Most RTX 50-series GPUs sold out in five minutes at Newegg — entire inventory evaporated in just 20 minutes
But how many GPUs were there in the first place?

Yesterday, Nvidia's RTX 50-series lineup finally hit shelves—at least the few hundred Nvidia produced. Since almost no one has been able to get their hands on a Blackwell GPU, Newegg reports that its RTX 50 inventory sold out in just 20 minutes. You'd be lucky to see a single listing, as it didn't take five minutes for most of the stock to be wiped out.
Our reviews of the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 left much to be desired from these GPUs. The reason behind these almost instant sellouts is the limited availability, as foreseen in early supply-chain rumors. Even Nvidia admitted to a constrained supply, suggesting "stock-outs may happen."
Newegg presented several new statistics from the RTX 50 launch, the most interesting of which is that all available units were snapped up in just 20 minutes. But our question is, "How many RTX 5090s were available at Newegg?"
For context, Micro Center reportedly received just 233 RTX 5090s in the U.S. Take this number with a pinch of salt. Still, it underlines the limited availability from Nvidia's end. Even Taiwan, with a population of 23.42 million, was reportedly allotted 84 RTX 5090s, which is an absurdly low amount given that this is a very high-profile launch from Nvidia.
Newegg has promised more inventory as AIBs and Nvidia supply more units. If you wish to receive real-time stock updates, Newegg suggests following their social media accounts. One way to secure an RTX 50 series GPU without resorting to scalpers is getting a pre-built system. A few of Newegg's in-house ABS (Advanced Battlestations) pre-built PCs equipped with Blackwell GPUs are in stock. However, remember that you'd be paying for the entire system, not just the GPU, slapped on with a markup, as if you were to build a similar setup yourself.
Blackwell's data center and gaming counterparts likely employ the same 4N wafers from TSMC. Hence, each RTX 5090/5080 produced eats into Nvidia's available supply for what could've been a B100/B200 AI accelerator. There is no word on when supply will improve, but you likely aren't missing much since the RTX 5090 is around 25% faster than the RTX 4090 for a 25% higher MSRP.
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Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he’s not working, you’ll find him bending tubes for his ever-evolving custom water-loop gaming rig or benchmarking the latest CPUs and GPUs just for fun.
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Jabberwocky79 Welp, I was hoping to pick one up in March.... but even that might be optimistic.Reply -
why_wolf Feels like Nvidia was desperate to both get a product out to keep the stock price high but also to get in before any new tariffs are levied. To establish a facts on the ground position. Its harder to slap a tariff on something that is already for sale as opposed to something that is not yet for sale. Because the customer will notice the obvious price increase and get mad.Reply
That coupled with the Chinese being on their annual month long holiday means none of the factories are capable of working at full capacity. -
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Well, there's a few people out there fighting the good fight... there are several listings that are similar to this one: https://www.ebay.com/itm/176805952085?_skw=nvidia+geforce+rtx+5090&itmmeta=01JJZ75JE4K602RNBKTFRK79EM&hash=item292a74ba55:g:mD4AAOSwNbNnffN~&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnWZOy1BQ3xpDNU%2FpFD9J0oopU0FR1fozphxzGKaWdTzMda8csj0jiN7CclUCJ4F%2FkvN3V%2BVrcF2%2F0fyfSkXFBPMuC%2B%2BvHKHUgsr3aD7gxO0yKT6NBzm4zvvV%2F9KQxh8fqpzg%2BF3TWKBAuFxF7ljsOCR7hLqHqcR9p4GEOwV9XlCd64tjavnsvmKAHEkkP9ZTcnEFASuwJXnqWv3foEE3oDQAi6Ug%2FlfcPKnfr5E8xq6sZgC5VfcfTZIc97JTo%2BVh7awIyYb3OEBeGOhudLLd68ikFSuSDSx56CITsRhozSkg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5qnlueXZQOneMoreUser said:I hope no one buys from the scalpers, so that instead they end taking a loss.
Unfortunately however, the first 120 sold listings of 5090s on eBay reveal a top price of $9000 and a bottom price of $3800. There have been 269 sales so far, but some of them are bogus listings like the one I linked to. -
beyondlogic ah dont worry ive already seen 5080s going for £1,399.99 on ccl in uk bloody attrocious lol.Reply
https://www.cclonline.com/ne75080t19t2-gb2030g-palit-geforce-rtx-5080-gamerock-oc-16gb-gddr7-graphics-card-477254/
Zotac GeForce RTX 5090 Solid 32GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics CardGRA-ZTC-04049
£2,239.99
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-components/graphics-cards/nvidia-graphics-cards/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-graphics-cards?sort=price_asc -
acadia11 I don’t know about anyone else but I never saw any stock listed on any of these sites, they all said sold out the minute you looked. if Intel had any since as a foundry they would have been priming a long time ago to support the likes of nvidia. What I don’t understand is why Nvidia is exclusively going to TSMC for foundry services , it’s got to be the Taiwan good old boys network. While there is a global chip demand crunch across the board … it seems to be in part due to contracts and loyalties.Reply -
Jabberwocky79
Yep, that's the way just about every form of business works. I've seen my superiors make some really boneheaded decisions over the years due to an unhealthy loyalty to a certain company or sales rep.acadia11 said:it seems to be in part due to contracts and loyalties. -
beyondlogic acadia11 said:I don’t know about anyone else but I never saw any stock listed on any of these sites, they all said sold out the minute you looked. if Intel had any since as a foundry they would have been priming a long time ago to support the likes of nvidia. What I don’t understand is why Nvidia is exclusively going to TSMC for foundry services , it’s got to be the Taiwan good old boys network. While there is a global chip demand crunch across the board … it seems to be in part due to contracts and loyalties.
tsmc is much larger.
and its not like they havent thought of using other companys i know they have had talks with samsung