Some gamers are already camping out during one of the coldest times in the year to get their hands on a $2,000 graphics card.

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card is exceptionally powerful but forbiddingly expensive. (You could build a complete RTX 5080-based gaming PC for the money.) But this top-tier GPU lives on a whole other planet of performance.

Word from Nvidia about the supply of its flagship graphics cards appeared on its GeForce Forums. A forum administrator and Nvidia staff member who goes by Tim@NVIDIA wrote today, “We expect significant demand for the GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 and believe stock-outs may happen.

The Alienware x16 R2 Gaming Laptop is a high-performance device designed for gamers and professionals alike. It features an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H processor, which comes with a 24 MB cache and 16 cores,

Nvidia warns of 'significant demand' for the graphics cards, which go on sale early Thursday morning. Still, Nvidia says it'll be shipping more supplies to retailers every day.