Friday, August 22nd 2025
Noctua Blames GPU Supply Issues for Lack of Beige and Brown RTX 5090 "At the Moment"
ASUS and Noctua recently released the pricey NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Noctua Edition graphics card, which comes Noctua's classic beige and brown color scheme, three noise-optimized NF-A12x25 G2 fans, and a whopping $1,500 MSRP, putting it squarely in flagship price territory. According to a report by KitGuru, however, Noctua wants to make an even more premium RTX 5090 Noctua Edition, but the current supply issues relating to the RTX 5090 are getting in the way.
In our review of the RTX 5080 Noctua OC, the Noctua OC put out the most impressive noise-normalized results we've recorded so far for the class, suggesting that Noctua might be able to tame the RTX 5090 equally well. Jakob Dellinger, Noctua PR and Product Manager, told KitGuru that even if the company would "love to do a 5090," there isn't enough supply of 5090 chips to be able to pursue a 5090 version. Likely as a result of these shortages, the prices for RTX 5090 cards have been sky-high, which has caused a drop in demand, as we previously reported. That said, the door isn't completely closed on a Noctua RTX 5090, with Dellinger specifically saying that the supply limitations make the graphics card impossible "at the moment."
Source:
KitGuru
In our review of the RTX 5080 Noctua OC, the Noctua OC put out the most impressive noise-normalized results we've recorded so far for the class, suggesting that Noctua might be able to tame the RTX 5090 equally well. Jakob Dellinger, Noctua PR and Product Manager, told KitGuru that even if the company would "love to do a 5090," there isn't enough supply of 5090 chips to be able to pursue a 5090 version. Likely as a result of these shortages, the prices for RTX 5090 cards have been sky-high, which has caused a drop in demand, as we previously reported. That said, the door isn't completely closed on a Noctua RTX 5090, with Dellinger specifically saying that the supply limitations make the graphics card impossible "at the moment."
63 Comments on Noctua Blames GPU Supply Issues for Lack of Beige and Brown RTX 5090 "At the Moment"
5090 is still in short supply. I think scalpers should be hit with heavy fines that are high enough to drive them down into poverty... forever. Its not difficult to tell when someone is scalping just by looking at the prices they try to charge for the products compared to the MSRP. Next thing you know, they'll be starting something like "OnlyScalpers" where you're guaranteed to get what you want if you're subscribed(at an inflated price) and willing to pay(thrice the price or more).
Some people have too much money and too little sense
if they really wanted this to happen, they would have done so BEFORE those cards where even released, and offer it from the beginning.
@soulphie
so ppl should spend their money (they might have worked hard for) on things they like?
is everything you buy thats needed/used "daily/weekly" the lowest/cheapest you can find, or do you tend to spend more to get something better (e.g. in-and-out/shake shack vs McD)?
@TheDeeGee
while i dont care much about rgb, doesnt mean i will discourage others, as beauty was always in the eyes of the beholder.
e.g. would you tell your "niece" she needs to get the black/blue bike, not the pink one she wants, because the pink one is "ugly"?
right.
I'm out, as I received an invoice that was not from Noctua, although I bought from the officila Amazon.de shop called noctua.at.
For those who respond to this post, even the German or English version of the official Noctua website states they are not Noctua, which I checked much later.
Products are mediocre and overpriced. Parts were missing from my recent noctua.at "fake shop" from amazon.de. The response was to just return it Yes, I returned it. I did not order it again. The nocuta support is bad in my case of 2025.
I highly doubt it. When you want to sell a 5090 you will be able to do it.
Thats pretty shitty :rolleyes:
Which is exactly where the problem lies nowadays.
Awfully lots of PC components have been becoming just that "fashion" and manufacturers certainly aren't going to take that extra cost out from their profit margin.
And in case of cases there's hardly any real choise nowadays compared to selection 15 years ago.
Next we will be getting Louis vuitton cases, for the rich PC enthusiasts :laugh:
nothing prevents you from not connecting power (rgb), or just use the controller sw to disable it, for things with internal power (like ram, some fans).
many times i have seen the rgb version on sale for less than that without any lighting, and recently have turned on the lights, but went for lowest brightness possible/all running white for color, so its more of an ambient lighting, even less bright than my "everything a-ok" led on the MB.
5090 will be +100% price increase?
you clearly ignored the part where i said as long as it doesn't cost more, or stuff can be on sale and be cheaper/same cost as the item without, ignoring not everything is always in stock, e.g. if i need to wait xx weeks/month for the non rgb version, when i can get the rgb for same price rn, its clear what i will do.
more than once i have paid less/same for rgb ram for others, and anyone that didnt care to have any lights, just disabled it, instead of delaying the build.
There was a thing about RGB everything some time ago, hopefully the fad is past.
I don't know what Noctua is saying about shortage of 5090s. I could walk into Micro Center and buy one without fail, however, the extremely outlandish price the cards are at (even if they were MSRP at $2k is way, way, way too much) keeps me from wasting my money. I can get on Newegg and buy one, I can buy one from Amazon (directly from Newegg or Amazon, not third party retailers). I fail to see any kind of shortage, just awful price gouging that people with too much money are willing to spend to get one, which is their prerogative, I just think it's stupid.
Meanwhile Gigabyte Aorus before it, if I disabled RGB it was permanent and it remembered even between system reinstalls, meaning it has tiny onboard memory to remember the state.
In the end I rather just buy without RGB.