PC Gamers looking for a discounted GeForce RTX 40 series GPU may want to make their move soon as NVIDIA warns of an upcoming shortage. Yesterday’s financials report may be good news for investors but another side of the current state of gaming GPU supply was spoken about that doesn’t paint as nice of a picture for those hoping for a Black Friday deal. NVIDIA CFO Collette Kress revealed that while the GPU manufacturer is preparing to launch its next generation of products there could be a shortage of current backstock as inventory dries up.
Per CFO Collette Kress (via Tom’s Hardware):
“Our gaming supply, given what we saw selling through, was moving quite fast. Now the challenge that we have is, how fast could we get that supply getting ready into the market for this quarter? Not to worry, I think we’ll be back on track with more supply as we turn the corner into the new calendar year.”
As NVIDIA warns of a gaming GPU shortage the idea of it should really be taken as a water-is-wet moment due to multiple reports of various RTX 40 series models being discontinued coming in since the end of summer. These announcements have already seen its flagship GeForce RTX 4090 prices spiking well above MSRP for months now. PC owners holding out for that perfect Black Friday deal might get lucky then but may also want to consider pulling the trigger on something on sale now as some retailers have begun discounting their stock already. Below are some of NVIDIA’s “SUPER” lineup of GPUs and while the names may not appeal to everyone they do represent the most powerful versions of its RTX 40 series graphics cards released, with the exception of its flagship RTX 4090. It’s worth noting that some are currently available under their MSRP.
RTX 50 Series Launch
Ongoing rumors suggest that the GeForce RTX 50 series will launch in Q1 2025 and will be formally revealed at CES 2025. However, it is possible that NVIDIA might have something planned before then. The other rumor is that the GPU manufacturer could launch as many as four different models that might include the GeForce RTX 5070, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5080, and RTX 5090. While pricing and final specifications are still not known the real trick for consumers will be if they can get ahold of their preferred card before scalpers do.
Discussion (19 replies)
Join Discussion →Ha....you know how it will go....every piece will be sold out in 10 minutes at launch. I got my 4000 series card about 6 months in....and it was a forum deal, not through any retail. The MSRPs this time around may be shocking though.....scalping a 5090 for over 3000 dollars may be the norm.....yikes.....
That's a big ticket item to try and flip like that. Maybe the lower tier models but the 5090... I have doubts.
What I'm bummed about is that no matter what direction I go I'm basically going to have to wait until around spring for any upgrades, and largely thanks to scalpers. I'm fully expecting, and really hoping I'm wrong, for the 50-series launch to be a s**t show. If it isn't I'll be happily surprised and the 5090 will likely be that last card I buy before retiring.
On the other side of the fence is an AM5 build. I could do one right now and come in at ~$1200 and definitely get some decent gains and future proofing with it. However, I'm really curious what's in store with the 9900/9950 X3D parts and holding off until they launch, but even if that pans out it might not be until Q1 25 and then I'll probably still have to wait for those d**m scalpers to fall off before I can get one.
These things will be hens teeth for at least 6 months.
Not to worry though! I'm sure GN and J2C will each get half a dozen of each model.
Who even is looking forward to a $2500 card? I think scalpers are in for a rude awakening, because most people don't even want to spend the original asking price. I certainly don't. And it's not like there is some major game release coming to drive spending. I think the next time I upgrade my GPU will be when cyberpunk 2 releases.
I don't think people realize how much heat a 600w TGP card produces if that rumor is true.
Enjoy that extra 20 degrees F (before overclocking)
This. I am so looking forward to less anxiety this time around as I'm not upgrading. Scalpers have basically ruined what was a fun hobby for most of us. Heck even the 9800X3D I got was because someone on (H) was selling a few for the retail price which is basically unheard of nowadays.
From what I heard some techtuber say if memory is correct, amazon was selling some 9800X3D with estimated delivery somewhere in januari b4 they pulled sales all toghether, anyways, I'm not paying 599€ retail for a 9800X3D evven if it was in stock.
nVidia may warn of a GPU shortage, but I'm warning them of a cash shortage in my wallet and bank account. 5000-series GPUs may be hard for us to get, but my cash is gonna be very hard for them to get.
The last two times I got an nVidia GPU, nVidia saw no cash from those purchases. I'd like to keep that going.
While I love my 7900xtx, 32 gig of video memory and a faster ostensibly better GPU is very temping. That and I want to pair it with a 9950x3d (potentially) and at least 96 gig of ram... yea it's going to be an expensive build update this go around.
It's not that I can't, but I won't.
I never saw the point in being on the cutting edge, now with scalping and already overpriced HW even less so. Why? Just to have it? I'd rather wait until I actually need it.
I have to admit, I ~was~ seriously contemplating getting an Intel GPU my next go around. Sure, they may not compete on the very high end, but there is no way in any sort of reality I'm shucking out $1k+ for a GPU so cards like the 5090 (and probably the 5080, and decent odds on 5070) were never in the cards for me in the first place.
However, now they are looking Intel is going to back out of the market.
I got nothing against AMD though - the card that's in that computer now is a RX5600...
They aren't, new cards have already leaked for the B580 [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/intel-arc-b580-battlemage-gpu-specs-leaked-in-accidental-retailer-listing-arc-b580-features-pcie-5-0-x8-interface-12gb-gddr6-and-192-bit-memory-interface[/URL]
I know we're worried about scalpers. But the market that will show less production are the 40 series cards other than the 4070 I believe. They expect to have 'normal' production market availability for the 50 series cards from what I'm seeing here.
I'm not holding my breath.
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Battlemage may release, but if it doesn't get a commitment to steady driver releases, it won't do much good.