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Retailer selling broken RTX 5090 GPUs for as low as $1,760
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Not that they were ever a great deal, but an RTX 5090 today costs upwards of $3,500 thanks to the global component shortage, even though they fell below $3,000 at the end of last year.
Key facts
- Not that they were ever a great deal, but an RTX 5090 today costs upwards of $3,500 thanks to the global component shortage, even though they fell below $3,000 at the end of last year
- The second listing is specifically for an MSI Ventus 3X OC variant of the RTX 5090, and it's marked at 1,699.95 Euros, which is almost $2,000
- After all, you're still paying $1,700+ for what is a paperweight at this point
- Case in point: French retailer LDLC is selling broken RTX 5090s for about half of their new price, with no return policy
Summary
The store has put up two separate pages for these non-functioning RTX 5090s. LDLC is the most popular PC hardware vendor in France, and it's selling these RTX 5090s as "out of service" parts, which means they have no warranty coverage or support. Despite their defective nature, the store says these GPUs include all the components on the PCB, such as the core and memory, which you can't take for granted these days. Since the damage is random, some units are bound to be easier to repair than others.