Nvidia warns that the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 might quickly run out of stock

Nvidia is launching its next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards tomorrow, and it looks like there will be low stocks of both cards. After rumors of the RTX 5090 being in short supply for retailers and card manufacturers, Nvidia has now admitted it believes “stock-outs may happen.”

“We expect significant demand for the GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 and believe stock-outs may happen,” says Tim Adams, Nvidia’s head of GeForce community, in a forum post. “Nvidia & our partners are shipping more stock to retail every day to help get GPUs into the hands of gamers.”

Some retailers and system builders have been warning that some RTX 5090 cards won’t be available until February, with potential delays for weeks or months to come. PowerGPU revealed last week that the system builder was “told to expect it to be that way for the first three months.”

People are already reportedly camping outside some Microcenter locations in the US in preparation for low stocks, eager to get hold of the first RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 cards. Nvidia is launching both of its top of the line RTX 50-series cards at 9AM ET on January 30th, and they’ll be available online at stores like Best Buy and in retailers like Microcenter on day one.