Monday, January 27th 2025
MSI Confirms Tight Supply of GeForce RTX 5090/5080 GPUs at Launch, Situation to Improve in February
MSI has officially confirmed that its upcoming GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards will face limited availability when they launch on January 30, coinciding with the second day of the Lunar New Year. According to MSI's official account, the constrained supply originates from an insufficient allocation of GPU cores provided by NVIDIA, making it difficult for the manufacturer to meet the expected high demand. Some retailers even claimed they only receive single-digit quantities of these cards, leading to a dramatic price hike in certain regions. In extreme cases, prices have been observed at nearly twice the official MSRP, leaving many potential buyers concerned about availability and affordability. Taiwanese media outlet BenchLife.info previously indicated that "communication issues" between NVIDIA and its board partners contributed to the limited supply. These complications and holiday-related manufacturing and shipping disruptions have constrained how many units can be delivered to stores by launch day.
As a result, enthusiasts aiming to purchase a new GPU at MSRP—or even at slightly higher prices—might face an uphill battle. Despite the rocky start, supply levels will gradually improve in February. The precise rate of this improvement is unclear, but many anticipate that more stock will arrive as production normalizes and communication between NVIDIA and its partners recovers. For now, consumers should prepare for limited stock and potentially inflated prices, especially on day one of the launch. Those hoping to upgrade immediately may need to secure a pre-order or wait until supply becomes more stable in the coming weeks. Scalpers are already reserving "guaranteed" slots for RTX 5090 GPU at up to $7000 per GPU, indicating that supply is tight. However, we must wait for the official launch day to see if the situation improves.
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ITHome, via Wccftech
As a result, enthusiasts aiming to purchase a new GPU at MSRP—or even at slightly higher prices—might face an uphill battle. Despite the rocky start, supply levels will gradually improve in February. The precise rate of this improvement is unclear, but many anticipate that more stock will arrive as production normalizes and communication between NVIDIA and its partners recovers. For now, consumers should prepare for limited stock and potentially inflated prices, especially on day one of the launch. Those hoping to upgrade immediately may need to secure a pre-order or wait until supply becomes more stable in the coming weeks. Scalpers are already reserving "guaranteed" slots for RTX 5090 GPU at up to $7000 per GPU, indicating that supply is tight. However, we must wait for the official launch day to see if the situation improves.
42 Comments on MSI Confirms Tight Supply of GeForce RTX 5090/5080 GPUs at Launch, Situation to Improve in February
Currently, home GPUs are no longer just a card for displaying or give us frames from games like Crysis, GTA, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. The line between gaming systems and other types of scientific simulations, modeling and machine learning training.
However, since then Nvidia has had specialized systems or models like Titan, gamers are relatively safe. In the meantime, Nvidia has gone from being one of many companies to being one of the most highly valued in just a few years.
This didnt happen because they sell a lot and cheap unites or a lot and at medium prices. The margins even on a gaming card are really high. Suffice it to say that the top gaming card has gone up in price in one series from $699 to $1000-1200. No even one previous series had a 40-70% increase, while also giving such a small/ordinary increase in performance in relation to the price increase.
Interestingly, both manufacturers also stopped producing their previous systems a ~ few months ago. The availability of the RTX 4090 dropped very quickly. A few months ago, as soon as prices began to stabilize, news appeared that Nvidia was ending production.
If they wanted to ensure a wide supply of only RTX 4080-4090, they would not have withdrawn them from production a good half a year before the RTX 5000 series (february) models appeared in stores. It is hard to believe that they stopped making money on the RTX 4000 series, so it is not a lack of production capabilities but a business and market strategy:nutkick:.
Low supply and high demand drives prices up, thus making the company profit even more from its loyal customer base. Serves them right.
Someone on my local marketpkace accepts 10 orders for the 5070(not Ti) for 730 euro with tax. Cheaper than the 4070 Super with same brand/model.
Nvidia isn't going to release a 5080 super that is 750mm²