Because Nvidia’s supply-limited cards are almost impossible to buy otherwise.

Nvidia is bringing back a tool for getting its new GPUs into the hands of gamers—weeks after the GPUs went on sale. The release at the end of January saw many stores running out of GeForce RTX 5090s and 5080s quickly,

Today's the day! The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is available to purchase…if you can find stock. Given that our Dave says this GPU gives some of the pricier 50-series cards a run for their money, it's no wonder why you might struggle to find one for anywhere close to MSRP—to say nothing of the stock issues the RTX 5090 and the RTX 5080 have been staring down since their launch last month.