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A Chinese manufacturer has listed a modified GeForce RTX 5090 with 96 GB of memory on Alibaba for $3,888. The card, built by Shenzhen Suqiao Intelligent Technology, uses a custom PCB and clamshell memory to triple the capacity of the retail 32 GB version. The listing notes the card is roughly 35% cheaper than a standard RTX 5090 and a fraction of the cost of NVIDIA's RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, which starts at $16,000. A
The card appears to use a custom PCB with GDDR7 modules on both sides, a technique NVIDIA employs on its Pro 6000 series. TechPowerUp suggests the GPU die may come from harvested RTX 5090 units reballed onto the new board, a method previously used to push RTX 4090 cards to 48 GB. However, the listing mentions GDDR6X memory at 14 Gbps, which does not align with the specifications of a genuine Blackwell build.
The card is marketed as an OEM/ODM product, with the manufacturer boasting over a decade of experience building graphics cards, motherboards, and servers. The significant price difference between this modified card and NVIDIA's professional offering highlights the potential market for custom, high-capacity GPUs in professional workloads. The discrepancy in memory type also raises questions about the authenticity of the listing.