Initially planned for release today, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards are already facing significant supply issues. According to IGN, these shortages have led stores to sell out of both models, with scalpers reportedly acquiring some units. On eBay, a scalper is even advertising an RTX 5090 for up to $6,000.
In terms of pricing, the high-end RTX 5090 is expected to retail for $1,999, compared to the RTX 5080 at $999. The shortage and resellers are reminiscent of the GPU market during the cryptocurrency surge.
Prospective purchasers of Nvidia’s latest graphics cards have voiced their concerns over the scarcity of stock on the company’s discussion boards, with some stating that the GPUs were briefly visible (for approximately 30 seconds) before being swiftly snapped up.
It’s not shocking that Nvidia’s high-end graphics cards are in short supply upon release, given that manufacturers have been alerting prospective buyers about this possibility all week. For instance, one of Nvidia’s partner companies, MSI, issued a cautionary statement, while retailers like Overclockers UK reported holding only small quantities (in the single digits) of the RTX 5090, with much larger stockpiles (triple digits) of the RTX 5080.
The team at Overclockers UK anticipates a higher demand than the 40 series, however, due to its launch close to Chinese New Year and various rumors swirling around, initial stock levels are low and it might take some time to replenish. Consequently, the limited stock we have will be sold through our online shop immediately upon release, and I must warn that it’s likely to sell out within seconds or minutes at best.
It appears that the current stock shortages might be due to reduced production of processors for Nvidia when they started making the new GPUs based on the Blackwell architecture. As previously reported, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang mentioned a design issue in Blackwell, which resulted in lower production yields.
At CES 2025 this month, the GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards, along with the RTX 5070 and RTX 5070 Ti models, were all introduced together.
The most advanced graphics processing unit (GPU) from Nvidia right now is the RTX 5090. It boasts a massive 32 GB of GDDR7 video memory, a blazing-fast memory bandwidth of 1.792 TB per second, an impressive 21,760 CUDA cores, 680 fifth-generation Tensor cores, and 170 fourth-generation ray tracing cores.
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The RTX 5090 is Nvidia’s top-tier GPU, featuring 32 GB of GDDR7 video memory, a 1.792 TB/sec memory bandwidth, 21,760 CUDA cores, 680 fifth-gen Tensor cores, and 170 fourth-gen ray tracing cores.
Compared to it, the RTX 5080 has a slight reduction in specs, boasting 16 GB of GDDR7 VRAM and 960 GB/sec memory bandwidth. Despite this, it’s intended to outperform both the mid-range RTX 5070 and RTX 5070 Ti, which come with 16 GB and 12 GB of GDDR7 VRAM respectively.
The simultaneous unveiling of the two GPUs coincides with the debut of DLSS 4, introducing innovative capabilities such as multi frame generation, all driven by a novel transformer-based model.
In a similar move to Nvidia, AMD revealed their new lineup of graphics cards, but these are primarily aimed at the mid-range market. The offerings include the Radeon RX 6090, RX 6090 XT, RX 7090, and RX 7090 XT models.
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2025-01-31 16:11