It’s safe to say that no one expects Nvidia’s best graphics cards to be cheap, but wow, these leaked listings are something else. Otto.de, a German retailer, briefly listed two Acer Predator Orion gaming PCs equipped with the RTX 5090 and the RTX 5080, and the prices are pretty crazy. The PC that comes with the RTX 5090 was priced at 5,999 euros, or around $6,240.
These listings were taken down shortly after they appeared, but VideoCardz snapped some screenshots before it was too late. Both seem to be newer versions of the Acer Predator Orion, and are equipped with Nvidia’s upcoming RTX 50-series graphics cards and Intel’s Core Ultra 200 series CPUs.
As mentioned, the RTX 5090 PC costs a whopping 5,999 euros, but there’s more than just the GPU that adds to that extreme price. The desktop is also equipped with the Core Ultra 9 285K, a whopping 128GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 2TB SSD. The listing also appears to confirm the various leaks we’ve seen over the last couple of weeks that all said the RTX 5090 would get 32GB of GDDR7 memory.
The RTX 5080 counterpart is cheaper, but hardly “cheap.” Aside from the RTX 5080 (which comes with 16GB VRAM), the PC also serves up a Core Ultra 7 265KF, 32GB RAM, and a 1TB SSD. This is a huge step down in terms of overall specs, and it’s reflected in the price, as this PC was listed for 3,499 euros — which translates to around $3,640.
The question is: How much will the graphics cards themselves cost? While $6,240 for a gaming PC is very steep, there are a few reasons why it’s too early to panic.
For starters, these could very well be placeholder prices. The listings clearly appeared ahead of time and were hastily taken down, so everything is still subject to change. Prebuilts also tend to be pricier than just building your own DIY PC, and these Acer desktops are clearly high-end, so the cost of other components is bound to add up. Water cooling, a solid case, a premium CPU, huge amounts of DDR5 RAM — all of that contributes to the sky-high price. Lastly, prices on the European market tend to be higher than in the U.S.
The bigger indicator of pricing lies in the difference between the RTX 5090 PC and the one with the RTX 5080. They’re $2,600 apart, and some of that is bound to be the CPU and the smaller amount of RAM, but it still shows that the RTX 5090 will be in a league of its own — both in terms of performance and price.
It won’t be long before we know more, as Nvidia is announcing the RTX 50-series at CES 2025 in early January.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.