Sind wir NVIDIA egal? Das Ende der RTX 5090

Summary

The video examines reports that NVIDIA may be winding down the GeForce RTX 5090, whose GB202 GPU is also used in professional cards such as the RTX Pro 6000. The host contacted graphics-card manufacturers, a cooler supplier, and NVIDIA Germany to assess the situation.

• No official end-of-life announcement: NVIDIA’s public position, repeated by Senior Vice President Jeff Fischer and NVIDIA Germany, is that the RTX 5090 has not been discontinued and that NVIDIA is continuing to ship it.
• Supply may still be severely constrained: An anonymous graphics-card industry contact said their company currently cannot order GB202 chips bundled with 32 GB of GDDR7, or place pre-orders as it could during earlier supply shortages. A cooler manufacturer reportedly cut its forecast for future RTX 5090 cooler orders and had no pre-orders for a later quarter.
• Practical effect for buyers: The host says the card may not be formally end-of-life, but if manufacturers cannot obtain chips, the RTX 5090 could become largely unavailable anyway. NVIDIA depends on external chip-production capacity and may prioritize GB202 for professional or server products if they offer higher margins.
• Price warning: The host argues that RTX 5090 prices have become unreasonable. Using inflation-adjusted comparisons of high-end GPUs over 17 years, he says the card was already exceptionally expensive and strongly advises against buying one at the cited prices—even at €6,000, let alone €7,500. He notes that owners who bought at lower prices could potentially resell at a large profit.
• Gaming’s place at NVIDIA: Gaming has fallen from nearly 60% of NVIDIA revenue in 2017 to about 7% in 2026. However, the host points out that gaming and edge-computing revenue has grown in absolute terms to nearly $17 billion. He argues that gaming still matters financially and that NVIDIA employees continue developing gaming technologies, while criticizing the company’s gaming-product pricing and warning that it may damage its reputation with gamers.
• Possible product-cycle context: The host compares the situation with the RTX 4090, which also became difficult to find before its successor arrived. He suggests the RTX 5090’s availability pattern could precede a new GPU generation around late 2027 or early 2028, but presents this as speculation.

The video also includes a Dubaro gaming-PC advertisement; it is not a hardware review or tutorial.

Main Speakers and Sources

• Roman “der8auer” Hartung: Host and analyst.
• NVIDIA: Public statement attributed to Senior Vice President Jeff Fischer and repeated by NVIDIA Germany.
• Anonymous industry sources: Contacts at a graphics-card manufacturer and a cooler manufacturer.