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It seems the donor was likely unaware how much the PC was worth. Inside the case was an MSI RTX 3080 Ti. The Founders Edition of this high-end card had a $1,199 MSRP when it launched in June 2021.

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Despite costing as much as an RTX 5090, a 20GB VRAM Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is a rare find, even if it doesn’t have native driver support.

Asking for an RTX 3080 as the recommended GPU does seem excessive, and even the minimum specs are higher than expected.

Micro Center confirms it has over 30 cases of PC gamers receiving backpacks inside of their expensive new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards, no GPU.

HP is currently the only online retailer I've found that has an RTX 5090 prebuilt gaming PC priced under $5,000. It's at least $400 less than every other prebuilt 5090 configuration out there.

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The recommended GPU being pitched at an RTX 3080 Ti (or RX 6950 XT) is also an element of the spec that some might find challenging if they have a more run-of-the-mill PC.

Likewise, an 18 GB RTX 5070 Super would sit more easily in the GeForce range now that Nvidia has released the RTX 5060 Ti with an optional 16 GB variant.

The Alienware Aurora R16 ACT1250 gaming PC with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card is available from Dell for $3,050 after a $700 discount.