The retailer says it won't have the RTX 5090 or 5080 GPUs in stores on launch day. Instead, you'll have to try your luck at buying one online.

Campouts have already begun for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 GPU, as people appear to be lined up in tents ready to plunk down thousands of dollars for NVIDIA‘s next powerhouse graphics card. This kind of thing is really nothing new when it comes to items that are likely to be limited in quantity.

The most powerful of Nvidia's newest Blackwell graphics cards is a " beast ." Review after review has brought up benchmarks showcasing that when it comes to gaming, the RTX 5090 blows its predecessors and other graphics cards away. However, it appears that for many consumers, the RTX 5090 is overkill.

NVIDIA just warned consumers that it might be pretty difficult for gamers to get their hands on its upcoming high-end RTX 5090 and 5080 graphics cards. The company says it expects “significant demand” for the cards and that “stock-outs may happen.

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.

The GeForce RTX 5090 and GeForce RTX 5080, two new high-end consumer GPUs for gamers, creators, and developers based on NVIDIA's "Blackwell" architecture, will be very difficult to find at launch despite their relatively high starting prices of $1,