Nvidia has not officially commented on the GeForce RTX 5090's situation. Despite ongoing speculation, the chipmaker still lists the GeForce RTX 5090 on its website with a “starting at $1,999” price, an MSRP we have not seen in ages. The original rumor suggested that Nvidia had stopped producing the GeForce RTX 5090, but it has not been formally confirmed as a discontinuation.
It makes sense for Nvidia to reallocate the GB202 silicon that powers the GeForce RTX 5090 into its Pro lineup, where profit margins are considerably higher. Instead of focusing on the GeForce RTX 5090 for gaming, Nvidia can channel the GB202 into products like the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell, RTX Pro 5500, and RTX Pro 5000, where the market will pay a steep premium for the same silicon.
Sadly, times are changing, and the GeForce RTX 5090 has shifted from flagship to a soon-unattainable halo product.
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hotaru251 good news for AMD! They now have a competitor to NVIDIA's halo product (5080) now that the 90 sku is gone. also not a good sign for next gen gpu's…we may end up gettign much longer gaps between series (which is honestly how should have always been so we got bigger steppings between upgrades) Reply
Why_Me hotaru251 said: good news for AMD! They now have a competitor to NVIDIA's halo product (5080) now that the 90 sku is gone. also not a good sign for next gen gpu's…we may end up gettign much longer gaps between series (which is honestly how should have always been so we got bigger steppings between upgrades) ? https://tpucdn.com/review/sapphire-radeon-rx-9070-xt-pulse/images/average-fps-2560-1440.png Reply
bigdragon Not a surprise coming from Nvidia. I do wonder why it took them this long to prioritize all high-end production towards AI and away from gaming. I suppose the only place you'll be able to find a 5090 (or 5080) now is out of one of Nvidia's convention "food" trucks. I'm expecting the 6000-series, PS6, and XBox Helix to all be delayed. Anything we thought was coming in 2027 will probably get shoved off into 2029. I think Nvidia, Sony, and Microsoft are just waiting for one company make the first announcement so they can join in on the delay party. Reply
King_V If you thought the performance per dollar ratio for the 5090 was bad last year month night, wait'll you see it tomorrow! Reply
Vicecrow Why is this a good thing for AMD? Only thing it's NVidia don't have any kind of competition on Enterprise market and can ditch the consumer market. Everything with a NVidia sticker Will turn into Gold lol Reply
TheyStoppedit bigdragon said: Not a surprise coming from Nvidia. I do wonder why it took them this long to prioritize all high-end production towards AI and away from gaming. I suppose the only place you'll be able to find a 5090 (or 5080) now is out of one of Nvidia's convention "food" trucks. I'm expecting the 6000-series, PS6, and XBox Helix to all be delayed. Anything we thought was coming in 2027 will probably get shoved off into 2029. I think Nvidia, Sony, and Microsoft are just waiting for one company make the first announcement so they can join in on the delay party. 2029? Lol. 2030 at least. AI is moving at breakneck speeds, and data centers are popping up on every @#$%ing street corner. All those data centers will want to upgrade, and keep upgrading to the next big thing. Even if we get a 6000 series, the data centers will snatch up all the 60 cards >16GB, which will leave <=16GB cards for gamers. Gamers don't need those because we already have plenty of <=16GB options. The problem here isn't a shortage of NVidia 5090s. The problem is there just literally is not enough physical hardware to make enough components to keep up with the demand….. and data centers always get first dibs because they pay the most. These companies can only manufacture so many components in a day. The 5090 is discontinued because 99% of the "customer" base was data centers, not gamers, so for NVidia it made more sense to put that die into a data center GPU and sell it for 10x the price of a 5090 There exists a finite number of atoms to make hardware in a given day. Any physical atoms that can be put into a gaming GPU can also be put into a data center GPU. Data centers will pay 10x more for the same GPU than a gamer can. What this essentially means is that the entire consumer-level computing industry is completely on hold until the situation can get under control. Either we need more fabs to make more products to keep up with the demands of gamers AND data centers, or computing will just become data-center exclusive. This applies to everything: GPUs, SSDs, RAM, and soon it will apply to phones, and anything else with consumer electronics inside it Consumers can not get hardware until data center demand is met, because data centers will pay more for hardware…. and with how fast AI is evolving, there is no telling when that will happen. They could make a PS6 for 2027, but it would be $1699 and no one will that. This would be absurd. 2030 is the minimum. It will take years to find a solution to bring the situation under control. Reply
thestryker bigdragon said: I'm expecting the 6000-series, PS6, and XBox Helix to all be delayed. It's harder for the console makers to do delays than anyone else due to all the various suppliers involved. Of course this will depend on how far into development they both already were when the supply issues hit full force. I still wouldn't expect them to have any huge delays beyond their original plans. On the video card side it's obvious we've already had delays since it's over 18 months since the 50 series launch and nobody's even talking new hardware. bigdragon said: Anything we thought was coming in 2027 will probably get shoved off into 2029. The only things there have even been leaks about coming in 2027 is Xbox Helix dev kits and a single GPU from AMD. If 4GB GDDR7 goes into high volume production we might see a 50 series refresh if 2GB GDDR7 gets wound down. I wouldn't be particularly surprised if AMD more or less stuck to a late 2027 into 2028 release schedule since they don't have competition for nvidia's PCIe cards. Given that the RTX Pro 6000 has doubled in price I'm sure that's a market they would like to have offerings in. Reply
Ogotai not at ALL surprizing… the LEAST expensive 5090 here..STARTS at 10k… tops out around 13k…. i doubt nvidia will release any thing above the 70 tier for the 60 series…. Reply
alan.campbell99 King_V said: If you thought the performance per dollar ratio for the 5090 was bad last year month night, wait'll you see it tomorrow! Ebay price number go up. Reply
jtcmedia The way this is going, in a few years I can sell my 5090 and retire on the profits. Reply
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