Every NVIDIA Flagship GPU and Its Real Price (1999–2026)

A $2,000 graphics card that STILL sells above sticker a year after launch. But in 1999, the most powerful gaming GPU on Earth cost $249 — under $500 even adjusted for inflation.

Adjusted for inflation, the NVIDIA flagship barely moved for almost twenty years. Then it quadrupled in eight. This is every NVIDIA flagship GPU and its launch price — from the GeForce 256 to the RTX 5090 — drawn to scale on one continuous timeline, with the 2026 memory-shortage street prices that broke the chart.

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Card photos via Wikimedia Commons:
GeForce 256: "Canopus GeForce 256 DDR.png" by Hyins (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACanopus_GeForce_256_DDR.png
GeForce 2 Ultra: "GeForce2 Ultra GPU.jpg" by Hyins (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGeForce2_Ultra_GPU.jpg
GeForce 3: "Canopus SPECTRA X21.jpg" by Hyins at Chinese Wikipedia (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACanopus_SPECTRA_X21.jpg
GeForce 4 Ti 4600: "NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 Mac.jpg" by Hyins (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANVIDIA_GeForce4_Ti_4600_Mac.jpg
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra: "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra ES.jpg" by Hyins (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANVIDIA_GeForce_FX_5800_Ultra_ES.jpg
GeForce 6800 Ultra: "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra.png" by Hyins (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANVIDIA_GeForce_6800_Ultra.png
GeForce 7800 GTX: "PX7800 GTX (557371418).jpg" by Stefan Ledwina (CC BY-SA 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APX7800_GTX_%28557371418%29.jpg
GeForce 8800 GTX: "Geforce8800gtx.jpg" by Eshcorp at English Wikipedia (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGeforce8800gtx.jpg
GeForce 8800 Ultra: "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra Board.jpg" by Hyins (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANVIDIA_GeForce_8800_Ultra_Board.jpg
GTX 280: "NVIDIA GeForce GTX280 DSC00997 (23791208991).jpg" by Fritzchens Fritz from Berlin (CC0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANVIDIA_GeForce_GTX280_DSC00997_%2823791208991%29.jpg
GTX 480: "Nvidia GeForce GTX480.jpg" by Rpvdk (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANvidia_GeForce_GTX480.jpg
GTX Titan: "NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN.jpg" by Hyins (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANVIDIA_GeForce_GTX_TITAN.jpg
GTX 980 Ti: "GTX980tiFE.jpg" by HanyNAR (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGTX980tiFE.jpg
GTX 1080: "NVIDIA GTX1080.jpg" by Benedikt S. Vogler (CC BY-SA 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANVIDIA_GTX1080.jpg
GTX 1080 Ti: "GeForce GTX 1080ti Front.jpg" by Kaptainvet (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGeForce_GTX_1080ti_Front.jpg
RTX 2080 Ti: "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (极客湾Geekerwan) 014.png" by 极客湾Geekerwan (CC BY 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANVIDIA_GeForce_RTX_2080_Ti_%28%E6%9E%81%E5%AE%A2%E6%B9%BEGeekerwan%29_014.png
RTX 3090: "Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 Eagle OC 24G ... Front 20201114 TRANSPARENT.png" by PantheraLeo1359531 (CC BY 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGigabyte_GeForce_RTX_3090_Eagle_OC_24G%2C_24576_MiB_GDDR6X_liegend_Front_20201114_TRANSPARENT.png
RTX 4090: "NVIDIA RTX 4090 Founders Edition - Nahaufnahme (ZMASLO).png" by ZMASLO (CC BY 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANVIDIA_RTX_4090_Founders_Edition_-_Nahaufnahme_%28ZMASLO%29.png
RTX 5090: "RTX 5090 - duża wydajność dużym kosztem ... .png" by ZMASLO (CC BY 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ARTX_5090_-_du%C5%BCa_wydajno%C5%9B%C4%87_du%C5%BCym_kosztem_%282160p_30fps_VP9_LQ-96kbit_AAC%29-00.00.17.900.png

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