If it wasn't a $1,000+ graphics card, I'd feel sorry for the RTX 5080. It's literally half the GPU of the big boi RTX 5090—Nvidia's flagship GeForce Blackwell card—and yet suffers from severely limited stock and punitively high pricing. But it's the second-tier RTX 50-series card, and can at least claim to be the second fastest gaming GPU around, and that's got to count for something, right?
And yet here comes the RTX 5070 Ti—its supposedly cheaper, younger sibling—kicking its shins and stealing its lunch. As a consumer, I'm absolutely here for this: a new GPU punching above its weight class. But it is a little strange considering Nvidia has previously been so tight on segmenting its cards purely on performance. I've also got a feeling there's something uncomfortably funky happening with the pricing post-launch, which is sure to tarnish the RTX 5070 Ti.
