NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop Might Sport GDDR7 Memory, Prices Likely To Remain Sky-High

[GGforever]

As we have witnessed in the past few weeks, leaked retailer listings are undoubtedly an interesting way to gain more information regarding upcoming hardware. A set of recent listings by the retailer PC21, as well as Acer Hong Kong, have revealed some details regarding the upcoming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop and RTX 5050 Laptop GPUs. First of all, it appears that we now have concrete information regarding the launch date for the RTX 5060 laptop GPU. According to Acer, the RTX 5060 Laptop-equipped producs will start shipping sometime in May. Moreover, as the leaked listing has revealed, RTX 5060 and RTX 5050 Laptop GPUs will arrive with 8 GB of VRAM, both based on the new GDDR7 spec.

This is quite an interesting development, considering that the RTX 5050 Desktop GPU is expected to ship with GDDR6 memory, so it does appear that the Laptop variant will have superior memory speeds. Considering that the RTX 5070 laptop GPU will also boast 8 GB of GDDR7 memory, it is clear that the primary differences between the RTX 5050, RTX 5060, and RTX 5070 Laptop variants will be limited to core counts. Those who demand more than just 8 GB of VRAM will have to shell out extra for the RTX 5070 Ti Laptop, which is expected to ship with 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 192 bit bus. As for pricing, the leaked MSI VenturePro 16 with a Core 7 240H CPU, 16 GB DDR5 memory, 512 GB SSD and an RTX 5050 Laptop GPU is seemingly priced at €1580, or roughly $1720. Clearly, even the lowest-end of Blackwell GPUs are all set to boast price tags lofty enough to make even those with deep pockets weep.



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[hsew]

Slightly doubting this but it’s also worth noting that engineering an architecture to be capable of both G6 NRZ and G7 PAM3 might be either more difficult or more expensive (or both) for nVidia. That’s just speculation though.

If that isn’t a typo, I’d expect any of the following configs in no particular order:

6GB 96-bit G7 (most likely IMO)

6GB 64-bit G7 (using non-binary-sized RAM like the 5090M)

8GB 64-bit G7 (that RAM would be 2x the density of what is currently sold in the desktop 50-series)

8GB 128-bit G7 (would be closer in performance to 5060M but would probably be more power-limited)

 

[bonehead123]

So...to summarize:

If you want a new lappy with a 5x-series GPU, call your banker/stockbroker/resident millionaire & ask him/her to lend you their Gold, Platinum, & Titanium credit cards

'nuff said !

 

[A&P211]

I feel happy to get a laptop with a 4060 for $401. It was a display model with no warranty, but I dont mind.