Asus $3,700 RTX 5090 cards arrive at Micro Center store, sell out straight away

[godrilla]

While that's a good thing, what would you replace it with?

As much as I like to hate on Nvidia in recent years, the 4090 is a fantastic card and still holds its own against the 5090. unless you see 4x frame gen worth the trouble of upgrading, just keep enjoying it

I was going to upgrade and sell my 4090 but now I rather wait for the successor or a market correction in this nonsense. The backlog of games are plenty and the current games are lackluster in comparison imo. I'll revisit the market on Blackfriday or just wait for successor from either camp.

 

[pcnthuziast]

Nvidia isn't the enemy. Tariffs aren't the enemy. The consumers with deep pockets and no consideration of value or companies greed and lack of ethics, are the enemy.

 

[Vyllence]

Checked today and can confirm they're out. I went to the Dallas MC myself and saw the empty shelves. I spoke to one of the reps and he said they told me they were sold out in less than an hour

 

[Megalomaniac]

I got my 5090FE on day one for MSRP.

That said: I knew this would happen. It's been happening ever since Nvidia saw the response to the 2080Ti launch.

I've purchased dividend paying Credit Card ETF.

Without Credit Cards, you'd NEVER see people spending this kind of money on video game toys.

It could also be argue Credit Cards cause increased demand and therefore reduce supply allowing prices to be pushed higher in response.

Either way: I win.

 

[toooooot]

Nvidia isn't the enemy. Tariffs aren't the enemy. The consumers with deep pockets and no consideration of value or companies greed and lack of ethics, are the enemy.

Checked today and can confirm they're out. I went to the Dallas MC myself and saw the empty shelves. I spoke to one of the reps and he said they told me they were sold out in less than an hour

We still have too many people who can afford them even at 3.5k Sadly, the rest will have to suffer for that. And the PC gaming industry will be hurt even more in the long run

 

[yRaz]

I was going to upgrade and sell my 4090 but now I rather wait for the successor or a market correction in this nonsense. The backlog of games are plenty and the current games are lackluster in comparison imo. I'll revisit the market on Blackfriday or just wait for successor from either camp.

Even with a market correction, I see little reason to upgrade to the 5090. might be worthwhile to wait for a market correction when the 6090 is released. By then, AMD might have a legitimate product to compete.

And I know this dead horse has already been beaten plenty, AMD linux support is far superior to nVidia. that would give you enough time to see if SteamOS is a legitimate daily OS for people. between the lackluster performance gains from the 50 series, absurd pricing and the potential for a legitimate market shift from SteamOS it might be best to just keep enjoying what is already(and will continue to be) a great card.

A 5090ti might change that which in and of itself is worth waiting for. With all the enterprise cancelations for Blackwell orders, the 5090ti seems a lot more plausible than the 4090ti did.

 

[pcnthuziast]

We still have too many people who can afford them even at 3.5k Sadly, the rest will have to suffer for that. And the PC gaming industry will be hurt even more in the long run

It won't suffer. High end gaming isn't mainstream. Have to pay to play. That's life in general.

 

[Liranan]

I don't see how this is that special, where I am 4090's cost upwards of 4400 USD.

 

[Impudicus]

With profit margins like this, we'll never see a release that meets demand again.

 

[ChipBoundary]

With profit margins like this, we'll never see a release that meets demand again.

You're very, very confused about how this works. Look at the profit margins for companies. Nvidia operates at 6-8% depending on the quarter, ASUS averages 1.5%-8% depending on the quarter. Somebody's profiting on these prices, but it ain't the allegedly greedy tech corporations, math doesn't lie.

The problem is middle men. The people that sell these things to retailers. The work just like the scalpers that then sell things at even higher prices directly to consumers.

 

[Lew Zealand]

You're very, very confused about how this works. Look at the profit margins for companies. Nvidia operates at 6-8% depending on the quarter, ASUS averages 1.5%-8% depending on the quarter. Somebody's profiting on these prices, but it ain't the allegedly greedy tech corporations, math doesn't lie.

The problem is middle men. The people that sell these things to retailers. The work just like the scalpers that then sell things at even higher prices directly to consumers.

Nvidia's net margin was 56% last quarter and previous quarters were similar.

That's the whole company, not just consumer GPUs but yeah what's an order of magnitude between friends, eh?