Rumor mill: Leaks surrounding Nvidia’s next-generation graphics playing cards are quickly escalating. Latest social media posts containing rumored specs have sparked responses that not solely corroborate the data but additionally introduce new particulars. It is seemingly that much more data will emerge earlier than the tip of the 12 months.
Extra particulars about Nvidia’s upcoming graphics playing cards, prone to be the GeForce RTX 5080 and 5090, have emerged following a trusted leaker’s disclosure of their supposed specs. It appears Crew Inexperienced could lastly meet up with the competitors’s show expertise, whereas considerations concerning the 5080’s reminiscence configuration seem like unfounded.
Distinguished tipster @kopite7kimi just lately claimed that the 5080 will characteristic solely 16 GB of VRAM, the identical as its predecessor, the 4080, which shortly led to disappointment amongst potential patrons. Given Nvidia’s historical past of releasing GPUs with comparatively modest VRAM quantities, this choice wouldn’t be stunning.
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One other well-known leaker, @harukaze5719, responded to Kopite’s publish with a transport manifest that listed a number of take a look at fashions bearing the identical SKU numbers because the RTX 5080 and 5090. This means Nvidia could also be getting ready a number of variants of 1 or each playing cards, making a 24 GB model of the 5080 a robust chance.
Given Nvidia’s latest monitor file, it might be uncommon for the corporate to launch a brand new GPU era with out providing a 24 GB mannequin. The upcoming Blackwell graphics card lineup is not anticipated to begin transport till January 2025, so it is seemingly that Nvidia hasn’t finalized all of the variants but.
This technique may mirror the RTX 4000 launch, which included each 12 GB and 16 GB variations of the 4080. If Nvidia takes an analogous method, let’s hope the 16 GB mannequin will not develop into an overpriced 5070 Ti in disguise.
In the meantime, Benchlife has corroborated Kopite’s publish and supplied extra particulars concerning the RTX 5090’s connectivity choices, confirming that it’s going to characteristic Extremely-Excessive Bit Fee (UHBR20) DisplayPort 2.1a. Earlier studies indicated that Blackwell would assist each PCIe 5.0 and DisplayPort 2.1. Whereas AMD’s Radeon RX 7000 GPUs already embrace DP 2.1, the RTX 4000 collection caught with 1.4a.
Moreover, the usual model of Nvidia’s upcoming flagship will use a single 16-pin 12V-2×6 connector, debunking latest hypothesis that it’d require two. Nevertheless, board companions should still launch overclocked editions that make the most of two connectors.
Notably, Blackwell pocket book GPUs may additionally debut at CES, providing vital energy effectivity enhancements over the RTX 4000 collection and that includes GDDR7 VRAM. On the desktop facet, solely the 5090, 5080, and 5070 are anticipated to assist GDDR7.
