RTX 4090s are already hitting eBay but you still have a decent chance of getting one at MSRP
Nvidia's RTX 4090(opens in new tab) went on sale yesterday. It sold out 10 minutes later. Shortly thereafter, RTX 4090s ended up on eBay. Standard stuff. Though what's actually surprising is that these graphics cards on eBay aren't quite as dire in terms of pricing as you might expect them to be. Okay, they're not cheap by any means, nor a good deal, but things could absolutely be worse. In fact, they have been worse for a very long time.
These less inflated prices are perhaps actually indicative of the supply being better for GPUs, and demand less frantic, than any other time in the past 18 months. One of a few reasons why you shouldn't take anyone up on an RTX 4090 with an inflated price tag.
Over the previous couple of years, resellers have been making bank from selling in-demand graphics cards for well in excess of their MSRP. An RTX 3080 would fetch upwards of 220% over its original MSRP(opens in new tab) of $699 in the months after its release, and an RTX 3090 around 180% or more over asking.
Though these MSRPs wouldn't mean much for most of the life of these graphics cards, anyways.
But today the RTX 4090 is listed at 'only' 30% over its MSRP, at around $2,100. That's the cheapest I've found so far on eBay(opens in new tab). Though admittedly you will find Founders Editions going for quite a bit more—Nvidia's own shroud design is the one we're most fond of, and seems the most in demand, too.
I'm not saying rush out and buy a graphics card from a reseller on eBay—you shouldn't be paying any more for a card that's already extremely expensive or making reselling GPUs a worthwhile venture for those choosing to take advantage of the launch day rush. Quite the opposite, in fact.
Demand is sky-high for the RTX 4090
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