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Morning Edition · Sunday, October 18, 2026Published at 2:13 AM EDT · New York
Nvidia's RTX Spark Laptops Go on Sale as Reports Say GB202 Supply Is Moving From the RTX 5090 to RTX Pro Cards
Nvidia lists RTX Spark machines from $2,399, but retail 128GB configurations run from about $5,900 to $7,000, and the reported shift of GB202 dies to professional cards remains unconfirmed by Nvidia.
Nvidia said on October 17 that RTX Spark laptops are now available from ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and MSI. The machines combine Blackwell RTX graphics with up to 128GB of unified memory and the full Nvidia AI software stack in slim…
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