If you’re shopping for an NVIDIA RTX 5090 this week, you’re probably not having a great time. The flagship GPU, which delivers the most performance possible from any consumer card, has all but disappeared from the biggest retailers in the US.
The mighty 5090, which debuted at a $1,999 MSRP in January 2025, has, until recently, been listed somewhere between $2,000 and $3,000 depending on the make and model. While the cards were certainly selling for more than MSRP throughout 2025, those prices now seem very reasonable.
You might as well buy an entire pre-built PC with a 5090 inside
The PC market is in turmoil, and there’s no better proof than the crazy pricing discrepancies between standalone NVIDIA RTX 5090 cards and pre-builts with the GPU inside.
For example, Newegg’s in-house ABS brand currently has a Kaze II Aqua pre-built on sale for $4,899.99, and that’s before adding an additional 5% ($245) discount. The PC has an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU, MSI Ventus RTX 5090 GPU, 32GB of T-Force Delta RGB DDR5-6400MHz RAM (which alone costs $530), a 2TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD, a 360mm AIO liquid cooler, and a 1050W PSU.
That’s a lot more value for your money, but I’m not expecting deals like this to stick around very long if RTX 5090 production is indeed in such a rough shape.
If you’re a resident of the US and have an NVIDIA account created before January 30, 2025, you can always sign up for NVIDIA’s Verified Priority Access program. It’s essentially a lottery for RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 Founders Edition cards sold at MSRP, but it’s worth putting your name in should you not yet have your hands on the flagship card.
(via TechRadar)
Is this a temporary blip in supply lines, or is RTX 5090 stock drying up a signal that the GPU market could be in for a rough 2026? Let us know in the comments section!
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