NVIDIA’s GeForce 50 Series of GPUs is Nearly Here

Following a two-year wait, NVIDIA’s highly-anticipated GeForce 50 series of GPUs are nearly here. Engadget has published its review of the $2,000 RTX 5090, but if you’re reading this article, chances are you already know if you want to splurge on a 50 series card. The question then is how to buy one of them? Depending on when you read this story, the good news is that we’re at most a week away from major retailers, including Best Buy and Newegg, stocking the new cards on January 30.

Limited Availability Expected

As for the bad news? If the 50 series launch is anything like the 40 series one before it, expect high demand and limited initial availability. If you’re set on buying an RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti or 5070 at release, be sure to use the notification feature Best Buy and other retailers offer to have the best chance of securing one of the cards before they all sell out.

GeForce RTX 5070 for $549

At launch, the RTX 5070 will be NVIDIA’s most affordable 50 series GPU. It’s also the GPU NVIDIA claims is as fast as the RTX 4090. Of course, that’s with DLSS 4 enabled. If you’re interested in the 5070, I strongly advise waiting for reviews to come out before you commit to buying one. As mentioned, with only 12GB of VRAM, the 5070 could quickly become a bottleneck to your system.

Update 1/29/25 1:50pm ET

As one may have predicted, it seems like it will be difficult to get your hands on one of NVIDIA’s new graphics cards. The company itself stated publicly that it “expect significant demand for the GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 and believe stock-outs may happen.” It’s possible that limited availability, or widespread stock-outs, could affect customers worldwide. It’s reported that some countries, like Korea, won’t see shipments until mid-February.