In less than an hour after going on sale last week, Nvidia’s latest GeForce RTX 5080 and 5090 graphics cards have all disappeared from physical and online retailers across the U.S. The inventory dried up so fast that it seems like Nvidia may not have had many to sell in the first place,

Even if you managed to buy one — statistically, you couldn’t — owners have discovered Valorant and ARK Survival Evolved can crash on launch due to driver issues, with Valorant developer Riot blaming Nvidia.

Stock for RTX 5090 GPUs is expected to return within three to 16 weeks, while RTX 5080 availability won't be as long — around two to six weeks. Moreover, this stock appears to mainly fulfil pre-orders, as those that landed either graphics card may now be in a pre-order queue if they did not receive a dispatch confirmation email.