Micro Center lists GeForce RTX 5090 as ‘Not Carried’ as rumors of production halt surface

Microcenter changed the status of the NVIDIA Geforce RTX 5090 from out of stock to not carried for major manufacturers such as Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, and ZOTAC. This is an indication that the top of the line graphics card might be on its last legs for consumer production. This is important for gamers and content creators that want to use it for high-end applications. It's important to keep an eye on the availability of the GPU as this change could mean a big pivot in the availability of the GPU.

Retailers update status as leakers claim NVIDIA is reserving GB202 chips for professional cards

There is some speculation that NVIDIA has stopped production on the GB202 GPU for RTX 5090. Leakers MEGAsizeGPU and hongxing2020 suggest that the GB202 GPU chips for RTX 5090 in the future will only go to the professional RTX PRO series. This would mean that NVIDIA is moving away from consumer gaming and focusing more on the enterprise and workstation use case. This has implications for building high-performance PCs.

German retailers have indicated that there is some availability of the graphics card starting at 5,999 Euros (about $6,500). This is in the wake of previous supply constraints from Micro Center. Microcenter was requiring an ID and no export declaration in the past. This was to prevent people from buying in bulk and reselling the GPUs. But the "not carried" status points to there being a bigger problem than just supply constraints due to demand.

Additionally, the rumor is that NVIDIA is moving forward with the modified RTX 5080 which will have 24GB VRAM compared to the 16GB VRAM current model. The idea behind the new RTX 5080 is to make sure there is something for the consumers while the high-end GB202 chips will go towards the professional market. NVIDIA has not officially confirmed that the RTX 5090 is dead or that the production of the GB202 chips has been stopped. So we are in the middle of rumor and official policy.

Our team has been keeping an eye on the GeForce RTX 5090, in particular the Micro Center now requires ID and no-export declaration for RTX 5090 purchases article. The "not carried" status is a big change from previous supply management. It seems to be an indication that the product may be phased out. For now, until NVIDIA confirms or denies this, the RTX 5090 is in a production suspended state. The consumer availability is also in question.