The situation on RTX 50 launch day looks dire. It seems that the few people who manage to find the cards in stock online will either be powered by fast AI algorithms or simply lucky to be near retailer servers.
We previously reported on the RTX 50 launch day lottery in Japan. The country is known for such draws, which, in order to prevent scalping, give everyone in line an equal chance to purchase limited-supply products. Only those whose tickets are chosen will be allowed to buy the product. While it's hard to call that a win, at least some participants don't leave empty-handed.
According to Japanese media, one of the lotteries at PC Koubou, which started earlier (around 15:00 local time), ended in chaos. People were seen climbing over the fence of a nearby kindergarten, and screams were heard. There's also a photo of a destroyed kingergarten sign (added above). The lottery concluded before many attendees even arrived, leading to frustration and disorder at the venue.
The PC Koubou Parts Hall has started calling for entries for a lottery to purchase the RTX5090, but the situation is currently in chaos.
Angry shouts were heard, and some people even climbed over the fence of the kindergarten next door.
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Swedish retailer Inet confirms there may not be any RTX 5090 stock at launch. It seems they are waiting for an update from their courier company. Even if any 5090 units arrive, the retailer expects them to sell out immediately. The 5080, on the other hand, should sell "quickly."
According to a Redditor who compiled a list of MicroCenter locations and their expected RTX 5090/5080 stock, only 233 RTX 5090 cards were distributed across all stores in the U.S. Similarly, only 2,393 RTX 5080 models were allocated. This is an extremely low number of cards for launch day, though it's important to note that we cannot verify the accuracy of this list.
However, Tustin, California, appears to be one of the few locations where lining up might make sense. The queue is already over 300 people long show messages shared on Reddit, meaning that if the numbers above are correct, the last people in line won't even have a chance to buy a card.
While it's great to see such high demand for new graphics cards, it's difficult to understand why NVIDIA did not prepare a larger stock for launch. The company was not forced to release the cards this early, and there is clearly a significant supply issue. Nothing would have changed if the launch had been delayed by a month, allowing board partners to build inventory. This way, customers wouldn't have to rely on luck, fast reflexes, or being prepared to camp outside stores.
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PC enthusiasts and g*mers are genuinely some of the most rabid consoomers out there. They keep coming back for more of big tech's peepee up their butt while loudly complaining about how much it hurts because big tech doesn't like to use enough lube.
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And half of them are lining up to be peepeeed down by Nvidia so they can hit 300fps in some moba game.
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95% of these "customers" are just scalpers trying to make a quick buck.
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PC enthusiasts and g*mers are genuinely some of the most rabid consoomers out there. They keep coming back for more of scalpchad's peepee up their butt while loudly complaining about how much it hurts because scalpchad doesn't like to use enough lube.
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I need my 5090 Titan Maximum to get sub 300 fps in counterstrike while using 4:3 1024x768
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the demand is coming from AI coomers, not g*mers.
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It's a pretty attainable and affordable hobby compared to other ones.
$2k on this GPU is the absolute highest end possible product. What would $2k get you if you were into cars, audio or boating?
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$2000 to turn 1s and 0s into slightly prettier pixels while you stare at a screen. Are you gonna talk about "hours of entertainment" while you're at it? Speed cubes are also a pretty cheap hobby, I still wouldn't pay $leven $100 for a hunk of plastic and magnets every 2 years because that's r-slurred.
What does a 5090 enable you to play that you otherwise couldn't?
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Why did my friend buy a $120k sports car when a $20k Corolla gets him to the same place at the same legal speed?
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Okay, now compare it to someone who buys the newest top dollar model with a 1000% markup that barely outperforms a model that's 30% of the price every single year to ride around the track in their backyard. That's where PC consoomers are.
Good thing you used a sports car as an analogy, though. It further reinforces my point of it being a consoomer thing that you compare it to something primarily bought for the sake of conspicuous consumption.
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why are you upset over this
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because hes an r-slur. You buy better cars that cost significantly less and mess with them. Strags that buy premade sports cars are the straggiest of car "fans".
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