MSI Rep: "We are going to allow RTX 5090 preorders on 1/30 at 6 AM PST, with a ship date of 2/6. The RTX 5080 will be available for purchase on 1/30 at 6 AM PST, with an immediate ship date of 1/30. RTX 5090 preorders will open on 1/30 at 6 AM PST, with a ship date of 2/6."

MSI stores will be able to deliver limited stock of the new graphic cards, and it will be delayed to February 6, 2025.

It's the second public announcement from MSI regarding a shortage of GeForce RTX 50 series stock, the previous one coming from MSI China. It also follows a heads-up direct from NVIDIA.

The Nvidia RTX 5090 is the most power Blackwell GPU among the 50-series launch cards. The card supports DLSS 4 with a massive 21,760 CUDA cores and 32GB of GDDR7 VRAM, but draws up to 575W of power.

Some gamers are already camping out during one of the coldest times in the year to get their hands on a $2,000 graphics card.

When it comes to GPUs, Nvidia's still at the top, and the RTX 50 series is the new hotness. Here are the best ways to score the 5080 and 5090 graphics cards.