Thought it was hard to get an Nvidia RTX 50-series Blackwell GPU? Things are potentially going to get even more difficult, as Nvidia has now revealed its Blackwell RTX Pro series of graphics cards. These will target both laptops and desktops, as well as standalone PCs and data center products.
We've heard from some people at GDC/GTC that Nvidia is working to improve the supply of all of its Blackwell GPUs, and some even suggested we "might" see supply finally start to catch up to demand by May/June — meaning we could see MSRP-priced models on sale and readily available. We'll believe that when we see it.
We expected the Blackwell professional announcement, and certainly Nvidia would know it was incoming and would plan for the increased production required. But we would also say the same of the RTX 50-series launches. Nvidia should have known demand would be high, and yet the supply has been woefully insufficient.
And given the choice between shipping GB202/GB203/GB205 GPUs as consumer parts with an ostensible $550~$2,000 MSRP, or shipping professional and data center parts that can cost five times as much (or more), we suspect the latter category will be served first whenever possible.
