Nvidia apologises for lack of RTX 3080 availability

RTX 3080 are out of stock shortly after the sales kicked off last week, Nvidia has taken to its forums to apologise for lack of RTX 3080 availability in the face of high demand.

This morning we saw unprecedented demand for the GeForce RTX 3080 at global retailers, including the NVIDIA online store. At 6 a.m. pacific we attempted to push the NVIDIA store live. Despite preparation, the NVIDIA store was inundated with traffic and encountered an error. We were able to resolve the issues and sales began registering normally.

To stop bots and scalpers on the NVIDIA store, we’re doing everything humanly possible, including manually reviewing orders, to get these cards in the hands of legitimate customers.

Over 50 major global retailers had inventory at 6 a.m. pacific. Our NVIDIA team and partners are shipping more RTX 3080 cards every day to retailers.

Nvidia apologised to customers “for this morning’s experience”.