Sunday, May 5th 2024
NVIDIA to Only Launch the Flagship GeForce RTX 5090 in 2024, Rest of the Series in 2025
NVIDIA debuted the current RTX 40-series "Ada" in 2022, which means the company is expected to debut its next-generation in some shape or form in 2024, having refreshed it earlier this year. We've known for a while that the new GeForce RTX 50-series "Blackwell" could see a 2024 debut, which is going by past trends, would be the top-two or three SKUs, followed by a ramp up in the following year, but we're now learning through a new Moore's Law is Dead leak that the launch could be limited to just the flagship product, the GeForce RTX 5090, or the SKU that succeeds the RTX 4090.
Even a launch limited to the flagship RTX 5090 would give us a fair idea of the new "Blackwell" architecture, its various new features, and how the other SKUs in the lineup could perform at their relative price-points, because the launch could at least include a technical overview of the architecture. NVIDIA "Blackwell" is expected to introduce another generational performance leap over the current lineup. The reasons NVIDIA is going with a more conservative launch of GeForce "Blackwell" could be to allow the market to digest inventories of the current RTX 40-series; and to accord higher priority to AI GPUs based on the architecture, which fetch the company much higher margins.
Source:
Moore's Law is Dead (YouTube)
Even a launch limited to the flagship RTX 5090 would give us a fair idea of the new "Blackwell" architecture, its various new features, and how the other SKUs in the lineup could perform at their relative price-points, because the launch could at least include a technical overview of the architecture. NVIDIA "Blackwell" is expected to introduce another generational performance leap over the current lineup. The reasons NVIDIA is going with a more conservative launch of GeForce "Blackwell" could be to allow the market to digest inventories of the current RTX 40-series; and to accord higher priority to AI GPUs based on the architecture, which fetch the company much higher margins.
154 Comments on NVIDIA to Only Launch the Flagship GeForce RTX 5090 in 2024, Rest of the Series in 2025
And yes, 16GB is not enough for 2024/5, especially for a $1000+ card. But it is nGreedia we are talking about here, so why give you more when you can buy two!
The latest rumour is that whatever succeeds Blackwell may be out by Q2 of 2026, so Blackwell may only have 12-16 months on the market. Then I would expect 48GB on the 6090, 24GB on the 6080, 16GB on the 6070, 12GB on the 6060, and finally 8GB on the 6050, as 2025 is when 3GB VRAM chips are due to be released.
So think twice before buying a 5080 if it's $1200+ and only 16GB. I will not buy it if it's only 16GB, and I'm desperate because I still use a 2070, but I'm not going to blow that kind of money on a card that might only be out for 16 months!If it has the rumoured 512Bit memory bus with 32GB of VRAM, then 5 years is not completely unreasonable, but maybe 3 or 4 years before some titles tax it too hard for ultra settings and high framerates. Not sure I'd blow the best part of $2,500 on a card that only lasts 3 years though!
yess, i hope rtx 5080 is equipped with VRAM 20gb, if still VRAM 16gb, it will be very useless for 4K pc gaming AAA in the future, and it has the same fate as rtx 4080 16gb today.
RTX 2080 $700
RTX 3080 $700
RTX 4080 $1,200
Gamers rightly balked at paying that silly amount and even the 4080 Super with a MSRP of $1,000 doesn't seem very appealing from what I see people saying but part of that is it's arrival so late in the Ada cycle.
I agree though that the 5080 should have more than 16 GB VRAM for the 4 year lifespan that is common but Nvidia also needs to get the price right from the beginning. The 5090 will probably sell well just like the 4090 did for the 4K niche gamers and the prosumers. They are used to paying a lot.