Rumors have prompt that Nvidia might be taking the wraps off of some next-generation RTX 50-series graphics playing cards at CES in January. And as we get nearer to that date, Nvidia’s companions and a few of the PC makers have begun to inadvertently leak particulars of the playing cards.
According to current leaks from each Zotac and Acer, it appears to be like like Nvidia is planning to announce 4 new GPUs subsequent month, all on the excessive finish of its lineup: The RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070 had been all briefly listed on Zotac’s web site, as noticed by VideoCardz. There’s additionally an RTX 5090D variant for the Chinese market, which can presumably have its specs tweaked to evolve with present US export restrictions on high-performance GPUs.
Though the web site leak did not verify many specs, it did checklist the RTX 5090 as together with 32GB of GDDR7, an improve from the 4090’s 24GB of GDDR6X. An Acer spec sheet for brand new Predator Orion desktops additionally lists 32GB of GDDR7 for the 4090, in addition to 16GB of GDDR7 for the RTX 5080. This is similar quantity of RAM included with the RTX 4080 and 4080 Super.
The 5090 might be a giant deal when it launches as a result of no graphics card launched since October 2022 has come near beating the 4090’s efficiency. Nvidia’s early 2024 Super refresh for some 40-series playing cards didn’t embody a 4090 Super, and AMD’s flagship RX 7900 XTX card is extra snug competing with the likes of the 4080 and 4080 Super. The 5090 is not a card that most individuals are going to purchase, however for the performance-obsessed, it is the primary high-end efficiency improve the GPU market has seen in additional than two years.
