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Nvidia may be killing off the RTX 5090 as AI chips take priority over gaming GPUs

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According to MEGAsizeGPU, Nvidia has "confirmed" that the GB202 chip will not be used to build new RTX 5090 cards anymore. All future GB202 supplies are going to be exclusively used to make more RTX Pro Blackwell-based models, the leaker later confirmed with a new tweet. NVIDIA is a semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, and its products and services include graphics processing units.

All future GB202 supplies are going to be exclusively used to make more RTX Pro Blackwell-based models, the leaker later confirmed with a new tweet . Hardware Gaming nvidia gpu Nvidia may be killing off the RTX 5090 as AI chips take priority over gaming GPUs (a chip built for many calculations at once, used for graphics and AI) "Greed, for lack of a better word... is good."

TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust . A Failing Industry: Nvidia has reportedly decided to kill its flagship offering in the latest generation of GeForce gaming GPUs.

The GeForce RTX 5090 will soon disappear from the market, leakers claim, because the world's most valuable semiconductor designer is going to make much more money off data center (a building full of computers that runs online services) AI accelerators. Nvidia's alleged decision to remove the RTX 5090 from the market was reiterated by a second leaker known as Hongxing2020. The reported decision also affects the China-exclusive "D" variants of the GeForce RTX 5090.

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