RTX 5090 hits $7K as PC gaming community goes into 'denial' over AI boom
PAstynome · x · 2026-10-27
A post notes RTX 5090 prices have reached $7,000, with even a four-year-old RTX 4090 reselling for around $2,000 — responding to the observation that the entire PC hardware and gaming community is in "full blown denial" of the AI boom, dismissing it as a scam. AI compute demand is spilling over into consumer GPU pricing, fueling resentment among gamers.
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