It’s true that we’re all waiting for the release of Nvidia’s best graphics cards, but … not like this. The RTX 5090 made a surprise appearance in a GPU server made by Comino, a company that deals with data center design and construction. Although still unannounced by Nvidia, the GPU can now be preordered directly from the manufacturer, but not by itself — and at a whopping price of around $5,000 per GPU.
Just to clarify: No, Nvidia’s RTX 50-series is still not here, and as of yet, Nvidia hasn’t even confirmed that there will be an RTX 5090 at all. However, Comino opened up preorders for its next-gen Grando Server equipped with either six or eight RTX 5090 GPUs. This is worrying news for gamers because the RTX 5090 was always meant to be a consumer card. Still, the reality is that the RTX 4090 remained in high demand throughout its tenure because of its AI capabilities, and the RTX 5090 is only going to be even better in that regard.
Seeing the server up for preorder is one thing, but it’s the price that floored us. HardwareLuxx reached out to Comino to get a quote and, surprisingly enough, managed to get some scoop on the pricing of these beasts. It turns out that the six GPU variant will cost 40,000 euros, and the eight GPU configuration is priced at 50,000 euros. This translates to around $42,200 and $52,750, respectively.
No matter how you spin it, $52,000 for a server with eight consumer GPUs feels like a lot, but the cost of Comino’s custom cooling solutions and the rest of the components is bound to contribute.
The server comes equipped with an AMD EPYC processor with 32 cores, 256GB of RAM, and 1TB of NVMe storage. Comino customizes the servers with liquid cooling solutions, and as noted by VideoCardz, the cooling might also apply to the GPUs themselves — so they’re not quite the RTX 5090s we’ll likely find on the shelves in a few months.
Some quick math reveals that the RTX 5090 might cost around $4,000 to $5,000 based on these server configurations, but that’s obviously not going to be true when the card is available to buy. However, a price hike seems likely, with many leakers predicting around $2,000 for the RTX 5090. It won’t be long before we know for sure, as the cards are rumored to launch during CES 2025 in January.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.