The original post: /r/pcmasterrace by /u/Darkpriest667 on 2025-01-27 04:21:04.

I had to explain this in another thread so I thought I’d put this here before the crazy work week starts tomorrow.

5090 supply is constrained. It’s not by design, it’s by economics. Nvidia gives consumers the scraps. Explanation -

Blackwell has been out for much longer than the CES reveal. Nvidia has been ramping up production of B100 and GB200 chips for months. The demand is backlogged months. For reference a B100 is 30,000 to 35,000 USD and the GB200 (If you can even get on the list) is 70,000 USD.

The 5090s are what’s left over when TSMC has the bandwidth to even produce wafers that aren’t meant for the above cards. I’m not being hyperbolic here. I bet there are less than 2500 5090s on their way to resellers right now. If you think these things aren’t going to be scalped to high heaven you have another thing coming. I expect to see these bad boys for 3 4 or 5 thousand dollars on ebay by Friday morning

Links to Nvidia’s technical documentation.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/technologies/blackwell-architecture/

https://resources.nvidia.com/en-us-blackwell-architecture?ncid=no-ncid