[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-micro-center-drops-rtx-5090-as-nvidia-halt-rumors-grow":10,"sections":41},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":36,"feedback":40,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":40,"total_tokens":40},11744,"micro-center-drops-rtx-5090-as-nvidia-halt-rumors-grow","Micro Center Drops RTX 5090 as Nvidia Halt Rumors Grow","Micro Center now lists Nvidia's flagship card as 'Not Carried', but the production halt behind the rumor is unconfirmed and the evidence so far is thin.","Micro Center has reclassified the GeForce RTX 5090 as \"Not Carried,\" a label that usually means a retailer does not plan to restock a product.\n\nThat is different from \"out of stock,\" which implies new inventory is on the way. The change follows rumors, which began circulating around October 10, that Nvidia has stopped making the card. Nvidia has not commented, and the rumor has not been formally confirmed as a discontinuation.\n\nCustom 5090s from Asus, MSI, and Gigabyte are still listed on Micro Center's website, but all are out of stock at every physical store. The one exception is the Asus ROG Astral Edition 20, which remains in stock at most stores only as part of the ROG 20th Anniversary Bundle, priced at almost $11,000. That figure is the bundle's price, not the card's.\n\nA Redditor added an anecdote. They said employees pulled every 5090 from the shelves on October 9, and that a worker told them the Asus ProArt model \"was pulled and being sent somewhere else.\" Two cards were still on the shelf, and the Redditor bought one of them, a Gigabyte Aorus Stealth Ice, which the store price-matched to the cheaper ProArt. The employee reportedly said it was \"the last 5090 we will probably sell.\" It is one unverified account.\n\nTaken together, the signals point the same way, but none proves a halt. A reclassification at one retailer shows what Micro Center plans, not what Nvidia is doing. Nvidia's own site still lists the card \"starting at $1,999,\" though a list price says nothing about whether a card can be bought.\n\nThe explanation on offer is speculation: Nvidia could redirect GB202, the graphics chip inside the 5090, to professional cards such as the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell, RTX Pro 5500, and RTX Pro 5000, where buyers pay far more for the same silicon. The logic is sound, and the card was already scarce and overpriced before this. Whether other retailers follow Micro Center is the next thing to watch.","[\"nvidia\",\"rtx 5090\",\"gpus\",\"micro center\"]","2026-10-15T15:37:41.000Z","2026-10-18T08:55:05.591Z","2026-10-18T08:55:05.834Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Fix the typo ('a anecdote'), and stop saying the 5090 sells for '$11,000 in practice' because that price is for an Asus anniversary bundle, not the card alone. 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