RTX 5090 banned from export to China, but buyers there still want it
gandamu_ml · x · 2026-10-16
When a user asked whether the RTX 5090 is illegal in China, @gandamuml replied that the US doesn't allow the card to be exported there, but China would love to have them — highlighting the geopolitical reality around flagship consumer GPUs under export controls.
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