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NVIDIA Reportedly Axes RTX 5090 Production, Diverting GB202 Chips To PRO Cards As Gamers Get An RTX 5080 24 GB
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Key Points:
- NVIDIA is reportedly ending production of the RTX 5090 32 GB graphics card, reallocating its flagship GB202 GPU primarily to the RTX Pro lineup for professional and AI workloads.
- The RTX 5090's high price, exceeding $6000, and rising DRAM costs have driven NVIDIA to focus on the Pro market, where demand and pricing for AI-capable GPUs are surging.
- Due to feature locks and reduced AI performance in export-compliant RTX Pro variants, some users in restricted regions are modifying smuggled RTX 5090 cards for AI applications.
- To replace the RTX 5090 for gamers, NVIDIA plans to introduce the RTX 5080 24 GB model, likely priced between $1999 and $2999, featuring upgraded 3 GB GDDR7 memory modules compared to the existing 16 GB RTX 5080.
- This shift reflects ongoing challenges in the PC hardware market caused by the persistent DRAM supply crisis, impacting pricing and availability for high-end gaming GPUs.
