MSI Reportedly Plans RTX 5080 Price Hikes of up to $1,200 in China

What happened

According to a ChannelGate post shared on X by harukaze5719, MSI reportedly plans to raise GeForce RTX 5080 card prices in China by up to 8,000 yuan (about $1,200) this month. The post outlines MSI's November distributor pricing compared to October, with RTX 5080 models going up by 1,300 to 8,000 yuan depending on the card — roughly $195 at the low end, with the top figure alone exceeding the RTX 5080's entire $999 launch MSRP. The rest of the RTX 50 stack rises too: RTX 5070 Ti models go up by 800 to 4,000 yuan (about $120 to $600), the RTX 5070 by 500 to 1,000 yuan ($75 to $150), the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB by 400 yuan, its 8 GB sibling by 200 yuan, the RTX 5060 by 200 to 500 yuan, and the RTX 3050 by 100 yuan. These are distributor prices in China, not new MSRPs, and the post does not say which RTX 5080 models sit at the top of that range; the source does not state the cause. Colorful and Galax reportedly started sharing similar hikes with their partners earlier this month, and MSI seems to be following the same path. This is a reported planned price increase.

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Source: TechPowerUp · 11/11/2026 · View original source