Nvidia announces next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs

Re:Nvidia announces next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs by TrackerFF on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @11:25AM (#42624163)

GPUs are in demand.

So scalpers want to make a buck on that.

All there is to it. Whenever demand surpasses supply, someone will try to make money off that difference. Unfortunately for consumers, that means scalpers use bots to clean out retail stores, and then flip them to consumers.

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Re:Nvidia announces next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs by WXLCKNO on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @02:13PM (#42626129)

Without thinking about it too deeply I'm wondering if GPU demand is that much higher than let's say iPhone demand. I don't think I've ever heard of iPhones being scarce and rare and out of stock.

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Re:Nvidia announces next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs by pas on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @05:57PM (#42628715)

Apple very tightly controls their whole value chain. It's their whole thing. Nvidia "dgaf" they are raking in more cash than ever and they are busy trying to figure out what's at the end of the semi-rainbow. (Apparently it's a B2C AI box gimmick.)

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