Nvidia warns of 'significant demand' for the graphics cards, which go on sale early Thursday morning. Still, Nvidia says it'll be shipping more supplies to retailers every day.

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The statement is in line with earlier rumors and speculation of a shortage, hence you can already find GeForce RTX 5090 listings on eBay for hugely inflated prices— as much as $7,000 earlier this week, and now the highest-priced listing sits at $8,600.

An internet user has posted a photo of a few consumers placing tents outside a Micro Center store in anticipation for Thursday's launch of the RTX 5090 and 5080 graphics cards.

Word from Nvidia about the supply of its flagship graphics cards appeared on its GeForce Forums. A forum administrator and Nvidia staff member who goes by Tim@NVIDIA wrote today, “We expect significant demand for the GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 and believe stock-outs may happen.

The NVIDIA RTX 5090 is the most powerful consumer GPU ever made, but its $2,000 price tag makes it a luxury for only the most demanding users.

Nvidia executives are already floating the possibility that Nvidia’s new high-end RTX 5000 cards may sell out. Tim Adams, Nvidia’s global head of the GeForce community, said in a forum post that Nvidia believes that “stock outs” — a situation where retailers sell out of a certain product — may happen.