French retailer LDLC is selling damaged NVIDIA RTX 5090 GPUs for approximately half their market price, with prices starting around $1,760. These cards were damaged during transport, resulting in issues like PCB breakage or deformation, and are sold without any warranty. The retailer intends for these "out of service" parts to be used by repair professionals or for component recycling, especially given the high demand for these GPUs in the current AI boom. AI
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IMPACT Damaged high-end GPUs are being sold for parts, potentially impacting the supply chain for AI hardware.
RANK_REASON This is a sale of damaged hardware, not a new product release or significant industry event.
