Subj : Fresh Nvidia RTX 5090 and 5080 stock rumors again suggest that ne To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Mon Jan 20 2025 12:15:07 Fresh Nvidia RTX 5090 and 5080 stock rumors again suggest that next-gen GPUs will not be easy to buy Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:04:13 +0000 Description: Latest rumors on RTX 5000 stock have me even more worried that itll be a frustrating scramble to buy these GPUs. FULL STORY ======================================================================Nvidias Blackwell stock levels are again rumored to be shaky Launch stock of the RTX 5090 might be very thin on the ground The RTX 5080 should be better, but still might be tricky to find in the early days Nvidias RTX 5000 graphics cards could be in short supply when these next-gen GPUs first arrive, if a fresh rumor is right and this isnt the first time weve heard chatter from the grapevine along these lines. This time it comes from a regular source of rumors on YouTube, Moores Law is Dead (MLID), who discussed the subject of Blackwell stock in his latest video. The top-level summary is that the RTX 5090 is looking very shaky indeed for its amount of launch stock, and the news doesnt sound all that much better for the RTX 5080 . MLIDs first source season all of this appropriately works at a US distributor and said that their organization will only have around 20 boards for the RTX 5080, and nothing at all for the flagship. Yes, zero stock for the RTX 5090 , which sounds worrying indeed. The theoretical allocation of 20 or so for the RTX 5080 graphics cards is for the first month of sales (meaning February), and to compare with the last generation, this distributor had a couple of hundred RTX 4080s back at launch in 2022. So we could potentially be looking at a tenth of that stock for the RTX 5080. The second source is a graphics card maker (presumably in the US) who said that their firm has the same amount of RTX 5090 boards as with RTX 3090 and if you recall, RTX 3090 stock was vanishingly thin on the ground. As for the RTX 5080, apparently supply is a fraction of that seen with the RTX 4080, although this source doesnt estimate itll be quite as bad as a tenth more like a third to half of that seen with the RTX 4080. Another source, also a graphics card maker (in the EU), said that the RTX 5090 is looking like itll be very rare but that the RTX 5080 seemingly has okay stock levels, for the graphics cards initial launch anyway. Remember that these are all rumors around third-party Blackwell graphics cards, so they dont apply to Nvidias own Founders Edition RTX 5090 and 5080 cards. MLID did hear from a contact at Nvidia, although that person made it clear that they werent involved in any discussions related to supply but did observe that Team Green has warned staff that there wont be many RTX 5090 Founders Editions available from the employee store at launch. They noted that with the RTX 4090, it was very easy to get one of those (heavily discounted) GPUs from that in-house store. Analysis: Caveats and more optimistic glimmers Obviously, all this comes with weighty caveats. Its still only a few sources, even if multiple insiders have chimed in here and its only the one US distributor (others could be faring better, perhaps, especially for the RTX 5080). Indeed, theres some mixed chatter here for the RTX 5080, and some indications of stronger stock levels, like that mention of inventory being a third to a half of that seen with the RTX 4080. That doesnt sound as gloomy as some of the other estimations here, but as MLID points out, RTX 4080 supply wasnt great, though, and part of the reason it hung around was because this GPU wasnt very popular. The RTX 5080 could prove a great deal more in demand, and so could still sell out in a relative flash. We dont know how much trust to put in this speculation, of course, and the Founders Edition could be different too theres no solid evidence on those models. But it certainly makes sense that Nvidia wouldnt particularly want to prioritize RTX 5090 stock in particular for its own boards, or third-party graphics cards . Firstly, because AMD RDNA 4 isnt even remotely competing with Nvidias new flagship, and secondly, because Team Green will doubtless want to use the top Blackwell chips for AI rather than the 5090, as thats where all the big profits lie. All this doesnt fill me with confidence about the general picture of RTX 5000 stock, it must be said, particularly as a report from last week chimes pretty much with the assertions here, hinting that it could be a battle to get one of Nvidias next-gen GPUs at launch . You might also like... The end of the Nvidia RTX 4000 series is nigh with the RTX 4070 expected to sell out in weeks Nvidia releases stats that prove DLSS and Frame Generation are here to stay - sorry, angry gamers Best PC games: must-play titles you don't want to miss ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/fresh-nvidia-rtx-5090-and-5080-stock-r umors-again-suggest-that-next-gen-gpus-will-not-be-easy-to-buy --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .