NVIDIA to Launch an RTX 5090DD for the Chinese Market, Complying Once Again with U.S. Restrictions
NVIDIA continues to face restrictions imposed by the United States on its products. These restrictions, rather than being based on specific demands, seem to be focused on banning products that the company releases exclusively for the Asian market, even those adapted to these demands, which are once again prohibited. As a result, the next solution for selling high-end gaming cards in China is the NVIDIA RTX 5090DD, which will replace the recently banned GB202-250 with the GB202-240.
According to the well-known leaker kopite7kimi on X/Twitter, NVIDIA will launch a new model called the RTX 5090DD, featuring a GPU GB202-240 with the board number PG145 and SKU40. This model is once again exclusive to the Chinese market, adapting to new requirements that led to the ban on the already modified RTX 5090D. The leaker has also confirmed that this new model will include 21,760 CUDA cores, the same as the original model.
Memory Restrictions and Controversy
The controversy arises from the memory restrictions, as this model is said to feature a 384-bit bus, with GDDR7 memory reduced to 24 GB, running at 28 Gbps. Rather than being a modified RTX 5090, it seems more like an intermediate model between the most powerful NVIDIA card for other markets and a boosted RTX 5080, possibly akin to a future SUPER model.
In any case, NVIDIA is not giving up on its efforts to bring its products to China, while always adhering to the restrictions imposed by the U.S. government, which seems undecided on the restrictions for sending such products to the Asian country.
