Nvidia's RTX 5090 has been a subject of much speculation recently, as it was rumoured to be discontinued last month when it vanished from the company's official marketplace, only for Nvidia to confirm it wasn't discontinued. The plot has thickened, though, as AIB partners—the companies actually designing and manufacturing RTX 50 series graphics cards—suggest even they can't get their hands on the parts required to make the card.

This is according to an Nvidia AIB partner who spoke to YouTuber Der8auer. They say, "No, Nvidia did not inform us that RTX 5090 is EOL. But currently we cannot purchase GB202 [the GPU] together with 32 GB GDDR7 as [a] complete set, and we also don't know if ordering will be possible again in the future."

The unnamed board partner clarifies that in previous shortages, they could place backorders with Nvidia, but this is "currently not possible anymore."

This is all to say that this AIB partner is unable to get the GPU and memory required to make the RTX 5090, and doesn't know when that supply issue will be fixed. Though this isn't the card being discontinued, for many partners, not getting the GPU and VRAM is as good as doing so.

Whether it's the GPU or the memory that's causing the biggest headache isn't specified, though in the current context, one can assume it's likely both to some degree.

As of right now, companies are reliant on GPU and VRAM bundles from Nvidia before they can make their own cards.

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