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[Draugoth]

NVIDIA has reportedly set restrictions on which retailers will receive GeForce RTX 50 GPUs in initial shipments. The rumors come from a moderator, “Pockerclock” from the PC Games Hardware forums, who is said to be well informed within retail circles. The moderator claims that initial stock will be “extremely limited”.

In addition, the source claims that NVIDIA has implemented a tiered system for retailers based on specific criteria. For example, Amazon may not receive stock in the first shipments, perhaps not even in the second or third wave, with availability expected weeks later, the source adds.

More importantly, he claims that customers who are registered as companies wishing to buy graphics cards for their own use or to resell will need to look elsewhere.

However, the source does not specify why NVIDIA is limiting stock, nor whether this affects the entire global shipment or only certain markets (such as Germany), which are known for strong competition.

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[Senua]

 

[Nankatsu]

 

[J3nga]

This perfectly aligns with limited money in my bank account

 

[Schmick]

Scalpers at the ready.

 

[Thief1987]

Fake frames, fake prices it's all aligned.

 

[diffusionx]

$1300 for 5080 and $2500 for 5090, open up paypigs

 

[winjer]

I bet that Nvidia, AMD and Intel are using most of their wafer allocation at TSMC to make AI chips and the remaining products, get just the bare minimum.

 

[Magic Carpet]

If I can't find one at Best Buy, I'm not getting one at all.
Not playing these in/out stock games anymore.

 

[OverHeat]

Fuck you NVIDIA with your paper launch

 

[Imtjnotu]

Scalpers this month

 

[Mister Wolf]

Prepare to be disappointed when you attempt to purchase.

 

[zeroluck]

Supply diverted to USA ahead of tariff? I hope this increases the chance of me getting 5090 on launch day...

 

[Schmendrick]

To the surprise of no one considering the margin of their enterprise products vs that of their consumer line.
Wouldn't want to waste too much TSMC capacity on "cheap" consumer crap.

 

[proandrad]

I take everything I said, these cards suck ass and no one should buy them on the 30th. And if you are going to buy one please wait till a week later. I’ll take one for the team and test one out on release date.

 

[Big Baller]

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Cool, so limited supplies will likely mean that scalpers grab them using bots and then increase the price 50-100% just like during COVID.

I'll wait until the end of the year and think about upgrading then, I'm not in a rush and anyone with a reasonably good GPU would probably do well doing the same thing. The stock checking game is a pain in the ass and I'm not doing that again following the release of both Series X and PS5, it was a fucking joke trying to get one for what seemed like a very long time.

 

[Topher]

Paper launch

 

[Magic Carpet]

During the keynote they mentioned dozens of manufacturing plants all over the world cranking out these chips.

 

[Topher]

Will not be shocked to see $2500 5090s from AIBs

 

[V1LÆM]

Fuck scalpers and anyone who buys from them.

 

[peish]

100% scalpers win here.

I think 5090 die is so big and expensive. Nvidia is throttling production coming off back to back holidays.

Christmas - new year - chinese new year.

I am sure the 2nd shipment will be at end of feb.

 

[Thebonehead]

4080 / 4090 ceased production in October

It takes around 3 months to produce a completed wafer at TSMC, and you can assume that they have been producing 50 series for around 6 months minimum, so tight initial supply like always.

Peoples wallets being stretched thin so it may make it easier. Will have several browsers open Jan 30th hitting f5

 

[Radical_3d]

Wow, what a thread…

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[rofif]

why lie?
The jacket guy said they have unprecedented qty for release.
Anyway - I doubt the demand will be high. We don't even have anything interesting releasing to get the gpu aroused

 

[OverHeat]

why lie?
The jacket guy said they have unprecedented qty for release.
Anyway - I doubt the demand will be high. We don't even have anything interesting releasing to get the gpu aroused

Doom the dark ages path tracing goodness!!!!

 

[BennyBlanco]

Glad im sitting this one out.

 

[Bernardougf]

Any chances of getting these at stores ? Or usually they only sell online ?

 

[Draugoth]

Any chances of getting these at stores ? Or usually they only sell online ?

Where you live, i would advise agaisnt getting them physically

 

[Bernardougf]

Where you live, i would advise agaisnt getting them physically

I'll be in the US for 15 days bro .. just when this babys will launch

I want to try and bring as many psrts as I can to build my new rig

 

[SweetTooth]

Fake frames, fake prices it's all aligned.

Fake quantities

 

[OverHeat]

Fake quantities

Genuine trolling

 

[DenchDeckard]

5090 is none existent.

 

[willothedog]

why lie?
The jacket guy said they have unprecedented qty for release.
Anyway - I doubt the demand will be high. We don't even have anything interesting releasing to get the gpu aroused

Not just for games. Qwen 2.5 32b should run like butter with 32GB of 5090 muscle.

 

[rofif]

Not just for games. Qwen 2.5 32b should run like butter with 32GB of 5090 muscle.

math?!
YUCK

 

[Jigsaah]

Show me 10 good games that require me to upgrade. I'm waiting on the 6090. My 4090 and 9800x3d will hold me til then.

 

[damidu]

fake launch for fake frames, sigh

 

[tr1p1ex]

the others will have unlimited stock. so buy as many as you want.

 

[Topher]

Genuine trolling

lol….thats no different than calling it a paper launch

Fuck you NVIDIA with your paper launch

Fake quantities

 

[Kilau]

Did we really expect ample supply? I’d use a bot but it seems like a huge hassle and expense with no guarantee.

 

[BWJinxing]

The links I saw mentioned Germany.

I do wonder the Chinese will pay scalper prices for a 5090, given the gimped features of the 5090d.

My biggest fear is the US tariffs will hit, as I got fucked over last time trying to get a 3080 on the EVGA stepup program

 

[OverHeat]

lol….thats no different than calling it a paper launch

I’m buying this shit and he is not so it’s trolling don’t sugar coat it

 

[Hudo]

Of course. How else will scalpers sell it for >$5000?

 

[llien]

I bet that Nvidia, AMD and Intel are using most of their wafer allocation at TSMC to make AI chips and the remaining products, get just the bare minimum.

NVDA was going down for a week or so, after Microsoft stated they see no chip shortages.
NV said that their biggest customer buys 13% of the AI chips.

Microsoft is thought to be that customer. (as openai backers, they highly likely are)


In unrelated news, TSMC profits up 57% YoY. (and the previous years were record years, cough)

 

[Spyxos]

They know they cant sell alot of this overprised crap.

 

[Bieren]

They are shipping 98% of them to scalpers. The other 2% will go YouTubers, media and famous people.

 

[Topher]

I’m buying this shit and he is not so it’s trolling don’t sugar coat it

Last time I checked owning something wasn't a requirement to have a take on it. Sure as hell wasn't the case in the PS5 Pro threads.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Imagine thinking Nvidia was going to have millions of $1000 and $2000 video cards to sell at launch

Scalpers gonna be eating good, like always

 

[flying_sq]

Should I align with the darkside?