Nvidia’s launch day saw long lines of enthusiasts camping outside the walkers of the retailers, hoping to ensure one of the coveted GPU.
Micro Center’s Tustin, California store got the largest allocation with 67 RTX 5090s and 199 RTX 5080s, but it was an outlier. Most Micro Center locations had to make do with just a handful of cards, some having as few as four or five RTX 5090s.
The shortage has extended beyond physical stores, online stores such as Best Buy and Amazon have temporarily exhausted their initial actions. The rarity has resulted in a second -hand Worthplace outbreak, some RTX 5090 cards are indexed on eBay for more than $ 5,000, more than double the retail value of $ 1,999.
YouTube Channel Gamersnexus reported on scarcity, noting that even primary formula integrators were suffering to obtain inventory. According to the reports, one of the manufacturer won only one RTX 5090 the day of launch, while others won none. This shortage has asked questions about the production functions of NVIDIA and allocation strategies, especially since the company has stopped the production of the RTX 4090 of previous generation in the new 50 series.
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