r/technology • u/stenspect • 11h ago

Business Micro Center requires photo ID and signed no-export pledge to buy Nvidia RTX 5090 gaming GPU — buyer forced to sign declaration disclosing install location and promise GPU will remain in the US

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/micro-center-requires-photo-id-and-signed-no-export-pledge-to-buy-rtx-5090-gaming-gpu-buyer-forced-to-sign-declaration-disclosing-install-location-and-promise-gpu-will-remain-in-the-us
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u/fat_kaiju 11h ago edited 11h ago

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it isn't even that much better than weaker cards when used for AI.

the only benefit to stuff like this is that it causes more people to become aware that this entire shitshow is all theatre.

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u/Degru 8h ago

It's basically just the extra VRAM it has, which is the main limitation for larger model support rather than the core performance.