3 years ago
Talha Sonmez
Suroosh, an admin on NVIDIA's forum, has just announced their plans to introduce a [priority access system](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/geforce-graphics-cards/5/502575/verified-priority-access-trial-with-geforce-rtx-40/) to purchase a GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition graphics card. This limits who may buy an RTX 4090 FE on top of the measures taken to ensure one GPU is available per customer. Here's the announcement quoted directly via NVIDIA's forum:
"We know it's often challenging to purchase a new product close to launch date for a variety of reasons. Today, we're testing a program we call verified priority access - which will give a limited number of GeForce gamers & creators an opportunity to purchase a GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition graphics card.
Invited users receive a GeForce Experience in-app notification that generates a unique URL - connecting invitees to a Founders Edition partner in select regions. Currently, testing for verified priority access includes: Best Buy (United States), Scan (United Kingdom), NBB (Germany & Netherlands), and LDLC (France, Italy, and Spain)."
It is currently unclear how this new process will decide which 'GeForce Gamer & Creator' is picked to receive an invite to purchase an RTX 4090 FE. We expect this process to roll out very soon. NVIDIA will also use the new priority access system to limit users purchasing Founders Edition cards for the rest of the RTX 40 Series line-up, including the upcoming RTX 4080 16GB & RTX 4080 12GB in November.
The RTX 4090 Founders Edition graphics card sold out worldwide within seconds on launch day (Wednesday, October 12), as gamers complained online, accusing NVIDIA of a 'paper-launch' whilst others blamed the lack of security against bots used by resellers (scalpers). AIBs (partnered cards) also sold worldwide within approximately half an hour at participating retailers, taking us back to how it began in Q4 2020.
Track the RTX 4090 here: [https://stock-checker.com/products/nvidia-rtx-40-series.html](https://stock-checker.com/products/nvidia-rtx-40-series.html)
**The RTX 4090 Founders Edition**
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX® 40 Series GPUs are beyond fast for gamers and creators. They're powered by the ultra-efficient NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture which delivers a quantum leap in both performance and AI-powered graphics. Experience lifelike virtual worlds with ray tracing and ultra-high FPS gaming with the lowest latency. Discover revolutionary new ways to create and unprecedented workflow acceleration. Up to 2x performance and power efficiency. Up to 2x AI performance. Up to 2x ray tracing performance.
The NVIDIA® GeForce RTX® 4090 is the ultimate GeForce GPU. It brings an enormous leap in performance, efficiency, and AI-powered graphics. Experience ultra-high performance gaming, incredibly detailed virtual worlds, unprecedented productivity, and new ways to create. It’s powered by the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture and comes with 24 GB of G6X memory to deliver the ultimate experience for gamers and creators. The NVIDIA® GeForce RTX® 4080 delivers the ultra performance and features that enthusiast gamers and creators demand. Bring your games and creative projects to life with ray tracing and AI-powered graphics. It’s powered by the ultra-efficient NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture and up to 16GB of superfast G6X memory.
**Disclaimers**
Talha Sonmez is the Founder & CEO of Stock Checker. You may follow him on Twitter [@Roekaine](https://twitter.com/Roekaine).
Images used in this article belong to NVIDIA, respectively.