GeForce RTX 5090 Retail Prices Reach $5,099 as Standard Air-Cooled Cards Approach Halo-Model Pricing
Guru3D reports that standard air-cooled RTX 5090 cards are now selling for roughly $5,000, citing PCPartPicker listings, with the ASUS TUF Gaming OC at $5,099.
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