A “quality issue” with the 30th Anniversary Edition RTX 5090 has forced Asus to pause deliveries of its $4,000 graphics card.
As VideoCardz reports, Asus is halting shipments from retailers like Sweden-based Inet, which emailed buyers to say that “Asus is currently working on a replacement version without these issues,” though there is no solid timeline for when that will be released.
Asus started selling the ROG Matrix Platinum in mid-November with a launch price of €4,000. Alongside being the fastest commercial GPU available for gamers, the card also sports a huge overclock, advanced cooling, anti-sag gyroscopic technology, and the unique BTF 3.0 power adapter. That’s a lot of graphics card for a lot of money; if you actually receive it.
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The Asus and ROG websites currently list the $3,999.99 GPU as out of stock. Asus is reportedly only producing 1,000 units.
“We fully understand that this is an unfortunate situation, but unfortunately, it is completely beyond our control,” Inet says in its email to customers. That’s a very expensive “unfortunate situation” to be in, though it seems like at least one person on the ROG forums has had their preorder “terminated.”
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Asus hasn’t provided any details on what the “quality issue” might be. Back in 2023, an Asus motherboard meant to celebrate the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion accidentally misspelled it as “Evangenlion” next to the I/O cover screen. Asus later sent out a corrected version.
If you’re looking for a new GPU that won’t cost thousands and will ship on time, check out our list of the best graphics cards we’ve tested this year.
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