Update: According to MEGAsizeGPU on X (formerly Twitter), the following might be a mistranslation. The source reportedly talks about Nvidia finalizing the design for Blackwell in September instead of launching the card. No details about the release date have been confirmed. The original article follows below.
Nvidia’s RTX 50-series graphics cards are coming — we know that for a fact. But when? The release dates of these graphics cards have been the topic of much speculation. Early leakers predicted that they’d launch in late 2024, but the general consensus slowly shifted toward an early 2025 release instead.
The roller coaster ride continues today, with news that turns the whole thing on its head again: Nvidia’s RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 might hit the market this month.
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This time, the leak comes from Benchlife, which reported that the RTX 5090D and the RTX 5080D, built on Blackwell architecture, are scheduled for an official launch in September. The “D” refers to the versions that are released on the Chinese market, so even if true, this leak could be a China-exclusive — only it wouldn’t make any sense for Nvidia to launch its new GPUs in any other way than worldwide. Once the RTX 50-series arrives, it’ll arrive everywhere at roughly the same time.
As the publication hasn’t shared anything else, it’s hard to determine whether this is a leak or a semi-outdated hope that we’ll see the graphics cards this year. However, the late 2024 timeline always fit better with what Nvidia has done with the last few generations of its GPUs. The RTX 20-series, RTX 30-series, and the RTX 40-series all launched two years apart around the final quarter of the year.
An announcement in September also doesn’t have to mean that the GPUs would become available the same month — we might see them in October, or even November. Nvidia doesn’t typically announce its products more than a quarter in advance, so an announcement in September and a release date in January just don’t add up.
Benchlife also corroborates what we’ve already reported on: The RTX 5090 and the RTX 5080 might see an increase in power consumption. The latest leaks pin the RTX 5090 at a whopping 600 watts, and the RTX 5080 at 400W. Both mark an increase from the current generation.
Will Nvidia truly launch its next-gen GPUs this month? At this point, It’s hard to know what to believe. It would certainly be a highlight to what might turn out to be a fairly disappointing year for PC hardware, but it’s too early to bank on it. Rumor has it that AMD’s RDNA 4 and Intel’s Battlemage GPUs might not appear until early 2025, so Nvidia has no reason to hurry up.
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Details on the upcoming AMD and Nvidia GPUs just got leaked
Seasonic, a prominent PSU manufacturer, has reportedly revealed several upcoming GPUs from AMD’s Radeon RX 7000 series and Nvidia’s RTX 5000 series on its website. Seasonic listed the unreleased GPUs on its Wattage Calculator webpage, mentioning at least four new AMD and five new Nvidia models, although they seem to be removed at the time of writing this article.
As per a report, Seasonic’s website referenced high-end models of AMD’s forthcoming Radeon RX 7000 series, including the RX 7990 XTX, RX 7950 XTX, and RX 7950 XT. This is the first time these specific models have been spotted anywhere online, adding to the anticipation surrounding AMD’s next-gen GPUs. However, it’s worth noting that this isn’t the first time AMD has introduced a high-end refresh. Previously, it launched the “XX50” models as part of the RDNA 2 refresh, which included the 6950 XT, 6750 XT, and 6650 XT.
Why Nvidia is about to get a huge edge over AMD
Micron has shared some performance figures for its next-gen graphics memory, and if these numbers turn out to be true, it could mean great things for upcoming graphics cards.
The company claims that its GDDR7 VRAM will offer up to 30% performance improvement in gaming scenarios, and this reportedly applies both to games that rely heavily on ray tracing and on pure rasterization. Will Nvidia’s RTX 50-series, which is said to be using GDDR7 memory, turn out to be a bigger upgrade than expected?
DLSS 4 could be amazing, and Nvidia needs it to be
I won’t lie: Nvidia did a good job with Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) 3, and there’s almost no way that this success didn’t contribute to sales. DLSS 3, with its ability to turn a midrange GPU into something much more capable, is pretty groundbreaking, and that’s a strong selling point if there ever was one.
What comes next, though? The RTX 40-series is almost at an end, and soon, there’ll be new GPUs for Nvidia to try and sell — potentially without the added incentive of gen-exclusive upscaling tech. DLSS 3 will be a tough act to follow, and if the rumors about its upcoming graphics cards turn out to be true, Nvidia may really need DLSS 4 to be a smash hit.
When the GPU barely matters
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