The Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 gaming GPUs appear to be suffering from one of the most supply-limited launches in recent memory. Unsurprisingly, scalpers are already doing their thing, inevitably making things even worse for gamers interested in the cards.
Newly launched gaming GPUs running out of stock on day one has become less of a shock and more of a tradition, all thanks to inexcusably limited supply, overwhelming demand, and of course - scalpers. Something similar appears to have happened with the retailer named Proshop, exclusively responsible for Nvidia RTX 50-series Founders Edition sales in Europe.
Essentially, a scalper bot was able to purchase the Nvidia RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 cards even before the embargo, leaving real humans and gamers with literally zero chance of being able to snag a new GPU the rational way. As PCGH notes, the bot was able to discover a few links that were not yet visible to the public, and successfully managed to buy out the entire RTX 50 FE stock even before the embargo lifted, with Proshop doing absolutely nothing to prevent the purchases from taking place.
Of course, there were restrictions in place that limited sales to a single unit per address. However, this was easily outmanoeuvred by certain users using multiple addresses. All of this was brought to light by PCGH, who has revealed that the accused retailer, Proshop, has responded by directing them to reach out to Nvidia directly regarding the "launch and its implementation".
PCGH has discovered that the scalper bot, dubbed Nvidia KSB Test v1.1 was distributed through a German Discord server, and unsurprisingly, those who used the bot are quite elated with their purchase, disregarding the outright unethical event they were a part of. PCGH claims to have a list of usernames involved along with invoices, which they are willing to share with Proshop. The retailer is yet to express an interest in the aforementioned list, but we will be sure to share any updates that come our way.
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