AnalysisOpinion / analysisHardware & Compute1 source · Oct 22, 2026

GPUs from Nvidia RTX 5090 stolen $470,000 shipment from Brazil airport appear for sale online, identified by serial numbers

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r/LocalLLaMA4d ago

Two pallets of ZOTAC RTX 5090 graphics cards worth $470,000 disappear at Brazilian airport

r/LocalLLaMA8d ago

So this is how they do it --> RTX 5090, once a consumer gaming card, is now on smugglers’ menu alongside cigarettes

r/LocalLLaMA8h ago

Repair shop receives eight GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 4090 cards with melted 16-pin connectors in two days

r/LocalLLaMA11d ago

Here’s why RTX 5090 costs $5,000: AI firms are buying gaming GPUs by the pallet