Rumors are circulating that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D v2 has been banned from the Chinese market, but this time it's not the US that's banning it, but China. According to Chinese motherboard manufacturers, they recently received a notification from Chinese customs that the GeForce RTX 5090 D v2 graphics cards will not be approved for processing and therefore cannot enter China. This sudden ban caught NVIDIA off guard.
It was initially thought that the recently concluded US-China talks, with Trump bringing Jensen Huang to China, would ease tensions. However, instead of easing restrictions on the NVIDIA H200 AI chip, the Chinese government has also banned the import of the GeForce RTX 5090 D v2 for the gaming market.
It is now understood that Chinese customs has notified logistics companies that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D v2 will not be issued import permits. This sudden ban has completely caught NVIDIA off guard. Since the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D v2 is a product specifically for the Chinese market, it cannot be sold in other countries.
A Chinese board industry person stated that they currently do not know why Chinese customs banned the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D v2. Since the AI computing power of the 5090 D v2 is already restricted, banning the RTX 5090 D v2 will not help support the development of Chinese AI chips. It is highly likely that the Chinese government considers the RTX 5090 D v2 an insulting and downgraded product and does not want it to appear in the Chinese market.
HKEPC is currently verifying this information from multiple sources and will notify everyone of any further updates.
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