HK GPU market check: 5090 rigs near HK$90k, 5090 discontinuation rumor gains credence
karminski3 · x · 2026-10-10
@CuiMao surveyed Hong Kong's hardware market: a 9800X3D + RTX 5090 rig costs nearly HK$90k, with almost no real consumer buyers — cards go into 8-GPU inference boxes instead. Both the 5090 (21760 CUDA, 32GB) and RTX PRO 6000 (24064 CUDA, 96GB GDDR7, ¥170k) share the GB202 die, and with NVIDIA earning more on PRO 6000, the circulating rumor that the 5090 is being discontinued or steadily cut back looks credible. karminski3 adds an anecdote about a mainland seller requiring Hong Kong delivery for an HBM-equipped FPGA, echoing the gray-market supply situation.
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