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Subscribe to the world's #1 PC gaming mag Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£35.99View Amazon Prime Day Deals Essential Hardware PC Gaming Show Recommended reading Graphics Cards One redditor scored an Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPU with 3x the memory of a RTX 5090 for only twice the MSRP Graphics Cards 'Multiple crises' in Nvidia's supply chain may see 'prices increase across the board' for its GPU partners, making your chances of ever getting an MSRP card pretty damned low Graphics Cards Nvidia could lose $5.5 billion to charges after new 'indefinite' restriction on exports of beefy AI GPUs to China Graphics Cards Nvidia becomes first company ever to hit a $4 trillion market cap (yes that's 'trillion' with a 'T') Graphics Cards One day the silicon in this $7000 Asus RTX 5090 will be worthless, but you'll still have a whole 6 grams of solid gold to make up for it Graphics Cards Amassing over $10,000 worth of retro GPUs over 14 years, this avid collector says they were astounded it started with a $28 purchase Graphics Cards A Japanese retailer is only selling RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs for domestic use, which feels like a policy that is impossible to enforce Startups are using Nvidia's AI GPUs as collateral to secure loans of up to $10 billion from financial institutions Hope Corrigan 10 July 2025 Even the banks are taking notice of the value of this silicon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images) If you've ever claimed your hot new piece of gaming hardware was an investment, then this story is for you. Companies are using Nvidia's AI GPUs as collateral in deals with banks to borrow billions of dollars to further their businesses. This means even financial institutions are willing to recognise the potential value of these cards, which must be doing wonders for Nvidia's stock. Fluidstack is a cloud startup company based in London that's just managed to score over $10 billion in funding according to a report by The Information (via WCCFtech). The company was able to leveridge its currently held supply of Nvidia AI GPUs to secure the loan from multiple financers including Macquarie. This model of putting cards up for collateral Fluidstack is using isn't unique. CoreWeave, a cloud AI service which just received a massive influx of high-powered Nvidia AI Blackwell Ultra racks, was one of the pioneers of this loan structure. It was able to secure up to $9.9 billion dollars by putting its Nvidia H100 AI GPUs against the loan. Supposedly it used some of that cash to secure this new shipment of hardware, which points at a weird cyclical loan arrangement. Related Articles One redditor scored an Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPU with 3x the memory of a RTX 5090 for only twice the MSRP 'Multiple crises' in Nvidia's supply chain may see 'prices increase across the board' for its GPU partners, making your chances of ever getting an MSRP card pretty damned low Nvidia could lose $5.5 billion to charges after new 'indefinite' restriction on exports of beefy AI GPUs to China Buy some cards, get a loan against them, buy more. Repeat. Profit? Given how fast this tech depreciates, it seems surprising financial institutions are willing to put loans against them. There are even rumours the collateral chips are held under lock and key, so they aren't even creating value through use. Still, if they're able to secure such wads of cash in loans maybe Nvidia's AI GPUs are worth even more locked away in a drawer then they are doing actual work. This also raises questions around what happens to these GPUs down the line. If the startups using these loans fall through its presumed they'll be sold to recap any losses for the loaning parties. And will these banks do this before they lose value and are superseded by the next piece of kit. Given the high prices of these loans there has to be a hefty amount of units backing this. One failed startup could lead to a weird market flooded with high-end AI cards. It all seems like a risky venture, but if banks are willing to put this much money down there must be significant confidence in the value of these cards. Hopefully all this profit for Nvidia will lead to more gaming cards at reasonable prices, you know other than the RTX 5060 TI 8GB appearing. A girl can dream. The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. Best gaming laptop 2025All our current recommendations 👉Check out our full guide👈 1. Best overall: Razer Blade 16 (2025) 2. Best budget: Gigabyte G6X 3. Best 14-inch: Razer Blade 14 (2025) 4. Best mid-range: MSI Vector 16 HX AI 5. Best high-performance: Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 6. Best 17-inch: Gigabyte Aorus 17X Hope Corrigan Social Links Navigation Hardware Writer Hope’s been writing about games for about a decade, starting out way back when on the Australian Nintendo fan site Vooks.net. Since then, she’s talked far too much about games and tech for publications such as Techlife, Byteside, IGN, and GameSpot. Of course there’s also here at PC Gamer, where she gets to indulge her inner hardware nerd with news and reviews. You can usually find Hope fawning over some art, tech, or likely a wonderful combination of them both and where relevant she’ll share them with you here. When she’s not writing about the amazing creations of others, she’s working on what she hopes will one day be her own. You can find her fictional chill out ambient far future sci-fi radio show/album/listening experience podcast right here. No, she’s not kidding. 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