RTX 5090s bought by the pallet at $5,000+ as AI firms outbid gamers
rickasaurus · x · 2026-09-15
Nvidia's flagship gaming GPU is being bought in bulk for AI servers, with reports of pallet-scale purchases at over $5,000 per card. Compared to the $16,000 RTX 6000 Pro, a 32GB 5090 looks like a bargain for AI workloads — and gamers are losing the supply war. The author argues it's time to stop calling the RTX 5090 a "gaming GPU".
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