It’s been a theory for quite some time now that Nvidia is — what’s the polite way to put this? — let’s say deprioritizing PC gamers, perhaps, or more specifically, its gaming graphics cards. But this week has added more evidence to the collective weight that GeForce GPUs are increasingly at risk of being sidelined…
At Micro Center’s Tustin, California location, one customer arrived ready to purchase a PowerSpec AI90 prebuilt containing an RTX 5090 and left with a form to fill out instead. A manager reportedly required the customer to complete an “Advanced Computing Product Purchaser Declaration” and have their driver’s license scanned before the sale could proceed.
Nvidia’s RTX 5090 flagship has hit new heights in terms of ridiculous asking prices, just as a new rumor suggests that RTX 6000 (Rubin) GPUs are coming in 2027 — earlier than anticipated, and to say the price of those next-gen offerings is a worry given the current climate is a huge understatement.
