Hardware leakers say Nvidia will stop making GeForce RTX 5090 cards. Nvidia has not confirmed the halt, and the reports trace back to anonymous posts on X. The card launched at $1,999 in January 2025.

What is being reported

Tom's Hardware reports that Nvidia has stopped selling its GB202 chips for consumer RTX 5090 cards, including the Chinese "D" variants. It cites a leaked factory notice posted by the leaker hongxing2020. VideoCardz and Tbreak credit another leaker, MEGAsizeGPU, with the claim that all new GB202 chips will go to Nvidia's RTX Pro cards. GB202 is the chip inside the RTX 5090.

The factory notice also says the top GeForce card from now on will be an RTX 5080 with 24GB of memory, and the 16GB RTX 5080 will be discontinued. VideoCardz notes that MEGAsizeGPU has not confirmed that part. Hardware Busters says the reports appear to trace back to one post.

Tom's Hardware said it asked Nvidia for comment and had not heard back. It called the claim "unverified". We found no Nvidia statement. The halt and the 24GB RTX 5080 are rumors.

Why Nvidia might do it

Tom's Hardware, as of Oct. 10, says the RTX Pro 5500 has the same 21,760 CUDA cores as the RTX 5090 but 84GB of memory instead of 32GB, and that the RTX 6000 Pro can sell for $15,000. Tom's Hardware adds that Nvidia could keep its cheaper consumer cards from competing with its professional accelerators in "the lucrative AI sector", and that an earlier 24GB RTX 5080 Super was reportedly postponed over "memory supply constraints". This is the outlet's reasoning, not anything Nvidia has said.

What it means if you want a card now

Cards will not vanish overnight. Hardware Busters expects stores to keep selling existing stock, with "thinner restocks and firmer prices". That is its inference, not a fact.

Here is what Amazon.com showed on the morning of Oct. 10, with a New Hampshire delivery address:

Prices other outlets reported on Oct. 10, which we did not check ourselves:

  • RTX 5090 launch price: $1,999 (January 2025), per Hardware Busters.
  • RTX 5090 recent sales: $7,000 to $9,600, per VideoCardz.
  • RTX 5080 16GB: about $1,499 to $1,999 against a $999 list price, per Wccftech.

Why it matters

If the report is true, waiting for 5090 prices to fall is a bad bet, because Hardware Busters expects firmer prices, and the stock we saw was one or two cards per listing. The trade-off for gamers: an RTX 5080 costs a fraction of a 5090 today, but the rumored 24GB version has no price or date. Wccftech guesses $1,999 to $2,999 for it, which is its own estimate. Buyers who need a 5090 for AI work may find supply tighter if Nvidia shifts chips to professional cards.

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What we could not confirm

We did not read the original X posts, which need a login. We have no confirmation of the production halt from Nvidia, its board partners or a retailer. We checked Amazon search results only, not seller details, and prices and stock change quickly.