AI firms buying gaming GPUs by the pallet push RTX 5090 to $5,000

A Reddit poster says AI firms are buying gaming GPUs by the pallet, driving the RTX 5090 to $5,000. It signals AI compute demand spilling into the consumer GPU market and inflating prices.

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• User melts wall socket running 4x RTX 5090 rig2026-10-19
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