rtx 5070 ti

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Is the RTX 5080 worth it in 2026? Buy now or wait

$1,679.99 from Amazon today, against a $999 launch price and a $1,249.99 tracked low. The price record, what the extra $500 over a 5070 Ti buys on Nvidia's own spec sheet, and the numbers to buy at.

Voltage · 4d ago · 7 min

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Hardware

amd's 16GB GPU is $400 cheaper than nvidia's — for local AI it's not the easy win it sounds like

Same 16GB of VRAM, wildly different price and software maturity in August 2026 — I ran the actual numbers.

Voltage · Aug 4 · 6 min

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Hardware

Nvidia board partners just hiked RTX 5070 Ti prices again — up to 59% over MSRP

MSI and Colorful just repriced their RTX 5070 Ti cards in China, and the increase traces straight back to memory costs squeezed by AI server demand.

Voltage · Aug 3 · 6 min

the RTX 5070 Ti is the 16GB card most local-AI builders should actually buy — here's why

It's the value middle of the Blackwell lineup: 16GB of fast GDDR7, NVFP4 support, and enough speed to run the 14B tier comfortably without paying 5090 money. Is it the right local-AI card for you?

Voltage · Jul 28 · 9 min