Nvidia plans a weaker version of its RTX 5090D graphics card for China because of new US trade rules. The card must have less than 1.4 TB/s memory speed to meet these rules. Reports say the core count might drop from 21,760 to just 14,080 cores. Memory will also shrink from 32GB to 24GB, with slower performance overall. This makes the card much less powerful than the original design.
The price remains unknown but should be lower than before since performance will decrease greatly. Nvidia stopped sending the stronger version to Chinese partners already this quarter. The card might perform similar to the RTX PRO 5000 model instead of being a top gaming choice. Other graphics cards will arrive soon, with the RTX 5060 coming May 20, the same day AMD launches its RX 9060 XT. Nvidia also plans a powerful RTX 5080 Super or Ti card with 24GB of memory before year-end.
The price remains unknown but should be lower than before since performance will decrease greatly. Nvidia stopped sending the stronger version to Chinese partners already this quarter. The card might perform similar to the RTX PRO 5000 model instead of being a top gaming choice. Other graphics cards will arrive soon, with the RTX 5060 coming May 20, the same day AMD launches its RX 9060 XT. Nvidia also plans a powerful RTX 5080 Super or Ti card with 24GB of memory before year-end.
