NVIDIA RTX 5090D is rumored to be canceled completely in Q2 in China, leaving no RTX 5090 alternative for gamers.
China-Exclusive, GeForce RTX 5090D, to Reach End of its Life in Q2 as US Updates its Export Control Rules
Roughly two weeks ago, NVIDIA called on its board partners to pause preparations for the RTX 5090D, a China-exclusive RTX 5090 variant, as the new US export rules supposedly restrict the company from supplying the GPU with its current specifications.
A new report emerged today, suggesting that the GPU is going to get banned completely in the second quarter of this year in China. The second quarter has already started, and it's likely that the GPU is going to go out of stock in a couple of days/weeks, depending on the availability of the RTX 5090D in the country.
NVIDIA's RTX5090D series models are basically finalized, and there is no GPU available in Q2, which means that RTX5090D cannot be sold to the Chinese market, and various graphics card brand manufacturers will not be able to mention GPU orders.
NV Q2 basically confirmed that the RTX5090D series GPUs could not receive orders, and the orders for 5090D chips that had been placed were temporarily cancelled, which means that the RTX5090D was officially banned for the time being.
The report confirms the previous one that NVIDIA's board partners in China cannot make any new GeForce RTX 5090D as NVIDIA has cut the supply of the GB202 GPU chip. This essentially means Chinese residents cannot have an RTX 5090 alternative and will have to stick to lower-end GPUs like the RTX 5080.
This new restriction comes from the updated US export rules that don't allow China to have the flagship AI or gaming GPU. The US government restricts NVIDIA from supplying GPUs to China, which offer 1400 GB/s or higher total memory bandwidth and I/O bandwidth equal to or greater than 1100 GB/s. The combined limit for both is 1700 GB/s, which is why the RTX 5090D is being banned.
The GeForce RTX 5090D is basically identical to the full-fledged RTX 5090 in specs, but has lower AI capabilities due to restrictions. The new rules dictate that the 5090D cannot have the current 1700+ GB/s memory bandwidth, with which NVIDIA has to comply, halting sales completely in China.
Recently, NVIDIA's H20 AI GPU also saw a similar fate due to the new restrictions. The H20 is NVIDIA's alternative solution to the H100 for data centers, which now requires a special license for sale in China with no specified end date.
News Source: weixin
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