Technology Miraj Islam October 3, 2026 0 Comments

Micro Center now reportedly forces you to fill out a form and have photo ID to purchase an Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU, and while some people hate the idea, others are for it.

Those who buy an RTX 5090 at Micro Center will now have to fill out a declaration form
This includes the retailer scanning a government-issued photo ID.
Some approve of the policy because it is an anti-scalping measure, but others see it as a nuisance or useless measure.

If you’re buying an Nvidia RTX 5090, or a PC with the graphics card inside, in the US, you may need to fill out an official form to declare that you have no intention of exporting and reselling the GPU, or at least you will do so at Micro Center.

PC Gamer spotted the ‘advanced computing products purchaser declaration’ that a Redditor was forced to fill out and sign (including a scan of his driver’s license for identification) when purchasing a PowerSpec AI90 workstation with an RTX 5090.

The Micro Center store was in Tustin, California, but another person posting in the Reddit thread claims the same form was introduced at the Columbus, Ohio store.

Analysis: a headache or a valid anti-selling tactic?

(Image credit: Micro Center/Krothic on Reddit)

As some of the commenters on Reddit are quick to point out, this form is not legally binding and there are questions about how any of this could be enforced. Someone who violates the terms of the agreement is likely to simply shrug their shoulders at the consequences.

However, as PC Gamer points out, the use of ID verification is certainly something of a deterrent for GPU exporters. and that this is What you are doing is preventing people taking a short trip to the US from buying an RTX 5090 and selling it when they return home for a high margin. Of course, those people won’t be able to provide a U.S. address or a government photo ID that can be verified as theirs.

The fact is that it is a bit annoying for Micro Center customers to have to fill out this form and verify ID, although that being said, some of the people in the Reddit thread above have no problem with the process given that it is an anti-scalping measure. Others are worried about having to give personal information to a retailer for what they see as an unnecessary reason, or they are just annoyed and think it’s a waste of time. As one Redditor said: “This is ridiculous.”

Following the Reddit thread, another measure that Micro Center applies is that there is only one purchase of an RTX 5090 GPU per customer, period, forever. Once you’ve bought one, you’ll never be able to buy another, we’re told.