China is stripping gaming RTX 5090s for AI servers: the card retails for $6,550 in the US

A leaked video from Oct 24, 2026 shows Chinese workshops removing the die and memory from RTX 5090 cards, reportedly thousands of cards a day.

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October 26, 2026

A leaked video from Oct 24, 2026 shows Chinese workshops removing the die and memory from RTX 5090 cards, reportedly thousands of cards a day.

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01Gemini 4 Carbon: Google's smartest model is for cyber defenders only, for now08:01 PM
02RTX Spark: laptops for local models hit the shelves, from $2,59906:00 PM