NVIDIA is reportedly ending production of the RTX 5090 — the two-thousand-dollar flagship — and rerouting those GB202 chips to professional workstation cards instead. The consolation prize for gamers? A rumored RTX 5080 with 24GB of VRAM. The reason is exactly what you'd expect: AI data centers pay more, so they eat first.
Three separate outlets reported the same thing within hours: Wccftech, TechPowerUp, and VideoCardz all say production is winding down and the silicon is reserved for pro cards. Tom's Hardware adds the part that actually hurts — an impending supply drought is expected to drive prices up. The cards already on shelves are about to get very expensive, very fast.
Twenty-one months after launch, the most wanted GPU on the planet is reportedly done, and its replacement is a card most enthusiasts weren't asking for. If you've been waiting for a price drop: don't.
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Source: Wccftech
