your email and are in with a chance of being selected—like a lottery system—to get a good deal on a product or a combination of products.
Arguably the main benefit for these lotteries for events like GPU launches these days is just that it gives you an extra chance of getting your mitts on some stock. Because let's face it, stock is going to be the biggest issue, here. We saw it with the other RTX 50-series card launches, and I doubt the RTX 5070 will be any different, but we'll see...
We're a bit down on the RTX 5070, but let's give the devil its due and talk Multi Frame Gen for a moment. 'Fake frames' or not, the tech is impressive… provided you're already starting from a good baseline frame rate, otherwise the latency is quite bad.
This means that for the RTX 5070, at least, MFG will mostly be good for 1440p gaming, not 4K, and even at 1440p you're gonna want a decent traditionally rendered baseline frame rate.
Nvidia's claim was that the RTX 5070 would deliver RTX 4090-level performance—a bold claim, for sure. But as you can see, there is some truth to it... kind of. Just with a bunch of caveats. Primarily the whole 'good for 1440p, not 4K' thing, which is true both for frame rates and latency.
Still, I can't deny there's something impressive about seeing the raw frame rate comparison between the RTX 5070 and RTX 4090 at 1440p when MFG is enabled. Check out the video below and see for yourself:
Ding ding ding! One hour to launch. You excited? (Maybe don't answer that...)
If you want some more analysis of the various RTX 5070 cards being listed in the lead-up to launch, our Jeremy's just done a nice write up on some of the cards listed on Best Buy, which you can check out here.
Newegg now has some more of its RTX 5070s showing prices, which I've updated in the tables above. There's even a card that we didn't previously think would be going for MSRP but is, in fact, listed for $550, this being the MSI Ventus 2X OC.
In fact, here's a list of all the Newegg MSRP RTX 5070 cards:
- Gigabyte WindForce RTX 5070 - $550
- PNY RTX 5070 OC - $550
- MSI Shadow RTX 5070 - $550
- Zotac Solid RTX 5070 - $550
- MSI Ventus RTX 5070 2X OC - $550
- Asus Prime RTX 5070 - $550
At least Best Buy has actually got its RTX 5070 prices listed, though. Most listings on other retailers still say 'out of stock' or 'coming soon' or something similar. Newegg's got a handful of prices listed, too, though.
And while we're doing spot the difference, let's compare these two listings:
Yes, that's an RTX 5070 that's just $10 cheaper than an RTX 5070 Ti. Pricing can seem like a cruel joke sometimes, can it not? And let's not talk about that 'Coming Soon' button...
And honestly, pictures can sometimes say more than words. So let's play spot-the-difference with these two images our Jeremy shared with us earlier today—you can click through left and right.
Notice anything? (Hint: It's not the prices.)
Assuming those OCUK numbers are correct, gamers seem far more interested in the RX 9070/XT cards than the RTX 5070... shocker, I know.
More gamer sentiment:
The subtext of basically every 5070 review today: from r/pcmasterrace
Again, pictures sometimes say more than words (well, pictures with words in, at least...).
And yes, that means the Founders Edition RTX 5070 is now listed at Best Buy.
The RTX 5070 is the one our Dave tested for his review, and it's the one many of you will be wanting to get your hands on. It's small, looks rather dashing as FE cards tend to, overclocks pretty well, and will actually sell for its MSRP, and MSRP is about as much as many will be wanting to spend on this card, to be honest.
That's because it feels a little more like an RTX 5060 than an RTX 5070.
As Dave explains: "There are 14% fewer cores here than with the RTX 4070 Super, all on a GB205 GPU which is 11% smaller than the AD104 and has 13% fewer transistors. Essentially, it's a smaller, simpler, and theoretically cheaper GPU to produce. Traditional logic would argue that those numbers should equate to a lower class chip in any subsequent generation, not an equivalently priced card."
Various RTX 5070 graphics cards are now listed on Best Buy. I've updated the tables above with pricing, but here are the MSRP cards (plus one for $600) on Best Buy:
- Nvidia RTX 5070 (Founders Edition) - $550
- Gigabyte RTX 5070 Windforce OC - $550
- Asus Prime RTX 5070 - $550
- Gigabyte RTX 5070 Windforce - $550
- PNY RTX 5070 OC - $550
- Gigabyte RTX 5070 Eagle OC - $600
The RTX 5070 is a graphics card that arguably depends on sticking to MSRP or close-to-MSRP pricing more than any other 50-series card launched so far.
That's primarily because, as Dave points out in his RTX 5070 review, the gen-on-gen performance improvement (excluding Multi Frame Gen) is just 13%, and there's the looming spectre of the RX 9070-series cards which should offer serious competition if the promised performance is anything to go by.
So yeah, just a handful of MSRP RTX 5070s doesn't fill me with confidence, but we'll see...
Hello hello, and welcome to the pandemonium.
Jacob here. I'll be spending today keeping my eye on stocks and prices for all these RTX 5070 cards and will keep you posted on anything of interest. Hopefully that'll be some MSRP cards actually in stock, but we'll see...
