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Isaiah Williams

PC gamers face a miserable new year as Nvidia RTX 5000 GPUs are reportedly hit by shortages due to RAM crisis

A masculine hand holding up an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 against a green background.
  • A European seller has reported supply issues for Nvidia RTX 5000 series GPUs
  • The RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5080, and RTX 5090 are all unavailable via one supplier
  • Prices for the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 are now well above MSRP with multiple retailers

The RAM crisis has proved hugely damaging for the PC hardware market, with the price of memory skyrocketing due to the ongoing AI boom, and the worst may be yet to come regarding the impact on GPUs.

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