GeForce RTX 5090 will not debut this year? Surprising news
It seemed that the first Blackwell graphics card in the form of the GeForce RTX 5090 would hit stores this year. However, it may be a little different.
So far, all sources have reported that one GeForce RTX 50 Blackwell graphics card will debut this year. The most powerful model that NVIDIA is preparing, the GeForce RTX 5090, was supposed to hit stores. Meanwhile, a well-known informant sheds completely new light on the subject. The Greens' plans may be different.
GeForce RTX 5090 not this year
Kopite7kimi, well-known and respected in the industry, announced on Twitter that GeForce RTX 5090 will not be the first graphics card from the Blackwell series to go on sale. Instead, NVIDIA will first introduce a lower model to the market, specifically the GeForce RTX 5080.
This is surprising, because so far the Greens have started with the strongest variants and over time added weaker designs to the portfolio. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the RTX 5090 will also hit stores this year, simply after the RTX 5080.
It's not ture. RTX 5080 should be released first.
— kopite7kimi (@kopite7kimi) May 7, 2024
However, remember that the above information is only rumors. NVIDIA still hasn't officially announced its new generation of graphics cards. This should change soon, because everything indicates that the presentation will take place at Computex 2024 in Taiwan in June.
GeForce RTX 5080 will probably be based on the GB203 system. It is expected to offer 96 SM, which will translate into 12,288 CUDA units. This would be a significant improvement over its predecessor, because the RTX 4080 has 9,728 CUDA cores. The rest of the specifications are still unknown, but we can probably expect 16GB of GDDR7 VRAM with higher bandwidth than its predecessor.
