NVIDIA Passes $300 RTX 5090 Board Price Hike to Partners as GDDR7 Memory Crisis Deepens

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NVIDIA is raising RTX 5090 and 5090D V2 board prices by approximately $300 due to surging GDDR7 costs, with the increase effective May 13. Memory now accounts for over 80% of the GPU's bill of materials. Street prices already exceed $3,500, and the hike could push retail past $5,000 against a $1,999 MSRP. The memory shortage is driven by AI datacenter demand, directly impacting the local inference community.