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Here’s where the last RTX 5090 cards are going: Massive AI conversion factory exposed in China, Founders Edition included (videocardz.com)
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I recently looked at the prices of pre built desktop in my country and the PS5 offers better price to performance, if it is jailbroken that is. The prices are ridiculous. I wanted a desktop to play games, the price isn't worth it. Every month I see an increase in the price.

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[–] -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Personally, I am all right with this. Eventually those cards will be obsolete at the data farms, and be resold to everyday people. We little folk will want all the local AI power we can muster, and odds are these cards will get modded to have more VRAM onboard and slim enough to only take double-width slots.

My own RTX 4090 takes one and a half double-width slots, preventing me from having a third RTX 3060 to support my projects.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    I doubt they will be resold if they are physically modified

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Why not resell? That puts extra money in the tank for the company's ledger. Just throwing away cards cost money, and obsolete cards take up server space or cost more energy for what they do.

    If the problem is form factor, there will undoubtedly be clearinghouses that specialize in converting data center cards to consumer specs.

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