RTX 5090 price hikes will sting anyone who absolutely needs to jam the GPU into their rig right now, and beating the increases is tough. In fact, it's so tough that even if you manage to snag the graphics card before on-page MSRPs change, you might still end up having to pay over $5,000, especially since Asus is apparently "late" in providing Nvidia with revised figures.
Look, no one should expect to pay dramatically less for an RTX 5090 right now, as it's the best graphics card in terms of performance and is sought after by gaming PC players and the AI scene alike. But one player did technically manage to grab the GPU for $4,982 rather than $5,100, beating fresh Asus price hikes through Nvidia's listing, and while that should have saved the buyer around $553, the order was then cancelled.
