RTX 5090 isn’t officially dead — but one board partner says it can’t order new GPUs - Notebookcheck

Nvidia has reportedly stopped taking new orders for the GeForce RTX 5090 GPU and its memory kits, deepening a supply crisis for the flagship graphics card.

The unnamed board partner can no longer order Blackwell GB202 GPUs bundled with 32 GB of GDDR7 memory, even on backorder, according to German overclocker Roman 'der8auer' Hartung.

The manufacturer told Hartung it had received no end-of-life notification for the RTX 5090 but did not know whether Nvidia would resume accepting orders for the component kits.

Reduced production signs

A separate cooling-system supplier contacted by Hartung pointed to another sign of reduced production plans.

The supplier said two board partners had substantially reduced their projected orders for RTX 5090 coolers for the first quarter of 2027 compared with the third quarter of 2026.

It had received no orders for RTX 5090 coolers for the second quarter of 2027.

The RTX 5090 is also absent from Nvidia’s US Marketplace, while Micro Center lists it as 'Not Carried'.

What happens next

The ordering restrictions do not, on their own, establish that RTX 5090 production has stopped.

It also remains unclear whether they affect all Nvidia board partners or only the manufacturer Hartung contacted.

Nvidia continues to say shipments will continue, but the combination of restricted orders and reduced cooler bookings suggests tighter availability ahead.