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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.

By K. Thor Jensen
Three Nvidia graphics cards on a red background

Annoyed would-be GPU buyers are trying to stymie resellers hawking Nvidia's latest GPUs at inflated prices. 'SCALPER BOTS WELCOMED,' says one of the eBay listings.

By Michael Kan
RTX 5090

Best Buy and Newegg ran out of Nvidia GPUs immediately on Thursday morning, leaving enthusiasts disappointed. 'This [launch] was by far the worst one yet,' said one would-be buyer.

By Michael Kan
Sell out page
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Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card outruns its like-priced competitors and predecessors in many popular games. Its potent AI hardware and cutting-edge AI features, as they gain support, will only improve this card's standing.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition

The retailer says it won't have the RTX 5090 or 5080 GPUs in stores on launch day. Instead, you'll have to try your luck at buying one online.

By Michael Kan
Best Buy store
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Editors' Choice

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card is exceptionally powerful but forbiddingly expensive. (You could build a complete RTX 5080-based gaming PC for the money.) But this top-tier GPU lives on a whole other planet of performance.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition

Nvidia warns of 'significant demand' for the graphics cards, which go on sale early Thursday morning. Still, Nvidia says it'll be shipping more supplies to retailers every day.

By Michael Kan
RTX 5090 FE model

With an early MSI Suprim Liquid RTX 5090 graphics card in hand, we ran some early benchmark tests and overclocked the most extreme version of the Nvidia flagship.

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid

An internet user has posted a photo of a few consumers placing tents outside a Micro Center store in anticipation for Thursday's launch of the RTX 5090 and 5080 graphics cards.

By Michael Kan
RTX 5090
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Intel's Arc B580 beats it on value, but the budget-minded Arc B570 (tested here as an ASRock Challenger card) delivers intense ray-tracing performance and competitive, if at times inconsistent, gaming speeds for the money.

ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger 10GB OC

Some scalpers are already betting they can score an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 on launch day and offering presales at two to three times the normal price.

By Michael Kan
RTX 5090 sales

I've been trying out Nvidia's new frame-generation tool in everyone's favorite dystopian test game. Here's how it works, and how to take best advantage of this bleeding-edge feature.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and Cyberpunk 2077

The GeForce RTX 5090 just hit PC Labs for some early benchmarking. How does it stack up against the reigning king of graphics cards? So far, it's a beast.

By John Burek
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 in testbed

Geek alert! Nvidia's hefty new flagship GeForce graphics card just landed with a thump at PC Labs. We're digging right in, with a look inside its cleverly designed box.

By John Burek
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090

Ahead of the pending launch of its new RTX 50-series graphics cards. Nvidia released a flood of new details about its GPU architecture and the AI features that will bolster it. Here's a rundown of the highlights.

Nvidia RTX 50-Series Graphics Cards

We now know more details about Nvidia's upcoming GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070 graphics cards. Here's some broader specs info on every new RTX 5000 GPU.

MSI RTX 50 Series

Here they are! Nvidia's RTX 50-series GPUs, based on its 'Blackwell' architecture, are coming soon, with giant performance boosts in tow for gaming and content creation with AI models.

Jensen Huang with Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090

Nvidia took the main keynote stage of CES 2025 to reveal its next generation of PC gaming and content creation graphics hardware for laptops...and AI makes it all possible.

By Joe Osborne
Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-Series Mobile

At CES 2025, AMD has revealed its next-gen RDNA 4 graphics cards, the Radeon RX 9000 series, which feature a revamped performance architecture.

AMD RDNA 4