Report: DeepSeek Runs Small-Model Inference on RTX 5090s, Draining Retail Supply

Reports claim DeepSeek is buying RTX 5090 gaming cards en masse to run inference for smaller models, causing retail shortages. Commentators see heterogeneous compute with consumer GPUs as a sensible strategy.

2026-09-24 ~ 2026-09-26 · 2 related posts

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