Why RTX 5090s cost $10k: leaked factory footage shows cards converted into AI accelerators
Different_Fix_2217 · reddit · 2026-10-28
A Reddit post explains why RTX 5090s now cost around $10k: leaked factory footage shows large volumes of RTX 5090 cards being sent to conversion workshops, where workers strip them and swap in turbine coolers to turn them into AI accelerator cards for resale — AI compute demand is draining consumer flagship GPUs and driving up prices.
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