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Modified Nvidia RTX 5090 with 96GB VRAM surfaces on Alibaba

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A modified Nvidia RTX 5090 graphics card featuring 96GB of VRAM has appeared on Alibaba. This modified card offers three times the VRAM of the original at a lower price point, costing less than $4,000. The post questions whether anyone has purchased or is running this significantly upgraded hardware. AI

IMPACT Increased VRAM on consumer hardware could enable larger models to run locally.

RANK_REASON This is a modification of an existing hardware product, not a new release from a frontier lab.

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Modified Nvidia RTX 5090 with 96GB VRAM surfaces on Alibaba

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This is a modification of an existing hardware product, not a new release from a frontier lab.
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COVERAGE [1]

  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/running101 ·

    nvidia rtx 5090 with 96gb of vram.

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/china-modified-nvidia-rtx-5090-with-massive-96gb-of-memory-appears-on-alibaba-for-less-than-usd4-000-3x-more-vram-at-65-percent-the-cost-of-the-original">China-modified Nvidia RTX 5090</a> …

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