inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agoMany Micro Center Stores Got Less Than 5 RTX 5090 Units At Launchtech4gamers.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkMany Micro Center Stores Got Less Than 5 RTX 5090 Units At Launchtech4gamers.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
Nice paper launch and how will Nvidia be working their 5080 upsell edition strategy with nothing to upsell with.
minus-squarePoopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-212 hours agoArtificial as in, they could make more consumer cards, but chose the much more profitable business hardware. There aren’t warehouses full of 5090s, but NVIDIA is drip feeding them to people.
minus-squareMDCCCLV@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoIt depends, I’m not sure if it’s a binning thing and they can’t make enough perfect chips for the 3090. Or it might just be limited memory, they’re using all the gddr7 that’s being made and that’s with many different suppliers.
Artificial scarcity.
Artificial as in, they could make more consumer cards, but chose the much more profitable business hardware.
There aren’t warehouses full of 5090s, but NVIDIA is drip feeding them to people.
It depends, I’m not sure if it’s a binning thing and they can’t make enough perfect chips for the 3090. Or it might just be limited memory, they’re using all the gddr7 that’s being made and that’s with many different suppliers.