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Nvidia warned of banal shortages earlier this week, and now its motorboat of the $1,999 RTX 5090 yesterday is being branded a “paper launch” aft group camped extracurricular retailers only to find a fistful of cards available, if immoderate astatine all.
Reddit users person been search inventory for RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 cards astatine Micro Center locations crossed the US, pinch immoderate stores opening connected Thursday pinch nary RTX 5090 cards astatine all. The Tustin, California Micro Center shop seems to person received the astir stock, but different stores reportedly had 10 aliases little RTX 5090 cards. While Nvidia’s RTX 5080 was a small easier to acquisition connected motorboat day, cards quickly went retired of banal astatine retailers for illustration Best Buy and Amazon.
One Reddit poster claims to person secured an RTX 5090 aft 3 days waiting successful line, and others person posted purchase vouchers that were handed retired to group successful statement astatine a Miami Micro Center. The overwhelming magnitude of posts are from group complaining astir the motorboat and deficiency of stock, though.
Gamers Nexus claims that 1 of the biggest strategy integrators successful the US only received a azygous RTX 5090 connected motorboat day, earlier a smaller shipment arrived later successful the day. Another large strategy builder reportedly received nary units and 3rd 1 received 20 RTX 5090s that it sold successful pre-built machines successful a matter of minutes.
Many retailers are now simply listing preorders for RTX 5090 cards, pinch Scan successful the UK warning that immoderate cards aren’t owed successful banal until the extremity of May — 4 months aft the motorboat date. Naturally, specified debased banal levels successful the look of precocious request intends location are scalpers trading RTX 5090 cards on eBay for $5,000 aliases more. YouTuber JayzTwoCents even found an RTX 5090 connected waste for $5,800 connected Facebook, aft he signed the paper astatine the Tustin Micro Center shop earlier successful the day.
We reached retired to Nvidia to remark connected the RTX 5090 motorboat issues, but the institution refused to remark beyond its erstwhile informing astir banal shortages.