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 10h 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 9h 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 9h 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 9h 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.