Buying an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 is hard enough as it is. But getting the Founders Edition of this graphics card just got a little harder. [That's because Nvidia itself has decided to stop selling the RTX 3080 Founders Edition and GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition on its own website. Instead, these graphics cards will now be sold at Best Buy.

It appears that Nvidia is having a hard time keeping up with demand and has essentially shifted its focus to Best Buy. With one less place to order the latest and greatest Nvidia graphics cards, finding an RTX 3080 or RTX 3090 may become even harder. [Nvidia said in an online statement, "We appreciate your feedback about the Nvidia Online Store and are working to improve the experience. Until then, we will continue to sell the GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 Founders Edition through other partners." In the U.S., the Founders Edition is available for purchase on the GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 3090 at Best Buy. In Europe, we continue to explore fulfillment options for the Founders Edition.

The last bit is bad news for Nvidia fans in Europe, as it seems to mean that the Founders Edition of its top-end graphics cards will not be available in continental Europe.

"Founders Edition units are limited and in the coming weeks, more units will become available as well as more boards from our global board partners," Nvidia said, adding that the Founders Edition There is less clarity as to whether the cards will be back in stock in Europe.

Of course, there are also partner RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 cards by Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, etc. See our Where to Buy guide for retailers that may have RTX 3080 in stock. those looking for RTX 3080 or RTX 3090 cards will need to exercise some patience, it seems.

However, with the AMD Big Navi launching on October 28, along with other graphics cards in the new Radeon RX 6000 series, it could be a realistic alternative to Nvidia GPUs. AMD has nailed the performance-to-price ratio, below Nvidia, it could bring serious competition in the graphics card arena.