In the RTX 5090, you’re getting new Neural Rendering features too — things that use an on-board AI trained with the game itself to boost fidelity and detail. Behind the scenes of any game, there’s a neural network running away to push a few key things.

The first thing that’s notable about the RTX 5090 is the packaging design has totally changed since the Founders Edition RTX 40-series. Nvidia has switched to housing the RTX 5090 inside a smaller bone-shaped gray cardboard shell that sits inside a much larger brown cardboard box.

Being relegated to shopping for a GeForce RTX 5090 on eBay should be one of the circle's of Hell in Dante's "Inferno" with scalpers looking to burn a scorching hole through buyers' pockets. So far, the highest-priced listing we've seen is an ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 with am ambitious $7,

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 starts at $1,999 before you factor in upsells from the company's partners or price increases driven by scalpers and/or genuine demand. It costs more than my entire gaming PC.

With its AI capabilities enabled, the RTX 5090 is the fastest and best-performing graphics card in the world. Can Nvidia's competitors catch up?

Nvidia RTX 50-series cusotm GPU prices have leaked, and you could be paying as much as $2,799 for an RTX 5090.