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5090 in stock and it looks like it is staying in stock

Shoganai said:
There's plenty of 5090s available. It's just that they are comically overpriced right now, and finding one at MSRP is very difficult. I'm glad you snagged one, though.
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I can agree with comically overpriced but Idk if I would say there are plenty available yet. I see 3 models on newegg sold by newegg themselves but that's it. No first party sllers on Best Buy, Amazon, or Walmart. Microcenter has 40 of various models in stock, but in-store only.

I'm not even sure if purchasing on newegg would go through. I click add to cart and it says 750+ people have it in their cart. I'm not going to try buying it though. If I buy I'm either paying $2k or a little more for a card with multiple HDMI ports which seems to only be ASUS.

I'm happy to see they're staying in stock at Microcenter now though. Almost 50 in stock now is a good sign. Hopefully we'll see MSRP soon. I don't feel bad at all for those people that chose to pay thousands of dollars over MSRP to enjoy it for a couple months before the rest of us.
 
ComputerBox34 said:
There is simply a limited market that is willing to spend $3k+ on a video card for entertainment purposes.
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Yes, true.

I bought the ROG Astral OC, which was CAD 5k after taxes and shipping.

I’m okay with that because it’ll be driving a 65 inch LG G4 with a Sonos Arc, Sonos Sub and two Era 300s.

My PC itself, minus the GPU cost me 3K.

I also spent 10k renovating my gaming room which has a really nice hardwood floor and a big sliding window that looks out onto the Pacific Ocean.

Some people go on vacations and see the world, which is great (for them). But for me, gaming makes me deliriously happy. I can’t explain this and I’ve stopped being embarrassed about it.

This is my life to live.

(Also, to be completely honest here… about two decades ago I went through a socialization period during which I spent much of my time hanging out with a group of young exotic dancers - and although I had a blast, I needed alcohol to function for this. I’m an extremely introverted person by nature, but alcohol has a wild, profound effect on me. Ultimately, I had to stop drinking because it was literally killing me. Gaming is what got me through that dark time. I finally realized how happy gaming makes me - and how relatively functional it is. So, for me, the money spent here really is worth it. LOL.)
 
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I got the ASUS ROG ASTRAL RTX 5090 OC at Micro Center. :)

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3500$ thats 4090/5090 laptop price... thats a great way to convice the wife for a new laptop lol
 
So glad I got a founders in a pre built but I’m already thinking about how bad it’s gonna be when I’m shopping for a 6090. Research and development on all these things all these new notes the markups it’s gonna be insane as these years continue on
 
AIB's are willingly overcharging here- they could easily hit the <$2500 mark if they wanted.

Local Microcenter (Cambridge) has plenty of 9070xts in stock for $699- tempted but I feel like I'm being penalized $100 for not being able to line-up launch day to get the (clearly made-up) MSRP of $599. I might go $50 over but no more than that.

It seems like it's the thing now for GPU companies to set fake-MSRPs for launch so reviewers will base their reviews around them. Clearly unethical and very much anti-consumer.
 
Wag said:
AIB's are willingly overcharging here- they could easily hit the <$2500 mark if they wanted.

Local Microcenter (Cambridge) has plenty of 9070xts in stock for $699- tempted but I feel like I'm being penalized $100 for not being able to line-up launch day to get the (clearly made-up) MSRP of $599. I might go $50 over but no more than that.

It seems like it's the thing now for GPU companies to set fake-MSRPs for launch so reviewers will base their reviews around them. Clearly unethical and very much anti-consumer.
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If they priced it lower the scalpers would buy them and sell them at a higher price.

If there's any slack in prices, those will be taken up by others so it really makes no sense to price below current market prices.
 
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Houston MC sitting on plenty atm. I think most people are fed up with these prices. They're absolutely loaded with 5080, 5070ti, 5070, 7900XTX, 9070XT, etc compared to just 2-3 weeks ago.
 
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Houston MC sitting on plenty atm. I think most people are fed up with these prices. They're absolutely loaded with 5080, 5070ti, 5070, 7900XTX, 9070XT, etc compared to just 2-3 weeks ago.
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100%. Went from wanting a 5090 to now I'm just so pissed about not being able to get the one I wanted early on, that I have seen it a few times at 3.2k (was 2.6k originally) and hard passed every time. Plus, after playing Doom The Dark Ages fully maxed at 4K on my 4090, and maxing out my monitor at 144 with Frame Gen on, perfectly happy with my 4090. Honestly, I don't even know what is coming out that will even push my 4090 to its limits. Every game still remains absolutely playable maxed out, and "worst" case I use DLSS instead of DLAA, which on the new transformer model still looks amazing. With GTA6 pushed (and who knows when PC will get it), I do not see any games that are going to force my hand in the pipeline.
 
