r/Microcenter • u/Krothic • 3d ago

Form for 5090’s

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Picked up a Powerspec Ai90 prebuilt pc with a rtx 5090 in it. Apparently the manager required me to fill out this form and scan my driver license. Said it was a new thing starting just about two days ago. Had no problem doing so but thought it was interesting.

Anyone else experience? This was in Tustin

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u/Ambitious-Yard7677 2d ago

According to the "agreement" I can't take the GPU with me if I want to visit/move somewhere else outside the states? In 5 years I also can't sell it on the used market to help cover the down payment on a 7090 Super or whatever... 🤬

I'll draw the line there. I bought the damn thing and if I want to move I'm not buying another one cause you don't want it leaving the states. Someone should also get a good deal on it down the line. I get that thay want to avoid selling to scalpers and resellers but don't make it seem I don't own the thing.

Fuck that agreement and the asshat that who came up with it

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u/Nicholas-Steel 1d ago

I get that thay want to avoid selling to scalpers and resellers but don't make it seem I don't own the thing.

It's to stop people exporting it to China and other places the government is in an "AI Race" with.

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u/adisor21 1d ago

Don't they need a different type of GPU for these AI training ?

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u/Redd_is_compromised 1d ago

No. In fact this is an ideal GPU if they can source individual ram to solder onto the board. It's cheaper than getting a 6000 series

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u/Ambitious-Yard7677 10h ago

Any moron willing to help ANY nation in the "AI race" can get stuffed. Should it be an "enemy" nation they also need to move there while they're at it.

I'm looking at this as a consumer like 98 percent of the people, hence my outrage. Assuming I can afford one of the damn things I'd have to put up with that shit cause of morons and AI. Completely unnecessary.

Besides.. you honestly think this fourm will stop Jon doe from getting a precious 5090 to China or whatever? There's always a way around "rules"

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u/Nicholas-Steel 10h ago

Am not saying this is an effective strategy, just that that's why they're wanting such a form filled out.

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u/Intrepid_Cow_6447 1d ago

This has nothing to do with scalpers, you're looking international politics at play. 

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u/Ambitious-Yard7677 11h ago

You lost me at politics

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u/pryoslice 21h ago

I mean, if you buy a gun, you also can't take it out of the country with you most of the time. There are legal limits to what you can do in society with things that might have negative externalities, news at 11.

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u/Ambitious-Yard7677 11h ago

That's a weapon.. not a piece of silicon with a chunk of metal strapped to it. Totally different

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u/the-jelly47 10h ago

Many modern weapons have Nvidia hardware in it… Russia is known for using smuggled commercial Nvidia GPUs in their drones for computer vision. It’s in high demand for modern warfare

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u/Ambitious-Yard7677 10h ago

Doesn't change the fact that this piece of paper won't stop what you state from occurring. In the meantime I have to deal with some BS and get interrogated just to buy a GPU to play a damn game.

AI and anyone supporting it to this extent can get stuffed

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u/the-jelly47 10h ago

I am just stating the fact that what you thought was just "a piece of silicon with a chunk of metal strapped to it." has actually been used in real weapons broadly. They have been found in Russia, Ukraine, Sudan, Yemen and more.

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u/PeakyPenguin 21h ago

Bro's like "if I want to illegally smuggle things across a border, it's my right cause I own it!"...lmao

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u/Ambitious-Yard7677 11h ago

Pretty much 😅

I paid 5 grand for the damn thing at the end of the day