The Newgge -online hardware retailer has reported that it was sold from the GPUs of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 “series in a matter of minutes” and breakd down the increase in customer activity around RTX 5080 and RTX 5090.
“The response to the NVIDIA RTX 50 series has been extraordinary,” said Jim Tseng, vice president of product management in a press release.
“The overwhelming demand reaffirms the enthusiasm of the Games and the PC community for the best technology. For our clients who have not yet been able to ensure a GPU, we are committed to working with Nvidia and our partners AIB (complement) Make sure they readjust them future and continuous availability.
Newgg revealed that the site took only 20 minutes to sell all its inventory of the RTX 50 series, and that, as expected, traffic to the site saw an impulse of 8 to 10x. Nine of the ten best searches on the site went to the GPUs, and formed 18 of the 25 most visited pages sites.
While it is good news for Newgg, consumers have felt frustrated by the apparent shortage of GPUs, and the appearance of units in bidding sites with astronomical brands such as more than $ 6,000 for RTX 5090, an increase of 200% In the original retail price.
In response, a Nvidia spokesman with the title Tim@Nvidia published guarantees in the company’s forums.
“We expect a significant demand for GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 and we believe that the unexpected ones can occur. Nvidia and our partners are sending more stocks for the retail sale every day to help put the GPUs in the hands of the players.”
Manufacturers like MSI had warned that the units could be scarce, and the Chinese New Year is cited as an important factor in the production rate.
