Nvidia denies RTX 5090 discontinuation amid supply crunch and retailer delistings
The graphics card maker's senior leadership has pushed back against reports that production of its flagship consumer GPU is ending, even as the card remains scarce across retail channels.
Optimism about stabilizing conditions in the graphics processing unit market took another hit last week. Following word that Nvidia had shelved the RTX 50 Super series, speculation intensified that the company was halting manufacturing of the already-scarce RTX 5090 in order to redirect silicon fabrication resources toward artificial intelligence accelerators. Yet Nvidia's senior vice president Jeff Fisher has now disputed these claims, asserting that the card remains in production and will continue shipping to customers. The statement emerged after numerous publications, including Tom's Hardware, sought formal clarification from the company without receiving a response.
Details of Fisher's remarks surfaced through Taiwanese technology outlets 4Gamers and SJTV, both citing what they described as a post-event interview. In that conversation, the executive acknowledged that GPU availability remains constrained, though he characterized Nvidia's efforts to deliver the product to consumers as intensive, based on translations of the Taiwanese reporting.