AnalysisOpinion / analysisHardware & Compute1 source · Oct 11, 2026

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

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r/LocalLLaMA5d ago

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

r/LocalLLaMA9d ago

No more RTX 5090

r/LocalLLaMA8d ago

Be careful fam - New RTX 4090 fakes hit the market, with GPUs and memory almost indistinguishable from real chips

r/LocalLLaMA7d ago

NVIDIA RTX 5080 24GB reportedly launching in Q1 2027, board partners still waiting for details