NVIDIA 2025 International CES Keynote: Liveblog

[btarunr]

NVIDIA kicks off the 2025 International CES with a bang. The company is expected to debut its new GeForce "Blackwell" RTX 5000 generation of gaming graphics cards. It is also expected to launch new technology, such as neural rendering, and DLSS 4. The company is also expected to highlight a new piece of silicon for Windows on Arm laptops, showcase the next in its Drive PX FSD hardware, and probably even talk about its next-generation "Blackwell Ultra" AI GPU, and if we're lucky, even namedrop "Rubin." Join us, as we liveblog CEO Jensen Huang's keynote address.



02:22 UTC: The show is finally underway!


02:35 UTC: CTA president Gary Shaprio kicks off the show, introduces Jensen Huang.


02:46 UTC: "Tokens are the building blocks of AI"

02:46 UTC: "Do you like my jacket?"


02:47 UTC: NVIDIA recounts progress all the way till NV1 and UDA.


02:48 UTC: "CUDA was difficult to explain, it took 6 years to get the industry to like it"


02:50 UTC: "AI is coming home to GeForce". NVIDIA teases neural material and neural rendering. Rendered on "Blackwell"


02:55 UTC: Every single pixel is ray traced, thanks to AI rendering.


02:55 UTC: Here it is, the GeForce RTX 5090.


03:20 UTC: At least someone is pushing the limits for GPUs.


03:22 UTC: Incredible board design.


03:22 UTC: RTX 5070 matches RTX 4090 at $550.


03:24 UTC: Here's the lineup, available from January.


03:24 UTC: RTX 5070 Laptop starts at $1299.


03:24 UTC: "The future of computer graphics is neural rendering"


03:25 UTC: Laptops powered by RTX Blackwell: staring prices:


03:26 UTC: AI has come back to power GeForce.


03:28 UTC: Supposedly the Grace Blackwell NVLink72.


03:28 UTC: 1.4 ExaFLOPS.


03:32 UTC: NVIDIA very sneakily teased a Windows AI PC chip.

03:35 UTC: NVIDIA is teaching generative AI basic physics. NVIDIA Cosmos, a world foundation model.


03:41 UTC: NVIDIA Cosmos is trained on 20 million hours of video.

03:43 UTC: Cosmos is open-licensed on GitHub.

03:52 UTC: NVIDIA onboards Toyota for its next generation EV for full-self driving.

03:53 UTC: NVIDIA unveils Thor Blackwell robotics processor.


03:53 UTC: Thor is 20x the processing capability of Orin.

03:54 UTC: CUDA is now a functional safe computer thanks to its automobile certifications.


04:01 UTC: NVIDIA brought a dozen humanoid robots to the stage.

04:07 UTC: Project DIGITS, is a shrunk down AI supercomputer.


04:08 UTC: NVIDIA GB110 "Grace-Blackwell" chip powers DIGITS.


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[Solaris17]

even namedrop "Rubin."

Kinda want a reuben more tbh.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Time for some fanboy destroying, wallet nuking prices.....

 

[Dr. Dro]

The livestream is starting just now, here is the link:

Edit: DO YOU LIKE MY JACKET!?

 

[wolf]

Ooh he has a new jacket, surely that will be recited in forum comments for years to come.

 

[chstamos]

There was an old 3dfx commercial that satirized exactly this kind of grandstanding that we're seeing in the beginning on the keynote. I miss them.

 

[igormp]

Did you folks like his jacket?

 

[Onasi]

@igormp
A bit too gaudy for my taste, a bit too noevau riche, too “Vegas pimp”. Worn saddle leather would be classier.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

The 5090 is pretty small compared to ADA.


edit here comes the fake benchmarks with 4x frame generation....

Prices aren't bad as long as they are actually faster than what they replace.

 

[Guwapo77]

Prices ain't bad at all.

 

[igormp]

Prices ain't bad at all.

They aren't great, but way better than what we were expecting lol

 

[Dr. Dro]

$500 cheaper than what I expected for the 5090, and the 5070 is going to pose a significant challenge for AMD to overcome at that price. RX 9070 XT will likely need to be priced at $400 or less.

 

[Guwapo77]

They aren't great, but way better than what we were expecting lol

Better than last generation... we all thought it would be higher due to the absence of AMD.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

They aren't great, but way better than what we were expecting lol

We need to see real benchmarks though the performance he's talking about is with the gpu basically doing 1 real frame at 1080p and frame generating 3 more frames....

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$500 cheaper than what I expected for the 5090, and the 5070 is going to pose a signfiicant challenge for AMD to overcome at that price. RX 9070 XT will likely need to be priced at $400 or less.

Still got to see real performance what he's talking about is some ridiculous frame generation.

 

[Guwapo77]

Just give me the 5090 release date bro...

 

[wolf]

if the 5080 is as fast as a 4090 when not using DLSS, those will fly off shelves.

 

[Nater]

Just give me the 5090 release date bro...

And please do a pre-order because they're gonna get scalped and I don't want to camp out in a Michigan January.

 

[Guwapo77]

I live right down the street from MicroCenter in Denver. I'm ready bro...

 

[oxrufiioxo]

if the 5080 is as fast as a 4090 when not using DLSS, those will fly off shelves.

100%.... Although raster performance on the 4090 vs 5090 according to the slide is 50% and so probably 70-80% better RT.... So still hard to say the 5080 has half the hardware.

 

[Steevo]

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$500 cheaper than what I expected for the 5090, and the 5070 is going to pose a significant challenge for AMD to overcome at that price. RX 9070 XT will likely need to be priced at $400 or less.

The actual pricing may vary....

I like how its rated in AI instead of FPS, lets me know where the Nvidia game is at, get ready for the Nvidia AI chair with AI simulated neural jerking off from avatars of sweaty dudes in leather jackets.

 

[PlutoidRepublic]

5070 equal to 4090?? really? how exactly.

 

[Guwapo77]

I live right down the street from MicroCenter in Denver. I'm ready bro...

That Founders Edition is sexy AF too. That's gonna be tough to snag.

 

[Dr. Dro]

DLSS 4 support in Cyberpunk 2077 - link just came out, video still unlisted

Reflex 2 with frame warp

DLSS4 MFG page live:

NVIDIA DLSS 4 Introduces Multi Frame Generation & Enhancements For All DLSS Technologies

75 DLSS Multi Frame Generation games and apps available on day 0; graphics industry’s first, real-time transformer model enhances image quality for DLSS Ray Reconstruction, Super Resolution, and DLAA.

www.nvidia.com

Not compatible with Ada

RTX 5090 render

New GeForce RTX 50 Series Graphics Cards & Laptops Powered By NVIDIA Blackwell Bring Game-Changing AI and Neural Rendering Capabilities To Gamers and Creators

Multiply performance by up to 8X using DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation, reduce PC latency by up to 75% with Reflex 2, and experience next-generation RTX Neural Rendering.

www.nvidia.com

RTX 5090 and 5080 will be available starting January 30th

Those with questions regarding the neural textures showcased, it is an implementation of a technique NV has been cooking for some time, here is a pdf for a 2023 academic document with the full technical aspects (don't worry if you don't understand any of this, it isn't meant for laymen)

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2305.17105

 

[Niceumemu]

5070 equal to 4090?? really? how exactly.

Fake frames (and the newer fake resolution too probably)

 

[Gooigi's Ex]

The livestream is starting just now, here is the link:

Edit: DO YOU LIKE MY JACKET!?

BRO I DIED WHEN HE SAID THAT

Also, gimme me that RTX 5090!