Nvidia warned of stock shortages Earlier this week, and now its launch of $ 1,999 RTX 5090 Yesterday, it was marked a “launch of paper” after people camped outside the retailers only to find a handful of available cards, if necessary.
Reddit users followed the inventory of RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 Cards in micro center locations in the United States, with certain stores opening Thursday without any RTX 5090 cards. The Tastin micro center store in California seems to have received the most stock, but other stores would have had 10 cards RTX 5090 or less. While the NVIDIA RTX 5080 was a little easier to buy on the launch day, the cards were quickly out of stock at retailers like Best Buy and Amazon.
A Reddit poster claims to have obtained an RTX 5090 after three days in the meantime, and others posted buy good which were distributed to people online in a Miami Micro Center. The overwhelming quantity of posts, however, comes from people complaining of the launch and lack of stock.
Gamers Nexus claims The fact that one of the largest systems integrators in the United States received only one RTX 5090 on the launch day, before the arrival of a smaller shipment later. Another Big System Builder would not have received any units and the third received 20 RTX 5090 which he sold in predefined machines in a few minutes.
Many retailers simply list pre-orders for RTX 5090 cards, with CC scan warning That some cards are not due in stock before the end of May – four months after the launch date. Naturally, such low stock levels in the face of high demand means that there are scalpers selling RTX 5090 cards on ebay For $ 5,000 or more. Youtuber Jayztwocents even found An RTX 5090 on sale for $ 5,800 on Facebook, after signing the card at the Tastin Micro Center store earlier during the day.
We contacted NVIDIA to comment on the launching problems of the RTX 5090, but the company refused to comment beyond its previous warning concerning stock shortages.