Kingpin Blames Contractual Friction For Skipping A Custom GeForce RTX 5090

There are graphics card enthusiasts, and then there are graphics card enthusiasts. The Kingpin line of GPUs, was a staple of high-end NVIDIA cards made popular by the modder and EVGA. Sadly, we won't see the newest generation GeForce RTX 5090 get the Kingpin treatment. Vince Lucido, the man (the myth, and legend) behind the Kingpin products, recently made some revelations on his Youtube channel.

According to him, NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs won't see a new Kingpin card. He states it would make things tough for him with timing, and reveals he has contractual issues (or "contractual friction," as he puts it) that would factor into the equation. He was seriously talking to NVIDIA board partner PNY, but it appears that won't come to be.