Buying an RTX 5090 from Micro Center now means signing a form promising it won't leave the US (www.techspot.com)

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[-] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 11 points 5 days ago

What is the point of that, does the US need to keep consumer cards in the hands of random citizens for some reason? UK here and I could just buy one and not have that restriction surely.

[-] mobyduck648@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

Also imagine some clown saying what you can and can't do with your £4k+ GPU! At that far above what they're meant to retail for it should be delivered by helicopter and come with some complimentary lines.

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