XMG warns that ‘substantial price increases for upcoming GPU shipments’ mean it’s hiking RTX 5090 laptop prices
One model is already pricier and bigger hikes for XMG’s other notebooks could be coming soon
At the same time, we’re hearing more about the struggles of Nvidia’s partners for supply of components for the desktop RTX 5090
The position of Nvidia’s RTX 5090 is looking shakier by the day, as even more chatter is emerging suggesting that this GPU is effectively sidelined at this point, even if it hasn’t actually been discontinued. You may have read up on those recent rumors claiming that Nvidia has discontinued the RTX 5090 — which is speculation that Team Green has firmly denied, I should make clear. The fresh negative news from the grapevine comes firstly from laptop maker XMG on Reddit , which is sharing more bad news on the RAM crisis affecting its prices, specifically with the RTX 5090. XMG says: "We expect laptops with the RTX 5090 to become significantly more expensive again over the coming weeks." ( We already saw price hikes from XMG last month, if you recall ). The company explains why: "Procurement conditions for the RTX 5090 Laptop GPU have deteriorated considerably within a short period. We have received new information indicating substantial price increases for upcoming GPU shipments. "At the same time, availability is becoming increasingly constrained. Replenishment orders that have already been planned or, in some cases, even confirmed are being significantly reduced in quantity." XMG notes that beyond these existing orders, it is "currently difficult to make reliable predictions about future supply volumes and delivery dates." The laptop maker also tells us that "other laptop GPUs are also facing supply constraints", but that the "combination of massive price increases and extremely limited supply" is "particularly pronounced" with the RTX 5090. That doesn’t sound very comforting, does it? The immediate result is that the Schenker Key 18 Pro laptop (Schenker is XMG’s parent company) with the RTX 5090 has increased in price by €250 (around $280 / £210 / AU$400) as of today, and the XMG NEO laptops with the RTX 5090 will see at least a similar price increase — although we’re warned that the "increase could be even higher" for those notebooks depending on how the situation develops. Nasty. The second shot of negativity here is from overclocker Der8auer in Germany , who as Wccftech reports , has heard from one of Nvidia’s board making partners…