Nvidia finally admits looming RTX 50-series GPU shortage — RTX 5090, RTX 5080 stockouts may happen
Do you want Nvidia's latest and greatest GPU? Too bad, it's out of stock.

Nvidia finally admitted in the official forums (via VideoCardz) that gamers may have difficulty finding stock for the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080, which compete with the best graphics cards.
“We expect significant demand for the GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 and believe stock-outs may happen,” Tim@Nvidia posted in Nvidia’s forums. “Nvidia & our partners are shipping more stock to retail every day to help get GPUs into the hands of gamers.”
PC retailers have been saying that the RTX 5090 supply is in dire straits. One UK reseller says inventory is below 10 units—a small number for such a powerful GPU that will likely face increased demand for its performance, especially in AI applications. We’ve even seen scalpers selling “rights” to the flagship GPU, offering it at a markup of three times the MSRP.
We already expected this with the RTX 5090, primarily as smaller companies working with AI tech are acquiring it for training their LLMs. We’ve even seen manufacturers like TinyBox AI offer accelerators powered by four RTX 4090s offered for $25,000. But disappointing is that the “stock out” will also include the RTX 5080, a more affordable GPU that many enthusiasts and hardcore gamers will likely choose for their builds in 2025.
The situation is similar to the Intel Arc B580, with demand outstripping supply in retailers despite receiving weekly restocks from Intel. Even today, one and a half months since the $249 GPU champion arrived, finding one on Amazon and Best Buy is still challenging.
So, if you want to be among the first to get an RTX 5090 or RTX 5080, you should line up at your nearest major PC retailer as soon as (or even before) it opens tomorrow, or else you might come home empty-handed, that is if it has a stock of these GPUs in the first place. Also, you should avoid buying GPUs from a scalper—it’s not worth paying over the MSRP to get your hands on a new GPU, especially if you’re just using it for games.
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Jowi Morales is a tech enthusiast with years of experience working in the industry. He’s been writing with several tech publications since 2021, where he’s been interested in tech hardware and consumer electronics.
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joartrak Oh Nvidia. If only someone or some company could have known this would happen. 🤷♂️Reply
I suppose there really is no incentive to do better as long as someone is buying them out. -
SomeoneElse23 joartrak said:Oh Nvidia. If only someone or some company could have known this would happen. 🤷♂️
I suppose there really is no incentive to do better as long as someone is buying them out.
It's likely intentional. It's a common trick to limit output to drive prices and create demand and publicity. -
joartrak
Agreed. Great for profit, horrible for the common consumer. Annoying for sure.SomeoneElse23 said:It's likely intentional. It's a common trick to limit output to drive prices and create demand and publicity. -
SyCoREAPER Is anyone surprised?Reply
I said this would be the 4090 all over again and $2000 which was already to expensive was the fantasy price.
These things will be $2500-$3000 if not more. And since there's no competition, they have no incentive to rush more out. The lack of availability will push people to compromise for a lower tier card of theirsz exactly how they want it to happen. -
stonecarver Buckle up for another insane ride coming up.Reply
Lets just throw in a high MSRP okay were numb to this now. Add the scalper been there and road that out , Add in oops we under estimated demand and let just throw in the new word of the day Tariffs.
That's going to be a wild card whether they are or are not actually being used on GPU sales.
This feels like the bitcoin dark GPU buying days of yesteryear. That seems so long ago, oh wait were still there. Carry on. :rolleyes::cry: -
vanadiel007 And here we go again. They are clearly price fixing to maximize their profit, by deliberately keeping inventory low.Reply
They have done this so many times now it's not even a surprise anymore. -
j1mm4
It almost certainly is intentional. I remember multiple press releases stating that "NVIDIA is stocking up extra to combat potential shortages due to new tariffs!" If they were creating a stockpile then, then there's no excuse to be out already.SomeoneElse23 said:It's likely intentional. It's a common trick to limit output to drive prices and create demand and publicity. -
beyondlogic Admin said:Nvidia admits to having a limited supply of RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs and says "stockouts may happen" for these graphics cards.
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quickly say theres limited stock so we can price gouge our suckers i mean customers. -
btmedic04 TLDR: why sell Blackwell silicon as a $2000 rtx 5090 when they can sell it as a $20000-$40000 ai acceleratorReply