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It was inevitable: Nvidia executives have already hinted that the new high-end RTX 5000 graphics cards could sell out.
Tim Adams is Nvidia’s global director of the GeForce Community. In a forum post Nvidia stated that it believes “stock outs,” a situation in which retailers sell out of certain products, may occur.
We expect significant demand for GeForce 5090 and 5080, and believe stock-outs could happen,” he wrote. Nvidia forum post. “Nvidia and our partners are shipping more stocks to retail every day to get GPUs into gamers’ hands.”
Nvidia announced the GeForce 500 family of PC GPUs on January 6. This includes the 5090, the 5080, the 5070 Ti, the 5070, and the 5070. Nvidia surprised many by announcing that the cards will sell for less than expected. The RTX5090 is priced at a whopping $999, while the RTX5080 will be sold for $999. The first review of the GeForce RTX 5090 has been released. While this “brutally quick” PC graphics card is revolutionary, its price is still shocking. How does Nvidia expect to sell out the most expensive GeForce GTX 5000 cards from its Blackwell line, but not the cheaper ones? Adams does not specifically address cards such as the 5070. Our review begins with a test that is very specific — AI — and not a gaming benchmark. You can expect that businesses will do anything to get the fastest cards possible, with corporate R&D budgets supporting them and not a gaming paycheck.
Right now, you have two options: camp out the online retailers that will be selling the 5090 cards or literally camp out the brick-and mortar retailers that will be selling them. As in, get in line. As in, get in line.
Mark Hachman, Senior Editor at PCWorld
Mark is a technology writer with over 30 years experience. He has been writing for PCWorld since the last decade. He has written over 3,500 articles, covering PC microprocessors and peripherals, Microsoft Windows, and other topics, for PCWorld. Mark has written for PC Magazine, Byte and eWEEK as well as Popular Science, Electronic Buyers’ News and Electronic Buyers’ News. He also shared a Jesse H. Neal Award with Popular Science for breaking news. He recently gave away a collection of Thunderbolt docks, USB-C hubs and other accessories because his office is simply too small.
