NVIDIA’s new RTX 5080 and 5090 graphics cards were sold out in minutes. Renewal of stocks can take months.
NVIDIAnew flagship graphics cards RTX 5080 And RTX 5090 It released its models last week. However, these powerful cards were completely out of both physical and online stores within minutes after they were offered for sale. The launch of NVIDIA with a limited number of stocks was disappointed among players and technology enthusiasts.
Why is the interest in the NVIDIA RTX 50 series so big?
NVIDIA’s GeForce Community Manager Tim Adams said before the launch that they expect the demand for these cards to be too high and warned users in case of rapid exhaustion. As expected, large retailers such as Amazon, Micro Center, Best Buy and Newg have consumed their stocks in minutes.
Some US PC manufacturers reportedly only received a few cards on the launch day. For example, a system integrator has a single RTX 5090 card, while another company sold 20 cards in three minutes. While remaining unclear when the stocks will be provided again, some retailers say that this period can take weeks or even months.
The RTX 5080 and 5090 hosts NVIDIA’s latest technologies and offers high performance for modern games. In particular, the developments in Ray Tracing and DLSS technologies make these cards attractive for players. However, NVIDIA’s stock shortage and limited production capacity makes users access to these new generation graphics cards.
According to Steam’s January 2025 hardware survey, most players still use older cards like RTX 3060. New games, 40 series cards proposing, while most of those who want to switch to the RTX 50 series will have to wait because of stock shortages.
It is not clear when NVIDIA will provide new stocks for RTX 5080 and 5090. Some retailers estimate that the RTX 5080 can be available for sale within two to six weeks and RTX 5090 can be re -sold within three to 16 weeks. However, since there is no definite date, users may have to wait for a while to obtain these graphics cards. NVIDIA is expected to learn from this situation and increase its production capacity. However, for now, those who plan to have the RTX 50 series must be patient.