TL;DR

Linus and the LTT gang finally got their hands on Nvidia’s ultra-premium H200—a $30K generative AI and HPC powerhouse—and promptly tore it down to show off its NVL form factor, custom HBM memory stacks, and beefy cooling. Spoiler: it’s a beast, and Nvidia was understandably reluctant to send it out into the wild.

When it comes to raw performance, the H200 steamrolls dual AMD EPYC 9965 setups and even outpaces an RTX 5090 in AI workloads, making it a niche datacenter titan rather than a gamer’s toy. Detailed benchmarks, power draw stats, and thermal tests round out the verdict on whether this sky-high price tag is truly justified.

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