Spanish retailer Coolmod (by way of El Chapuzas Informatico (opens in new tab)) has launched new retail listings (opens in new tab) of Nvidia’s new GeForce RTX 4090 AIB associate playing cards to the general public, together with costs. Please take the listings with a grain of salt, as they may very well be placeholders. However sadly, it could seem that Spaniards should take care of a 21% VAT (Worth Added Tax) added onto most shopper items, spiking the GeForce RTX 4090’s $1,599 MSRP near $2,000 and a few fashions and over $2,000 on others.
Coolmod showcased 5 fashions, that includes a number of Zotac and Galax RTX 4090 graphics playing cards. Zotac takes three of the 5 listings with three new fashions, together with the RTX 4090 Trinity valued at $1,930, the Trinity OC variant valued at $1,968, and the enthusiast-made RTX 4090 AMP Excessive Airo, valued at $2,017.
The remaining two playing cards come from Galax, that includes the KFA2 RTX 4090 ST valued at $1,919 – the most cost effective RTX 4090 of the bunch, and the manufacturing facility overclocked KFA2 RTX 4090 SG with a $2,067 price ticket.
| RTX 4090 Fashions | Unique Value | Value Transformed to USD |
|---|---|---|
| Galax KFA2 GeForce RTX 4090 SG | €2,099.94 | $2,067 |
| Zotac GeForce RTX 4090 AMP Excessive Airo | €2,049.95 | $2,017 |
| Zotac GeForce RTX 4090 Trinity OC | €1,999.95 | $1,968 |
| Zotac GeForce RTX 4090 Trinity | €1,959.95 | $1,930 |
| Galax KFA2 GeForce RTX 4090 ST | €1,949.95 | $1,919 |
These extremely excessive costs are a product of Spain’s Valued Added Tax (VAT) of 21% for non-food and non-medical associated shopper items. (opens in new tab) This causes the RTX 4090’s MSRP of $1,599, to leap to $1,934. Within the case of Coolmod’s listings, costs are 25% increased than MSRP resulting from different issues.
Spain is not the one nation coping with these points; we’re additionally seeing this case repeat itself in Germany, the place the present VAT price is nineteen%. Rising German RTX 40-series costs by 22%.
For shoppers in these extremely taxed environments, Nvidia’s MSRP of $1,599 takes on a complete new that means and turns into a extreme downside. Not solely did Nvidia enhance the RTX 4090 and RTX 4080’s MSRP by a number of hundred {dollars} – relying on the mannequin. Moreover, Nvidia’s value hikes get exponentially worse when taxes are added to the product, like VAT. As an illustration, as a substitute of an RTX 3090 at USD 999.99 costing “simply” $210 extra in Spain, the value for the RTX 4090 goes up a further $126 to $336 over MSRP.
