- Nvidia’s initial Blackwell GPUs rumored to have “extremely limited” stock
- The RTX 5090 is claimed to be particularly thin on the ground
- This is the case for the German market, but it could well reflect the broader picture.
We’ve heard our first rumors that Nvidia’s initial next-generation GPUs, the RTX 5080 and 5090, due out at the end of January, will be in short supply at stock levels.
VideoCardz spotted a post from a moderator (Pokerclock) stating this on the forums of the German site PC Games Hardware. And yes, if your rumor sense is tingling right now, you’re absolutely right: this should be viewed with a lot of skepticism.
So, armed with that caution (and also with the knowledge that this is all translated from German, so some precision may be lost in that process), the general statement is that stock levels for these first Blackwell GPUs will be “extremely limited” and this will be particularly the case with the RTX 5090.
That’s according to “well-informed” experts in the sector, but the good news, at least as far as PC gamers are concerned, is that B2B and wholesalers (those who sell to businesses) aren’t getting much Blackwell stock ( if there are). , if this rumor is true).
So the majority of GeForce graphics cards aimed at gamers is a positive element here, although that’s how it should be. After all, these are gaming GPUs, they’re not supposed to be designed for AI work and the like (but they invariably are).
Pokerclock predicts that you’ll need a lot of luck to get your hands on your RTX 5090 or RTX 5080 on launch day, and that there will likely be queuing systems at retailers for those who buy, meaning the usual GPU fight between resellers and bots. Sigh…
Analysis: Say it’s not like that… your actions are heartbreakers
Note that this is a forecast for the German market, where large retailers like Mindfactory are expected to get the lion’s share of RTX 5090 and 5080 shares. Even if Pokerclock is correct in its claims, this may not be realized. apply to other regions.
However, Germany is a large European market, and if there are supply problems here, it is not unreasonable to expect there to be problems elsewhere. Well, maybe the United States will do better in this potential future of scarce Blackwell shares, but American players are going to have their own problems, in terms of the rush to buy before Trump’s tariffs go into effect and trigger the prices. (Not just for the best graphics cards, for which Nvidia, and indeed AMD, will surely have new candidates.)
There is already an expectation that next-gen GPUs could be scarce and difficult to buy in the early days of Blackwell (and maybe AMD RDNA 4 too, who knows). This isn’t exactly uncommon when it comes to new hardware launches, and PC enthusiasts are always prepared for a potentially frustrating search for available stock and cases where they simply miss out and then see the inevitable appearance of new GPUs in Infuriatingly loaded auction sites. dazzling price tags.
If you can be patient, all of these wrinkles will disappear over time, but as noted, Americans face a very different kind of pressure this time to buy quickly ahead of the sharp price inflation looming on the horizon for electronics. comes into action.
