The median EU retail price of an RTX 5090 rose from €5,900 to €7,730 between 19 September and 19 October 2026 — a +31% move across about 20 tracked EU shops. On a fixed 11-card basket, the price index is up 84% since 25 May, with roughly 10% in the last week alone.
It’s less about the practicality of anybody other than a repairman resocketing and/or unplugging gpus daily and more about the fact that it’s of such measurably lower quality that resocketing and/or unplugging will permanently damage the device at some point.
I’m pretty sure you’re not supposed to unplug them at the end of each day!
It’s less about the practicality of anybody other than a repairman resocketing and/or unplugging gpus daily and more about the fact that it’s of such measurably lower quality that resocketing and/or unplugging will permanently damage the device at some point.
Twas, but a joke…
It’s insane for a product whose price has gone through the roof before the ram shortage