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A modified Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 sporting 96 GB of VRAM has surfaced on Alibaba's Xianyu secondhand marketplace from a seller based in Changsha, China. While the standard retail card includes 32 GB, the seller is advertising a package that triples the memory capacity to match Nvidia's high-end RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell. The online listing features a placeholder price of 6,488,888 yuan, or about $900,000, with actual pricing negotiated privately. [1][2]
The offer reportedly includes custom printed circuit board schematics and modified BIOS firmware. Accompanying images show a clamshell layout utilizing Samsung memory modules placed on both sides of the board. The package is restricted strictly to enterprise buyers, who must provide company identification and sign confidentiality agreements, with individual consumers explicitly discouraged from inquiring. Independent verification confirming that the modified hardware functions as advertised remains absent. [1]
The listing reflects ongoing efforts by Chinese workshops to acquire retail graphics cards, remove their processors, and transplant them onto custom boards configured for artificial intelligence servers. A 96 GB capacity would permit these cards to run substantially larger AI models without requiring the enterprise features found on dedicated workstation hardware. [1][2]
An alleged Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 modification with 96 GB of VRAM has surfaced on a Chinese secondhand marketplace. The seller is offering custom PCB schematics and modified BIOS firmware, but only to businesses.
via Notebookcheck
NVIDIA’s RTX 5090 shipments were already hard to come by, and that’s because Chinese hardware modders were repeatedly grabbing the available units to transform them into repurposed GPUs for AI servers by swapping out their default PCBs for custom solutions. It appears that these efforts have borne some fruit, because a listing shows a modded RTX 5090 boasting 96GB of VRAM, which is the same memory count as the RTX PRO 6000.
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