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.
No. You don’t need tensor cores for graphics nor do you need nvidia. This is the work of scalpers and consumer tier inference combined with a nvidia monopoly used strategically to cash out while they can. Gpus should be abundant still if nvidia didn’t do this fast exit from the field and entering ai. The only redeeming factor is that all of a sudden, most of them will be bagholders
No. You don’t need tensor cores for graphics nor do you need nvidia. This is the work of scalpers and consumer tier inference combined with a nvidia monopoly used strategically to cash out while they can. Gpus should be abundant still if nvidia didn’t do this fast exit from the field and entering ai. The only redeeming factor is that all of a sudden, most of them will be bagholders