Nvidia denies the RTX 5090 has been discontinued but admits supply is limited

GamingbyCallum DoylePublished: Oct 17, 2026, 15:19NVIDIAAdd as a preferred source on GoogleFollow on Google News

Nvidia has denied reports that the GeForce RTX 5090 has been discontinued, confirming the flagship graphics card will keep shipping even though supply is currently limited.

The response comes after leaks earlier this month claimed Nvidia was ending production of its most powerful gaming GPU to prioritize far more profitable AI and professional hardware.

Nvidia exec says the RTX 5090 will keep shipping

Jeff Fisher, Nvidia’s Senior Vice President of Personal Computing, addressed the rumors after the company’s RTX Spark Launch Party in Taipei on October 16.

Speaking to 4Gamers, Fisher admitted Nvidia is dealing with supply constraints but insisted the card is not going anywhere.

“The supply chain is indeed a bit constrained, but Nvidia is going all out to get products to market,” Fisher said, translated from Chinese. “Although the RTX 5090 has other variants, it has definitely not been discontinued. Nvidia will continue shipping, and this is very important.”

He didn’t explain what the “other variants” of the RTX 5090 are, or how long supply is expected to stay tight.

The rumors started when hardware leaker hongxing2020 claimed Nvidia was stopping RTX 5090 production, citing a factory notice. Fellow leaker Zed__Wang backed up the claim shortly after.

According to the leaks, production of both the RTX 5090 and the China-only RTX 5090 D would end so the chips could be used in professional graphics cards and data center hardware instead. An RTX 5080 with 24GB of memory was also tipped to replace the current 16GB model as Nvidia’s top consumer card.