NVIDIA has reportedly halted the supply of GB202 chips to board partners for the production of GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards, including the China-specific RTX 5090 D and RTX 5090 D V2 models. The company is redirecting these chips toward more profitable professional-grade hardware, specifically the RTX PRO 6000 and the recently introduced RTX PRO 5500.
Current retail availability of the RTX 5090 is limited to existing inventory held by partners. Last month, the card was listed at Walmart for $4,299 and sold out immediately. NVIDIA has not issued an official end-of-life announcement regarding the consumer-grade RTX 5090 lineup.
Reports suggest NVIDIA intends to release a new version of the RTX 5080 featuring 24 GB of GDDR7 memory in the first quarter of 2027, which would succeed the current 16 GB model. Despite these plans, board partners report that they have not yet received any formal development documentation or technical materials for the upcoming hardware.
Communication regarding the new RTX 5080 has been limited to verbal updates. This lack of documentation contrasts with the previous development cycle for RTX 50 SUPER silicon, where partners received materials as early as July before the project was paused due to GDDR7 pricing. It remains unclear if the 24 GB RTX 5080 and the previously rumored RTX 5080 SUPER are the same product.