If you currently have a 4090, I see no reason whatsoever to get the SUPER expensive barely faster 5090 hot power hungry card. The 5090 is on average only 25% faster than the 4090 WTF that's a joke of an "upgrade" especially for the outrageous price of $3,000+

The $1599 RTX-4090 was 60% to 70% faster than the $1499 RTX 3090 card. So the new 4090 card was only a hundred bucks more than the previous gen 3090, and gave a whopping 70% upgrade.

I'll wait for the RTX-6xxx series due late 2026, which is supposed to go back to huge performance gains and be more efficient.
 
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1.1.2.3.5... said:
How so? Scalpers are literally doing this, so i am inline with the empirical evidence.
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Its not because they are a insane deal, its because of high demand and low supply. Now that supply has caught up, they arent moving.


Zorachus said:
I'll wait for the RTX-6xxx series due late 2026, which is supposed to go back to huge performance gains and be more efficient.
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Source?
 
German Muscle said:
Its not because they are a insane deal, its because of high demand and low supply. Now that supply has caught up, they arent moving.
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Demand is price. That's literally what we mean when we say demand. You cannot disconnect supply from demand (price). So you're NOT disagreeing with me when saying supply is adjusted to current prices. That's literally what I am saying.

If supply keeps going up, prices will necessarily fall. That's how it works
 
What do you think 5090s will normalize at price wise, say end of summer/early fall? Will Nvidia start to restrict supply of 5090 chips to keep prices propped up?
 
1.1.2.3.5... said:
Demand is price. That's literally what we mean when we say demand. You cannot disconnect supply from demand (price). So you're NOT disagreeing with me when saying supply is adjusted to current prices. That's literally what I am saying.

If supply keeps going up, prices will necessarily fall. That's how it works
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Just looked up the definition of demand and price definitely wasnt listed.
 
Erebus said:
What do you think 5090s will normalize at price wise, say end of summer/early fall? Will Nvidia start to restrict supply of 5090 chips to keep prices propped up?
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Hard to tell. Last round they didnt reduce price and instead decided to stop making all cards for the 6 months leading up to RTX 5000 series. It was a rushjob so supply was as bad as it could get.
 
1.1.2.3.5... said:
So you're claiming that's how economists think of demand based on a generic definition. This isn't an interesting (read as: unintelligent) conversation.

Best of luck.
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Im not claiming that, your trying to put words in my mouth since i disagree with you. You can keep your luck.
 
Scalpers are a different case- MSRP exists for a reason. If they were really concerned about scalpers they would do more to combat them- saying "Scalpers are just going to buy them all up at MSRP and sell them to our customers at a markup anyways" is just a lame excuse so manufacturers can overcharge.
 
Wag said:
Scalpers are a different case- MSRP exists for a reason. If they were really concerned about scalpers they would do more to combat them- saying "Scalpers are just going to buy them all up at MSRP and sell them to our customers at a markup anyways" is just a lame excuse so manufacturers can overcharge.
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It's what comports with all available empirical evidence.
 
Originally I thought we wouldn’t see real available stock until October - but this card is just too expensive, and the gains over the 4090 are too minor.

I suspect that by mid-summer anyone who wants a 5090 will have their pick, minus the founders.

I’d better sell my 4090 sooner rather than later. I bought my 5090 from Newegg and I was so excited at checkout that I opted for ground shipping without realizing it.

It’s painful seeing that the card is in transit day after day after day. LOL.
 
Wag said:
"Scalpers are just going to buy them all up at MSRP and sell them to our customers at a markup anyways" is just a lame excuse so manufacturers can overcharge.
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I think its the newer con game they can play with a niche market. Regular PC users are not going to waste the money and will just get a xbox or playstation.
 
Step 1 of securing stock is almost complete; step 2 should be lowering prices to actually move it now...

I also hope there are a ton of scalpers out there sitting on cards they can't return.

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Picked up an open box 5090 MASTER ICE for $2699.99 at MC - color doesn’t match but oh well. Has all ROPs. Registered it and got the 4 year Gigabyte warranty. 2513 start to the SN so hopefully no gel issues...

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