If you’re planning to buy an RTX 5080 or RTX 5090 at launch, we wish you luck. According to PCGamesHardware and their forum moderator Pokerclock, the Chameleon is going so far as to control which resellers will be able to sell cards. With this, we learn that the number of cards available at launch will be limited. The problem is that this could lead to stock-outs and higher prices!
RTX 5090 and RTX 5080, small quantities and controlled distributors:
If you were planning to buy one of these cards at launch, you’ll have to be quick on your feet. We have learned that only a restricted list of resellers will be able to sell RTX 50s at launch. Our source is German, so the shops mentioned are German-speaking:
- Alternate
- Caseking
- Cyberport
- MindFactory
- Notebooksbilliger.de
- Proshop
With this we learn that global retailers such as Amazon will not be receiving cards on launch day. For the American retailer, it looks like you’ll have to wait for several waves of supply before being delivered.
Inevitably, all this is leading us to fear a disruption in the supply of cards. In short, between the various mining periods and the post-covid period, we know what that means: skyrocketing prices.
If all this is confirmed in Germany, it seems rather unlikely that the situation will be any different in France. We can already take bets on which shops will be supplied and which will not. First of all, we can count on the whole LDLC group. Then there’s GrosBill and Cybertek.
In any case, if stocks are low, we’re expecting restrictions on the number of cards that can be purchased per customer: 1. What’s more, you’ll have to remember to spam your F5 key if you hope to land on the Holy Grail… Unless you buy scalper software to keep up with the competition.