Best Buy RTX 3080 cards will be available in-store Friday, including Founders Editions

All-time Buy RTX 3080 cards will be available in-store Friday, including Founders Editions

Line of people wearing masks waiting outside to enter Best Buy store in Montreal, Canada.

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It'due south official. Best Buy volition have RTX 30 Serial graphics cards in stock on Friday, October 1. The All-time Buy RTX 3080 restock volition accept place in select stores nationwide. Locations include California, Alabama, New Jersey, Maine, and more. You'll notice the total list of stores via Best Purchase's web log mail.

PC gamers have had a difficult time acquiring Nvidia's latest generation of ray-tracing enabled GPU'southward, like the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080, thanks to scalpers and miners. This GPU shortage has been so bad that gaming laptops as of belatedly have get a fairly approachable value proposition. Historically, gaming laptops charge a premium for their form factor and for coming pre-built, much like pre-assembled desktop PCs.

The rumor — which turned out to be true — was offset reported past our sister-site PC Gamer and Twitter account GPURestock.

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A follow-upwardly tweet by GPURestock stated that tickets would be given out Friday, October 1st between 7:00 and 8:00 AM local time. If you're hoping to snag a card from this restock, yous will reportedly take to visit the store in person and expect in line. A Best Purchase employee will then hand out one ticket to everybody in line, which is simply good for 1 GPU per person.

Continue in mind that stock will vary from store to store. Not every location may accept every Founder'south Edition RTX variant. Some comments underneath GPURestock'due south original tweet testify different results with one user's store only having RTX 3060'south. It'd exist condom to bank check the app yourself before considering whether it'southward worth driving to your local Best Purchase. It too wouldn't be a bad idea to telephone call ahead and speak with a store associate earlier camping out overnight.

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