Reports describe a possible shift in future GB202 supply away from GeForce RTX 5090 board partners and toward RTX Pro products. BenchLife reported that NVIDIA would stop supplying RTX 5090-series chips to add-in-card (AIC) partners—the board makers that produce retail graphics cards. BenchLife distinguished the reported allocation change from a formal end-of-life announcement.
What the GB202 allocation report says
The claim concerns future chip allocations, not a confirmed NVIDIA announcement. BenchLife named the GB202-300, GB202-250, and GB202-240 variants and reported that the GeForce RTX 5090, GeForce RTX 5090 D, and GeForce RTX 5090 D V2 would no longer be supplied to AIC partners. Tom's Hardware also reported the alleged shift, describing the factory-notice account behind it as unverified.
NeoTeo previously covered a September 2026 European price snapshot in its RTX 5090 pricing report; the current reports concern chip allocation instead.
Why a supply change would not empty stores overnight
Even if new chip allocations to board partners stopped, finished cards and existing GPU inventory could still move through the supply chain. Tom's Hardware said stock held by partners, distributors, or retailers could keep RTX 5090 cards available for a time. That is a possibility, not a forecast of how long stores would have cards.
The RTX 5080 24GB is a separate rumor
The rumored GeForce RTX 5080 24GB is not an established replacement for the RTX 5090. Digital Foundry described it as a separate leaker rumor. BenchLife reported that AIC partners had not received development documents for the card and had only heard that the documents would follow.
