Igor just plain rocks. He got on our radar in the spring for a number of rumors and theories than ended being true. I check in on the site a couple of times a week. Had a great vid/review on an EISblock cooler for a Strix 3090 no less, last week. It let him clock that 3090 to just over 2100Mhz! I forget the VRAM clock but I think it was over 20GHz.
I'd say if the stock exists they could. In my experience they often start out with the lower tier cards around launch. A bit later the higher end ones pop up here and there. At the moment though, I think everything will be online until stock builds up.I wonder if BestBuy will actually carry these on the shelf vice just Online. I would think store pickup would be one way to prevent scalping, limit one per family, use at least credit card to block further purchases maybe in other stores. Then again by the time a person goes to another store they will be gone. If supply is sufficient scalping becomes worthless anyways.