Nvidia is expected to accidentally listed cards early and boxes were spotted at distribution centres, Redditor FaisalKhatib details that one retailer in the United Arab Emirates has sold a few MSI RTX 3080 Ti Suprim X graphics cards ahead of release.
The original post only showed the photos of the boxed GPUs before it was removed by s, but Videocardz fired off some questions to FaisalKhatib, who claimed that the GPUs were available to purchase. They didn't run cheap, either, far exceeding the upper $2,248 we'd previously seen in favour of an eye-watering $3,500 price tag.
While it's difficult to these claims, it wouldn't be the first time gaming hardware has been sold way ahead of an official release. Previously, Intel's Core i7 11700K was sold almost a month before release, much to Intel's dismay. We've reached out to Nvidia for comment.
The now-deleted listing on ComputersPerth suggests that the RTX 3080 Ti's official MSRP should be set somewhere around $1,300, making this a significant markup.
If people have sidestepped stricter cryptomining limitations, as Nvidia continues to crack down on Ethereum mining.