NVIDIA's RTX 5090 has been climbing in price for weeks, and the situation just got worse. According to Tom's Hardware, official US retail channels are now out of stock. Buyers are left with third-party sellers on Newegg and Amazon, where listings range from $6,500 to $9,500.

The numbers tell the story. In June, the RTX 5090's median price was around $4,299. By early September, tracking systems recorded a low of $5,199. Two weeks later, official stock disappeared entirely, and third-party prices jumped again.

The AI angle

Demand is not driven by gaming alone. The RTX 5090 carries the GB202 GPU and 32GB of GDDR7 memory. Compared with the RTX Pro 5000 (48GB), which uses the same GPU but fewer shader units and lower memory bandwidth, the 5090 is priced at $7,000 to $9,000. For AI server builds, even $5,000 per card can still look attractive.

A word of caution

Buying from third-party sellers carries real risk. In January, 42 Amazon customers paid $999 for what turned out to be waist packs instead of GPUs. More recently, a seller moved fake RTX 5090s on the second-hand market with the core and memory stripped out.

Where stock still exists

Micro Center is the exception. Its stores have kept RTX 5090 pricing near average market levels, with a low of $4,299. Because Micro Center sells in-store only, it has largely avoided the online buying and reselling that drives these spikes.

The takeaway

The RTX 5090 is still the fastest gaming card on the market, and DLSS 5 makes that case even stronger. But for now, supply – not performance – is the real constraint.