Yesterday, Nvidia’sRTX 50-serieslineup finally hit shelves—at least the few hundred Nvidia produced. Sincealmost no onehas been able to get their hands on a Blackwell GPU,Neweggreports that its RTX 50 inventory sold out in just 20 minutes. You’d be lucky to see a single listing, as it didn’t take five minutes for most of the stock to be wiped out.
Our reviews of theRTX 5090andRTX 5080left much to be desired from these GPUs. The reason behind these almost instant sellouts is the limited availability, as foreseen in earlysupply-chain rumors. Even Nvidiaadmittedto a constrained supply, suggesting “stock-outs may happen.”
Newegg presented several new statistics from the RTX 50 launch, the most interesting of which is that all available units were snapped up in just 20 minutes. But our question is, “How many RTX 5090s were available at Newegg?”
For context, Micro Center reportedly received just 233 RTX 5090s in the U.S. Take this number with a pinch of salt. Still, it underlines the limited availability from Nvidia’s end. Even Taiwan, with a population of 23.42 million, was reportedly allotted 84 RTX 5090s, which is an absurdly low amount given that this is a very high-profile launch from Nvidia.
Newegg has promised more inventory as AIBs and Nvidia supply more units. If you wish to receive real-time stock updates, Newegg suggests following their social media accounts. One way to secure an RTX 50 series GPU without resorting to scalpers is getting a pre-built system. A few of Newegg’s in-house ABS (Advanced Battlestations) pre-built PCs equipped withBlackwellGPUs are in stock. However, remember that you’d be paying for the entire system, not just the GPU, slapped on with a markup, as if you were to build a similar setup yourself.
Blackwell’s data center and gaming counterparts likely employ the same 4N wafers from TSMC. Hence, each RTX 5090/5080 produced eats into Nvidia’s available supply for what could’ve been aB100/B200AI accelerator. There is no word on when supply will improve, but you likely aren’t missing much since the RTX 5090 is around25% fasterthan theRTX 4090for a 25% higher MSRP.
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Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he’s not working, you’ll find him bending tubes for his ever-evolving custom water-loop gaming rig or benchmarking the latest CPUs and GPUs just for fun.
