- We've heard about another bargain GPU in the Walmart clearance aisle
- Someone bought an RTX 5060 Ti 8GB for just $80
- That takes the cake for a low-priced GPU, and it's about 20% of the asking price that this graphics card would typically sell for
The run of lucky PC owners in the US scoring massive discounts on graphics cards (or other components, for example SSDs) in the Walmart clearance aisle continues — and this time somebody managed to buy a new Nvidia Blackwell GPU for $80.
Once again, this eye-opening bargain was highlighted on Reddit (as VideoCardz noticed), with the person in question getting an MSI Ventus 2X variant of the RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) for $80.
The Redditor observes: "Went to my local Walmart and found this in the cabinet. It seemed too good to be true, but it rang up for the stickered price." They added that they're upgrading from a GTX 1060, so the new GPU will be quite the step up.
Of course, you shouldn't be able to get any RTX 5000 GPU for that little cash, and this is way below the typical selling price, which is around $360 at Walmart currently. An asking price of $80 is 20% of the cost of many RTX 5060 Ti models, in fact.
How come the GPU is so very cheap? One theory aired on Reddit is that this graphics card is currently getting $80 knocked off at other stores, so an employee at this particular Walmart accidentally priced the product down at that level instead of applying it as a reduction.
Analysis: a quick clearance check could pay off handsomely
Does this sound unlikely? Well, it does somewhat, and obviously we must add some seasoning with this tale, as with all these affairs — fakery does happen. That said, we've seen quite a few stories of huge bargains among Walmart's clearance discounts in recent times — although 80% off is admittedly a new high.
Not every Walmart store sells graphics cards in standalone form, but if you're in the US and your local store does, it's seemingly worth taking a detour to the clearance section every time you to pop in for a quick check on what bargains might be on offer there. The same may hold true for big bricks-and-mortar retailers in other countries, too.
There have been some bargain buys on Nvidia RTX 5070 and 5080 GPUs in Walmart of late (and RTX 5090 models too — though even with a heavy discount, the flagship is still a pricey proposition, of course).
All of this is a refreshing contrast to a world in which GPU prices are heading upwards, and scams are rife (including a new twist on the rock-in-a-box graphics card swindle — with an RTX 5090 buyer ending up with a pack of laundry detergent, bizarrely).
from Latest from TechRadar US in Computing News https://ift.tt/iMRXcSz
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