The scramble for Nvidia’s new graphics cards has been an unpleasant affair (once again), especially with the RTX 5090, as stock of the flagship GPU has been even more scarce than the RTX 5080 – but Zotac has a plan to help genuine buyers (as opposed to scalpers) in the US.

Getting a hold of an RTX 5090 or an RTX 5080 hasn’t been easy with scalpers waiting in the wings, but Zotac has a plan to combat this issue. While several retailers and manufacturers have come up with ways to try and prevent the scalping of new GPUs (and other in-demand products),

Zotac plans to give select consumers a chance to buy Nvidia's coveted graphics cards by using a raffle system on Discord that'll also check the user's online engagement.

The severe shortage of GeForce RTX 5080 and especially GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards has NVIDIA's retail and hardware partners experimenting with ways to get a limited number of gaming GPUs into the hands of actual gamers.

ZOTAC GAMING is bypassing retail and scalpers by offering members of its US-based Discord community the chance to purchase a GeForce RTX 5080 or RTX 5090.

An interesting scheme of distribution of NVIDIA RTX 5090 and 5080 among players. The company is introducing a system of priority access to video cards