Amazon restricts some Nvidia RTX 50 and AMD Radeon 9070 GPU sales to Prime members

In brief: Amazon is trying to help gamers buy certain RTX 5000 and Radeon RX 9070 graphics cards while also deterring scalpers by allowing only Prime members to purchase the GPUs. Unfortunately, they are already sold out. Several companies have implemented ways of trying to stop scalpers and bots from grabbing the latest graphics cards as soon as they're in stock. As spotted by Club386, Amazon's method is to make some of the Nvidia and AMD cards it sells available only to Prime subscribers. Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 models, as well as the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, are the cards exclusive to Prime members. However, not every one of these third-party products is locked behind a subscription. RTX 5090 cards and the RTX 40 and 30 series aren't affected, either. Club386 found at least nine Nvidia cards that included a "reserved for Prime members" warning. Users are unable to add these cards to their basket unless they log in with an existing Prime subscription or join the $15 pe ... Read full article.