RTX 5090 is Nvidia’s top consumer GPU model. Recent coverage notes it vanished from US retail listings with third‑party sellers asking roughly $9,000–$9,500, while a Taiwan retail price appeared at NT$129,990 (~$4,093). Stories also include a user proposing to sell a 5090 for $5,000 to buy a Mac Studio M5 Ultra ($5,499) and comparing 1.8 TB/s vs 1.2 TB/s memory bandwidth.
Don’t Buy a $9K RTX 5090 — Fly to Taipei InsteadA Reddit post argues that instead of paying about $9,000 locally for an RTX 5090, it's cheaper to fly to Taiwan and buy it at a retail price around NT$129,990 (~$4,093), with the poster listing round-trip airfare and a cost comparison.
RTX 5090 Vanishes from US RetailNvidia's RTX 5090 disappeared from US online retail listings, with third-party sellers asking up to about $9,500 for the top GPU.
Should I swap an RTX 5090 for Mac Studio M5 Ultra?A Reddit user is weighing selling an RTX 5090 for $5k to buy a Mac Studio M5 Ultra priced $5,499, mainly for coding. They note the 5090 has 1.8 TB/s memory bandwidth versus the M5 Ultra's 1.2 TB/s and ask if the upgrade makes sense.
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