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.

There is, however, a key segment of its clientele that is not as enthused: prospective gamers looking to get their hands on the latest Blackwell-based RTX 50 series GPUs. Nvidia's

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

It's basically a lottery system and, for the time being, is also probably your best chance at being able to actually buy a GeForce RTX 5090 or GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card, both in Founders Edition (FE) form.

Remember the 'Verified Priority Access' program from the RTX 4000 launch? It's back for US buyers, though you'll need to have an NVIDIA account.

As spotted by Wccftech, Nvidia has brought back its Verified Priority Access program, a scheme that allows a limited number of gamers (or indeed creators) in the US to purchase the RTX 5090 or RTX 5080 at MSRP by completing a form to indicate their interest.

Nvidia's RTX 50-series makes its first foray below the $1,000 mark starting this week, with the $749 RTX 5070 Ti—at least in theory. The third-fastest card in the Blackwell GPU lineup, the 5070 Ti is still far from "reasonably priced" by historical standards (the 3070 Ti was $599 at launch).

Nvidia’s ‘priority access’ raffle may help you get a Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 or 5080 FE at the base price. The markup on Nvidia’s $2,000 GeForce RTX 5090 and $1,000 RTX 5080 GPUs has reached new heights.

The company is resuming its 'Verified Priority Access' program to sell the hard-to-find GeForce RTX 5080 and 5090 graphics cards to Nvidia users.