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PSA: MSI Sells Its Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-Series Blackwell Graphic Cards Under a Pen Name at Walmart
If you're hunting for one of the new Nvidia Blackwell graphics cards and don't want to pay a huge markup, who better to trust than the cardmakers themselves? MSI is one of Nvidia's biggest AIB manufacturers around and it happens to sell its own products on the Walmart online marketplace under its subsidiary brand name "Raideals." Currently, several graphics cards are available ranging from the budget 5060 Ti to the high end 5080, some of them at the lowest prices online.Keep in mind that just because a graphics card is sold at "list price" doesn't mean it matches Nvidia's suggested launch price. For example, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB has a launch price of $429, but MSI's least expensive RTX 5060 Ti is currently $609 "at list price." Part of the cost goes into the build quality and features (like a beefier cooling system and overclocking out of the box) and part of the cost goes into the manufacturer's markup. At this point, these markups are unavoidable unless you spend all your luck to find an Nvidia Founder's Edition card.MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Graphics Cards8GB RAMMSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB Venus 2X OC Plus Graphics Card$429.99 at Walmart8GB RAMMSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB Gaming Trio OC Graphics Card$469.99 at Walmart16GB RAMMSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Ventus 2X OC Plus Graphics Card$499.99 at WalmartMSI GeForce RTX 5070 12GB Shadow 2X OC Graphics Card$609.99 at WalmartNvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Review by Jacqueline Thomas"Easily able to handle most AAA games at 1080p with all the eye candy turned up, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti is a great mid-range graphics card. Just do yourself a favor and stay away from the 8GB version."MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Graphics CardsMSI GeForce RTX 5080 16GB Ventus 3X OC Plus Graphics Card$1,409.99 at WalmartMSI GeForce RTX 5080 16GB Inspire 3X OC Graphics Card$1,479.99 at WalmartMSI GeForce RTX 5080 16GB Gaming Trio OC Graphics Card$1,579.99 at WalmartMSI Vanguard GeForce RTX 5080 16GB Vanguard SOC Graphics Card$1,629.99 at WalmartMSI GeForce RTX 5080 16GB Suprim OC Graphics Card$1,669.99 at WalmartNvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Review by Jacqueline Thomas"The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 is complicated. It does what it says on the tin: play games at 1440p at a high frame rate. But the problem is that it doesn’t necessarily do that better than the RTX 4070 Super, or any other graphics card in this price range. It does add Multi Frame Generation, which is nice to have for anyone with a high-refresh monitor, but that alone isn’t worth the upgrade."MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Graphics CardsMSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB Ventus 3X OC Graphics Card$899.99 at WalmartMSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB Inspire 3X OC Graphics Card$949.99 at WalmartNvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Review by Jacqueline Thomas"For the money, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is simply the best 4K graphics card for most people. It’s not only significantly faster than its predecessor, but DLSS 4 and multi frame generation will keep it relevant for years."MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Graphics CardsMSI GeForce RTX 5080 16GB Ventus 3X OC Plus Graphics Card$1,409.99 at WalmartMSI GeForce RTX 5080 16GB Inspire 3X OC Graphics Card$1,479.99 at WalmartMSI GeForce RTX 5080 16GB Gaming Trio OC Graphics Card$1,579.99 at WalmartMSI Vanguard GeForce RTX 5080 16GB Vanguard SOC Graphics Card$1,629.99 at WalmartMSI GeForce RTX 5080 16GB Suprim OC Graphics Card$1,669.99 at WalmartNvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Review by Jacqueline Thomas"The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 is an extremely competent 4K graphics card for its price. It’s just not quite the performance uplift that hardcore enthusiasts who upgrade every generation are going to want to see."If you're thinking of a prebuilt PC, consider AlienwareIf you're not keen to build out your own PC and would rather go the prebuilt route, Alienware is offering very reasonable pricing on select RTX 50 series gaming PCs. They're priced competitively compared to other prebuilt vendors, they're readily availabe, and they included a 1 year warranty with the option to extend it. With graphics cards so marked up nowadays, you really won't save any money going down the DIY route like years past.New ReleaseAlienware Area-51 Intel Core Ultra 9 285K RTX 5090 Gaming PC (64GB/4TB)Alienware Aurora R16 Intel Core Ultra 7 265F RTX 5080 Gaming PC (16GB/1TB)$2,399.99 at AlienwareAlienware Aurora R16 Intel Core Ultra 9 285 RTX 5080 Gaming PC (32GB/1TB)Alienware Aurora R16 Intel Core Ultra 7 265F RTX 4090 Gaming PC$2,999.99 at AlienwareAlienware Aurora R16 Intel Core Ultra 7 265F RTX 5070 Gaming PC$1,899.99 at AlienwareWhy Should You Trust IGN's Deals Team?IGN's deals team has a combined 30+ years of experience finding the best discounts in gaming, tech, and just about every other category. We don't try to trick our readers into buying things they don't need at prices that aren't worth buying something at. Our ultimate goal is to surface the best possible deals from brands we trust and our editorial team has personal experience with. You can check out our deals standards here for more information on our process, or keep up with the latest deals we find on IGN's Deals account on Twitter.Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time.
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