Nvidia has reportedly stopped making all versions of its GeForce RTX 5090, including the D variants, according to a factory notification cited by the online account @hongxing2020. That message also stated that the RTX 5080 24GB would become the top GeForce card and that the RTX 5080 16GB would be discontinued. The claim has not been verified or confirmed by Nvidia. The company was asked for comment and had not responded, and it typically does not comment on rumors.
If accurate, the move would send GB202 processors toward data center and professional graphics products that sell for far more than the GeForce RTX 5090. Nvidia's recently introduced RTX Pro 5500 carries the same 21,760 CUDA cores as the GeForce RTX 5090 but pairs them with 84GB of GDDR7 memory instead of 32GB, targeting professional visualization and AI work. The fully configured RTX 6000 Pro, with 24,064 CUDA cores and 96GB of memory, can sell for $15,000.
Dropping GB202-based GeForce cards would keep less expensive consumer GPUs from competing with Nvidia's own professional accelerators in the AI market. The company would essentially shift its limited semiconductor manufacturing allocation to higher-margin products without necessarily giving up ground in gaming, since neither the GeForce RTX 5080 nor the RTX 5090 has a direct rival.
Even if Nvidia has stopped shipping GB202 processors for consumer cards, RTX 5090 boards are unlikely to vanish from store shelves right away. Add-in-board partners, distributors and retailers probably hold inventories of GPUs and finished cards that could keep supply going for a while. Should Nvidia stop supplying GB202 chips for GeForce products, RTX 5090 availability would inevitably shrink, and prices for those add-in boards would be affected. For US buyers, that points to tighter supply and higher prices at retail over time.
Nvidia may also be preparing to refresh the GeForce RTX 50-series lineup. The company has long been rumored to be working on RTX 50 Super cards, including an RTX 5080 Super with 24GB of GDDR7 memory, though their launch has reportedly been pushed back because of memory supply constraints. The rumored GeForce RTX 5080 24GB could revive those plans, and with no GeForce RTX 5090 32GB on the market, the new product would have better memory supply.
Nvidia is developing next-generation Rubin-based GeForce RTX 60-series GPUs as well, but recent rumors indicate those products will not arrive until late 2027 or even 2028. If the reports about discontinuing the GeForce RTX 5090 are correct, Nvidia could leave the enthusiast gaming market without a GB202-class flagship for a considerable stretch.
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