The RTX 5090 Makes a Vengeful Comeback, This Time Near $8,000
YouTubers said the RTX 5090 was finished. NVIDIA said it was not. Then the card vanished, and came back costing more.
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Flagship GPUs are drifting out of gamers’ reach: the RTX 5090 is 3.5 times its MSRP and in 0.40% of surveyed Steam systems
The cheapest RTX 5090 in stock is almost $7,000, 3.5 times its MSRP, and 0.40 percent of surveyed Steam systems have one. Mid-range cards sit 53 to 84 percent above their launch prices.
RTX 5090 stays above triple MSRP while cheaper GPUs also climb
The RTX 5090 has held above three times its launch price since mid-September, and entry-level GPUs are climbing too. US new retail, tax excluded.
PNY reportedly denies a warranty claim on a melted RTX 5090 over a PSU cable its support called fine
PNY's reply, as the owner posted it, covers only the bundled adapter, but another owner who asked was told the PSU's own cable is fine. A DLSS 5 test pushed an RTX 5090's connector to 91.7°C.
US RTX 5090 Stock Shrinks to One Amazon Listing at $6,700
Newegg, Best Buy and B&H have not had a buyable RTX 5090 in PC Tech Vault's tracker since September 1. The one listing left is on Amazon at more than three times the $1,999 MSRP.
Three 8-Pin Cables Carried 900 Watts Into an RTX 5090
A stripped-down Galax RTX 5090 ran to 900W on three ordinary 8-pin connectors with the wires at 35 degrees C, and a second modder finally built the 16GB RTX 3070 Ti that NVIDIA never shipped.
Market Watch: Every RTX 50 We Track Now Sells Above MSRP
Our tracked US retail medians put all eight RTX 50 cards above launch MSRP, CPUs below it, and a 64GB DDR5 kit above the price of an RTX 5070 Ti.
The CMP 170HX Gives Back 56GB, and Hydra Lifts RTX 50’s Memory Ceiling
A GPL tool restores the HBM2e NVIDIA disabled on the CMP 170HX mining card, and Hydra's preview build raises RTX 50 memory clocks and power limits. What each one unlocks, and what it costs to use.