Nvidia’s RTX 5090 vanishes from online retail in the US — third-party sellers now demand as much as $9,500 for Nvidia’s fastest GPU

Nvidia’s fastest gaming graphics card, the RTX 5090, has been on a tear of price increases over the past several weeks. However, over the past week, the available inventory has dwindled.

Now, you can only find the RTX 5090 from third-party sellers at online retailers like Newegg and Amazon, commanding anywhere from $6,500 to $9,500 (or even higher) for Team Green’s best GPU. Go deeper with TH Premium: GPUs(Image tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/desktop-gpu-roadmap-nvidia-rubin-amd-udna-and-intel-xe3-celestial?utm_source=edit-links&utm_medium=boxout&utm_term=gpu” target=”_blank”>Desktop GPU RoadmapNvidia’s Enterprise GPU RoadmapTesting DirectStorage with GPU decompressionThe GeForce RTX 30-series upgrade matrix — does your Ampere GPU need an upgrade in 2026?Rubin in-depthThe Stout Owl: The ultimate Noctua G2 PCAt Newegg, the cheapest RTX 5090 is the MSI Ventus 3X that’s available from Slava Computers (a relatively new seller with 239 ratings and a 2.8 out of 5 rating at the time of writing) for $6,449. On Amazon, you can get the Asus TUF Gaming OC for $6,395 from Joes Tech Shop, a seller with an 81% positive rating. However, among the most recent reviews are a string of one-star reviews about orders never being fulfilled. The cost goes much higher, as well. The first result for “RTX 5090” on Newegg, for example, surfaces the MSI Ventus 3X OC for $8,699.In June, the median price for an RTX 5090 was $4,299. At the beginning of September, we logged the lowest online price at $5,199 in our GPU price tracker. Now, in less than two weeks, the available stock has completely disappeared online, and the options available from third-party sellers have ballooned in price once again. Naturally, we don’t recommend buying from one of these third-party sellers. The RTX 5090 is selling at a vastly inflated price, but more importantly, we’ve seen no shortage of scams around high-ticket items like the RTX 5090. In January, 42 Amazon customers were duped into a scam involving a $999 RTX 5090, instead receiving a fanny pack in place of the GPU. Earlier this month, an online seller scammed two buyers with the RTX 5090, selling phantom graphics cards with the core and memory removed on the secondhand market for prices near MSRP. The one exception to RTX 5090 inventory is Micro Center, which still has cards available around the average selling price. At a local Micro Center we checked, the cheapest in-stock option was $4,299. Micro Center has exclusively sold graphics cards in-person for several years, insulating it from online buyouts like what appears to be going on right now.