Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition cards won’t launch alongside other 5070s. Reviews of the new $549 graphics card just dropped today, but in an email to The Verge, Nvidia GeForce global PR director Ben Berraondo says the RTX 5070 Founders Edition will be available “later in March.

Nvidia’s 50 Series releases are chugging right along, even though things haven’t exactly been smooth. The top end of the series has shown impressive 4K performance, but finding one in stock for close to MSRP requires active effort or plenty of patience.

Nvidia's RTX 5070 won't hit RTX 4090 levels of performance even with multi-frame gen, but it works well for those who have a 1440p setup.

WHERE TO BUY: The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 launches on March 5 with a starting price of $549. It will be available at Amazon and Best Buy, though third-party models may cost more. Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 is here, and while it is not the most exciting upgrade, it is still the latest mid-range option in the 50-series lineup.

Nvidia's unmistakable Founders Edition brand identity makes this RTX 5070 look precisely like the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition and the GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition. This housing gives the card a premium look and feel, though as I will discuss later, it also leads to suboptimal thermal performance.

We had chances to buy the RTX 5070 this morning, but only if we paid $100 to $170 more than the $549 starting price.

Unless you’ve spent the last twelve hours or so in a tent outside a Best Buy, you probably don’t have a new Nvidia card in your hands right now. In a depressingly familiar sight, the RTX 5070 has immediately sold out at every online retailer,

The first budget Blackwell GPU from Nvidia - the GeForce RTX 5070 - is finally out today. It holds claim to the most attractive price so far of any 50 series card with a suggested retail price of $549.