Wednesday, October 16th 2024
NVIDIA to Release the Bulk of its RTX 50-series in Q1-2025
The first quarter of 2025 (January thru March) will see back-to-back launches of next-generation GeForce RTX 50-series "Blackwell" graphics card, according to the latest rumors. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is confirmed to take center stage for the 2025 International CES keynote address, where he is widely expected to kick off the GeForce "Blackwell" gaming GPU generation. CES is expected to see NVIDIA launch its flagship GeForce RTX 5090 (RTX 4090-successor SKU), and its next-best part, the GeForce RTX 5080 (RTX 4080 successor).
February 2025 is expected to see the company debut the RTX 5070, and possibly the RTX 5070 Ti, if there is such a SKU. The RTX 5070 succeeds a long line of extremely successful SKUs that tended to sell in large volumes. Perhaps the most important launches of the generation will come in March 2025, when the company is expected to debut the RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti, which succeed the current RTX 4060 and RTX 4060 Ti, respectively. The xx60 tier tends to be the bestselling class of gaming GPUs in any generation. In all, it's expected that NVIDIA will release six new SKUs within Q1, and you can expect over a hundred graphics card reviews from TechPowerUp in Q1.
Sources:
Broad Channels, VideoCardz
February 2025 is expected to see the company debut the RTX 5070, and possibly the RTX 5070 Ti, if there is such a SKU. The RTX 5070 succeeds a long line of extremely successful SKUs that tended to sell in large volumes. Perhaps the most important launches of the generation will come in March 2025, when the company is expected to debut the RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti, which succeed the current RTX 4060 and RTX 4060 Ti, respectively. The xx60 tier tends to be the bestselling class of gaming GPUs in any generation. In all, it's expected that NVIDIA will release six new SKUs within Q1, and you can expect over a hundred graphics card reviews from TechPowerUp in Q1.
45 Comments on NVIDIA to Release the Bulk of its RTX 50-series in Q1-2025
It needs to be 'Brick'
Since its 5000 series, the new x90 is a five slot GPU now. Nvidia is already consulting board partners and case makers to find larger designs to fit their 8000 series, as regular cases won't fit the bill anymore.
Maaaaaybe the higher VRAM model rumor is true after all! 5080 24GB and 5070 18GB makes 6!
FML
I give the 5050 a 50/50 chance of happening. Pun intended. :p
Nah, probably not, but it would be funny. I would agree that the x60 and x70 cards ate the most interesting and relevant for the market. I am sure the 5090 will be a monster that will run a gorillion FPS in whatever, but probably not particularly interesting to people who aren’t ready to shell out one billion million dollars for it.
Maybe I'm wrong. Well, I guess I'm wrong. Hopefully Nvidia mans up and delivers real successors and not the renamed ones.
6 SKUs to be released in Q1'25? My bet is: RTX 5090, 5080 Ti, 5080, 5070 Ti, 5070, 5060.
Also I don't think they'll drop a 5070 Ti at launch. The only reason they did that with Ada was because they got called out on the 4080 12GB fiasco. I'd bet they want to avoid a repeat of the "4070 Ti Super" if they can help it.
(I'm joking ofc)As long as there isn't a CPU capable of that, no.If there is demand, you can rest assured they will. See Ampere.
Not that it helps much if the cards are bandwidth constrained anyway, but hey, people ask for it, so just deliver. Good cash.
I still wonder why they don't do like they did up to 10 series, first the 1080 and 1070 models with the 2nd biggest chip, and if they aren't enough for people, they'll upgrade to the halo card.