Nvidia May Halt $1,999 RTX 5090 Sales as AI Demand Outruns PC Gaming
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Updated · PCWorld · Oct 16
Nvidia May Halt $1,999 RTX 5090 Sales as AI Demand Outruns PC Gaming
3 articles · Updated · PCWorld · Oct 16
Summary
$1,999 RTX 5090 cards may be discontinued entirely, with Nvidia increasingly steering its highest-end GPU supply away from PC gamers.
32GB memory made the flagship attractive to AI users and companies, helping push street prices above $5,000 while major retailers showed no stock this week.
Earlier reports said Nvidia removed the RTX 5090 from its marketplace and stopped allocating GB202 silicon to the card, reserving that chip for the 96GB RTX PRO 6000.
Nvidia still has lower-tier gaming cards widely available, and the same leak pointed to a 24GB RTX 5080 variant, but the broader shift reflects data-center revenue running 4-5x consumer hardware sales.