January 10, 2026, 11:30 PM EST. Blower-style GPUs have faded from mainstream gaming but remain common in open-air server racks. In China, enthusiasts and brokers repurpose Nvidia's BlackwellRTX 50-series into blower-configured cards for data centers, not official partner releases. Videocardz spotted new SKUs- RTX 5080, 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti - each listed with 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on Taobao. A 32 GB RTX 5090 blower remains the most visible variant, priced around 29,000 yuan (about $4,156). The 5090 is limited by export controls; underground rework operations strip and reassemble GPUs for AI workloads. Prices for the new blower cards run above gaming equivalents: 5080 about $1,288, 5070 Ti $1,103, 5060 Ti around $573. Dense racks favor front intake, rear exhaust for better cooling in data centers.
