News Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-series reportedly launching 'soon' — but all indicators continue to point to a January 2025 reveal

[Admin]

A reputable leaker claims that Blackwell on GeForce is arriving "soon," but Igor's Lab claims otherwise with evidence to back it up. It's rumor-mongering on all sides, though a January launch still seems most likely.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-series reportedly launching 'soon' — but all indicators continue to point to a January 2025 reveal : Read more

 

[Heat_Fan89]

Interesting because Dell is usually a good gauge when it comes to new hardware releases. Currently they are doing heavy discounts on their overpriced Alienware desktops.

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

Interesting because Dell is usually a good gauge when it comes to new hardware releases. Currently they are doing heavy discounts on their overpriced Alienware desktops.

Which would be perfect timing to clear inventory over the holiday shopping season in advance of a January launch.

 

[Giroro]

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[Elusive Ruse]

Here is to hoping the 5080 doesn’t disappoint, a tad faster than 4090 at the same price point of the 4080 Super 👌

 

[DS426]

Great, a cryptic post from a leaker. What's new?

nVidia has no rush on this for the reasons mentioned, like Radeon selling slow and Blackwell's ramp focus is currently on the datacenter. Yes, being able to sell for the holidays is one good reason, *kind of*, but as Jarred mentioned, many prefer to sell old stock rather than having to discount it even more as it competes with the newer products regarding holiday sales.

Heck, even if the 5090 is priced at $1,999 (which I believe it will be), that'll be lower margins for nVidia than what they could use that die space for with professional and datacenter use.

 

[Mama Changa]

They are probably both right. Huang will paper launch 5080/5090 this year and available early 2025. Then 5070/5060 announced at CES.

 

[Dementoss]

Will the 5090 come with it's own PPPS (personal portable power station)?

 

[jp7189]

Here is to hoping the 5080 doesn’t disappoint, a tad faster than 4090 at the same price point of the 4080 Super 👌

It doesn't look likely. The rumors are stacking up like this:
5080 10k cores
4090 16k cores
5090 21k cores

The 5080 would have to have some pretty awesome per core enhancements to overtake the 4090. It's possible (likely?) the RT cores and path tracing will get a big bump, but i don't see to much changing in rasterization.

 

[jp7189]

Will the 5090 come with it's own PPPS (personal portable power station)?

I'm betting they hold the line on power. There's 0 incentive to push the silicon too far out of the efficiency band. Expect base cards at 450W.

If you look at the current gen, the RTX 6000 ada is basically a fully enabled 4090 with 3k more cores, lower clocks, and slower vram. It maxes out at 300W, and is extremely potent.

 

[Elusive Ruse]

It doesn't look likely. The rumors are stacking up like this:
5080 10k cores
4090 16k cores
5090 21k cores

The 5080 would have to have some pretty awesome per core enhancements to overtake the 4090. It's possible (likely?) the RT cores and path tracing will get a big bump, but i don't see to much changing in rasterization.

I'm hanging my hopes on the GDDR7 making up for the chunk of performance uplift, but we shall have to wait and see.