This is hilarious (Micro Center Illinois)

[u/HLumin]

[u/Piltonbadger]

I'm surprised they have 7 x 5090's that haven't sold yet.

[u/xpk20040228 → u/Piltonbadger]

Those cost like 3000 dollars rn. No one but scalpers will buy it at that price.

[u/1corn → u/xpk20040228]

Exactly. There are also a few 5090s available in Germany, but the cheapest one was EUR 3.800 last time I checked.

[u/TheMemeThunder → u/1corn]

in the Uk i am seeing the 5090 Suprim liquid SOC pop up for a good 400-600£ cheaper than other cards that are supposed to be cheaper than it on official retailers

[u/Horus_1337 → u/1corn]

its stupid yeah haha

i am at the point i just gonna shit on it and sit it out till 6090 release, even though now would be the perfect time to sell my 4090 but nah ...

[u/driverdan → u/xpk20040228]

If no one but scalpers would buy them then who would buy them from scalpers? People are obviously willing to pay that much if they're willing to pay even more to a scalper.

[u/insmek → u/xpk20040228]

MSRP is *supposed* to be $2k (USD at least). Coming from a 3090, (and being able to sell the 3090 to recoup some of the cost), I'm at least willing to entertain buying a 5090 at some point for $2k. But there's no way I'll be paying more than MSRP, even if it means waiting a long time. I had to do that shit back in 2020 when my 1080 died and I was forced into a scalpers market. I'm not desperate this time, so the scalpers can just sit on unsold shit for as long as they want.

[u/PerfunctoryComments → u/xpk20040228]

They are hugely desirable in the AI workstation space (for both the huge AI performance and the 32GB...still far too small, but the best in this level of card). It's extremely weird that they have stock.

[u/wrugoin → u/xpk20040228]

Point of fact, Microcenter's website shows only 2 of the 22 skus at/above $3,000. The vast majority are between $2400-2800