Well, that was fast. The high price for Nvidia’s RTX 4090 didn’t stop the PC graphics card from selling out early this morning.
Many models for the RTX 4090 —which starts at $1,599— went out of stock minutes after going up for sale on Newegg and Best Buy at 9 a.m. EST/6 a.m. PST.
The demand was apparent with Nvidia’s Founders Edition RTX 4090, which is being sold exclusively via Best Buy. The product was listed as “Coming Soon” when we visited the product page at 6:01 a.m. But a minute later, the page was listed as “Sold Out,” denying us a chance to buy the graphics card.
Still, if you got up early to purchase an RTX 4090 today, and didn’t care about the exact model, you probably were able to successfully order one. Through Newegg, we managed to reach the final stage of the checkout process for several models of the RTX 4090 during the 6 a.m. to 6:11 a.m. time frame.
The situation was an improvement from 2020's disappointing launch for the RTX 3090. However, the supplies for the RTX 4090 quickly ran out as the minutes ticked by.
Not everyone failed to snag a Founders Edition RTX 4090 from Best Buy either. A GPU-tracking service called Falcodrin Stock Alerts publicly circulated a link on Twitter and Discord minutes before 6 a.m that would allow any user to immediately enter the digital queue for the product on Best Buy.
This helped some customers nab the RTX 4090, likely ahead of the others. So it’s a good idea to follow a GPU tracking service if you’re hoping to land the products on launch day. Falcodrin continues to post where RTX 4090 units are restocking.
Although the RTX 4090 has an extremely high price, our testing show the graphics card can offer a massive performance gain over the previous generation. Hence, the reviews for the product may have sparked plenty of demand among consumers willing to pay up. On eBay, some scalpers are already attempting to sell the RTX 4090 from $2,200 to $3,499 or more.