Overview
- Major U.S. retailers including Best Buy, Newegg and Amazon show no in‑stock RTX 5090 cards at retail pricing.
- Third‑party listings start around $4,360, with some refurbished units offered at more than double the $1,999 MSRP.
- NVIDIA acknowledged tight memory supply, saying it continues to ship all GeForce SKUs and is working with suppliers to maximize availability.
- Reports tie the shortage to a RAM crunch driven by AI data centers and memory makers favoring industrial contracts, with the RTX 5090 using 32GB of GDDR7.
- ASUS walked back a claim that certain 16GB models were end‑of‑life, while high prices are pushing some buyers toward prebuilt systems or AMD alternatives.