Nvidia RTX 5090 Might Be Out Of Stock Through June, Says UK Retailer
Major British computing retailer, Overclockers UK, has posted a sobering warning to Nvidia fans hoping to get their hands on one of the new RTX 50-series graphics cards. With all stock sold out and pre-order ceased, OCUK is warning that stock of the RTX 5090 might not arrive until as late as June. That's a worst-case scenario, but at best it won't arrive until March, meaning it's likely to be a long time until everyone gets the cards they want.
Nvidia's RTX 50-series blew open the doors of CES 2025 with a freight train of hype. Major promises were made, and though the actual reviews paint a different picture, there's no denying that these cards are some of the best in the world, even if they're only a little faster than the RTX 40-series. The problem is, people can't buy them. Some major US retailers reportedly had just a handful of graphics cards to go around and the global supply appears almost non-existent just a few days after the launch.
The rumored reason for these delays isn't just due to availability, but how Nvidia is handling it. VideoCardz has a report from Dutch suppliers that Nvidia is arbitrarily sending stock of the cards to partners in batches, making it hard for them to sell the cards on in any kind of cohesive way. Some of those batches can be spread far apart, too, such as Asus getting certain 5080 and 5090 cards in mid-February, but then nothing else until the end of March. The quoted individual suggests there won't be any stock of Founders edition cards in Europe until March, either.
It's noteworthy, too, that Overclockers UK seems to be out of the loop as to when stock can be expected. It has halted pre-orders at this time, since it cannot guarantee when existing pre-orders can be filled and will look to complete those before taking any more.
Although Nvidia cards are regularly out of stock (and overpriced on the second-hand market ) around launch, this is a particularly egregious example of limited supply. In the past Nvidia has blamed such events on a surprise amount of interest in the new cards from crypto or pandemic-era gaming, but it seems hard to take that at face value when the delays are so long. Nvidia reportedly halted RTX 4090 production in late 2024 to ramp up production of the new cards.
All of this raises even more questions about the impending launch of the RTX 5070 Ti. Expected to appear in February, it could prove popular if it's the only RTX 50-series card available, with frame generation support. But if the high-end is anything to go by, availability could be limited.
