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PATIENCE - IF PLANNING TO BUY A 50 SERIES..........

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Hi there

So in just over a weeks time you will be able to order a 50 series GPU.
I can tell you now:
5090 - Mega tight (single digits at present, maybe double for launch)
5080 - Very tight (few hundred)


We are expecting greater demand than 40 series, but with the launch just prior to CNY and lots of other rumours circulating initial waves of supply are poor and will probably take some time to build up. So the stock we have will be made available from the launch via the webshop but I know what we have is likely to last only seconds, minutes at most.

We will also be trying to limit how many pre-orders we take, we will take some pre-orders but not thousands as we want to ensure customers get realistic expectations and are not waiting months.

So in short your going to need to be extremely patient, I feel and keep a watchful eye on all resellers and NVIDIA's own shop for stock drops and buying what you can find as there is a huge amount of pent up demand this round especially with thousands of people buying 9800X3D's and planning upgrades around that CPU, OcUK alone has sold and shipped 5000+ 9800X3D's already.

My advice is if your building a new rig, do not sell your current GPU until you have the replacement in your hands and if you don't have a GPU yet, then maybe consider buying something like an RTX 3050/3060/4060 to get you up and running at least.

To put it simply patience and expectations need to be realistic if the UK has say 10,000 cards and 500,000 people want one, well it is going to take time so plan ahead and also act like adults.

I shall try and keep these forums updated with stock drops with heads up on the site etc.

Do not call Sales or Customer service for any info or trying to place orders, it shall be strictly via website only and all information will be posted on forums and on product display pages for the products as and when we have it. :)

As always good luck for next week, but plan ahead now for potentially not been able to get a card just yet, so be sure to have a GPU to keep you going until you have your new one in hand. :)

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I personally find it hard to believe there will be more demand than when the 40x series launched, There was a far bigger uplift on performance last gen, This gen looks MEH.
 
Sad to see the poor stock confirmed. Just deflates hype doesn't it. I was considering going for a AIB 5090 if the prices were okay since I assumed they might be easier to get than a FE, but with those stock numbers I feel like I'm better off trying for a FE which is cheaper and might have slightly more than single digits available. :cry:
 
Sad to see the poor stock confirmed. Just deflates hype doesn't it. I was considering going for a AIB 5090 if the prices were okay since I assumed they might be easier to get than a FE, but with those stock numbers I feel like I'm better off trying for a FE which is cheaper and might have slightly more than single digits available. :cry:

How do you know the FE's are cheaper?
 
How do you know the FE's are cheaper?
They'll be MSRP, and the MSRP AIB GPU's historically have been in low amounts because of them being very small profit margins for the AIB partners. I doubt the 5090 will change that.
 
It's a complete joke isn't it

Nothing against OCUK, people need to stop sniffing Nvidia's backside.

AMD make perfectly good graphics cards.
AMD don't have a GPU to rival the 4090, let alone the 5090.

Good luck to everyone trying to get one on launch!
 
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It's a complete joke isn't it

Nothing against OCUK, people need to stop sniffing Nvidia's backside.

AMD make perfectly good graphics cards.
The issue with AMD is they themselves took themselves out of competing with the 5080/5090. So nvidia kinda has no competition and can just get away with it.

I'd love it if AMD was actually a viable alternative really.

That said I'm not going to fully absolve AMD anyway, they've had their own paper launch kerfuffles.
 
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Thanks for the update and honesty of the situation. I was half wondering about a 70ti but I'm guessing stock will be similar and demand horrific if the lack of 5080s could push desperate people down a tier.
 
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