Nvidia is selling RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 graphics cards from a food truck at GTC

WTF?! It's almost impossible to find an RTX 5080 or RTX 5090 outside of auction sites right now, especially at MSRP – unless, that is, you happen to be an attendee at Nvidia's 2025 GPU Technology Conference, where they can be purchased for these prices from a food truck.

From 7AM to 12PM on Thursday and Friday (they were also sold on Wednesday), Nvidia is selling RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 cards at their $999 and $1,999 respective MSRPs from the Nvidia gear van at GTC park.

For obvious security reasons, the cards aren't all sitting in the van waiting to be handed out like hotdogs. Buyers must pick up their purchased cards from the South Hall main entrance the same day they're bought.

As Tom's Hardware notes, there are plenty of caveats with this deal, the biggest being that the cards will only be ...