Last year, curious-looking custom GeForce RTX 5090D 32 GB card designs emerged from China—at the time, these unofficial designs were based on the region specific GeForce RTX 5090D GPU. Apparently, a mix of AI research firms, DIY enthusiasts, and bootleggers had created blower-style cooling solutions for the best available "Blackwell" hardware. Many months later, a surprisingly comprehensive stack of similarly outfitted GeForce RTX 50-series products have popped up for sale on the Taobao shopping platform. A recent VideoCardz news piece highlights that these offerings are not produced locally by mainstream AIBs; instead unnamed AI companies have reportedly managed to produce blower-style products based on the entire range of "Blackwell" gaming GPUs, including the regionally banned GeForce RTX 5090 32 GB flagship model. An even more nerfed "V2" variant —making do with only 24 GB of GDDR7 VRAM—was released late last summer as a Chinese market exclusive, replacing its older 32 GB sibling.

In early 2026, Taobao listings advertise available stock of all GeForce RTX 5090 variants: standard, D V1, and D V2. Additionally, GeForce RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5060 Ti (all) 16 GB options were included. According to VideoCardz's past weekend article, the cheapest model is listed at 3999 RMB (~$573 USD), with the range-topper (RTX 5090 standard) coming in at a whopping 28,999 RMB (~$4158 USD). Product photos likely show off higher-end cards. Smaller cooling solutions could be present on the less potent GB206 GPU-based model. Further rumors point to involved AI hardware manufacturers readying greater VRAM capacity blower-style custom cards—VideoCardz has picked up on whispers of GeForce RTX 5090 96 GB and RTX 5080 32 GB variants. The former could be enabled by a use of 3 GB GDDR7 memory modules, reflecting work done on NVIDIA's very official RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell range.