It's all rumors until NVIDIA makes an official announcement, but there's plenty of info floating around.
NVIDIA announced its current-gen RTX 4000 "Ada" graphics cards (GPU) in September 2022, unveiling first the RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 cards that launched just a couple of weeks later. NVIDIA's RTX 4000 hardware is regarded as making up the bulk of the best GPUs available today, at least for those who want ultimate performance.
NVIDIA's 40-Series GPUs have now been on the market for more than two years, and rumors surrounding the next-gen RTX 5000 "Blackwell" cards have been picking up in recent months. Until NVIDIA confirms anything, I urge you to take the information here as nothing more than speculation. Here's what I know so far.
NVIDIA RTX 5000 release date rumors
We still don't know what the new RTX 5000 GPUs will look like.
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NVIDIA hasn't yet announced its new RTX 5000 GPUs, but leaks and rumors have led me to believe that the new hardware will be shown off at CES 2025 in January. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is set to deliver a keynote speech on January 6 at 6:30 PM PST, which is assumed to be where and when the announcement will take place, if it does at all.
Bolstering this rumor is a report from VideoCardz that covers an accidental leak from an Inno3D representative. In a livestream on the Pichau YouTube channel, the rep stated that the RTX 5090 will be announced at CES 2025. It won't likely be the only GPU announced by NVIDIA, but it makes sense to highlight the flagship card.
As for when the new cards will launch, I'm not expecting a huge gap between the announcement and putting a new GPU in your PC. Leaker kopite7kimi on X, who has provided plenty of quality information, claims that the RTX 5080 should be the first card to hit the market rather than the 5090. VideoCardz reports that, according to Benchlife, board partners are gearing up for a Q1 2025 release of RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070 GPUs, with the RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 launching later in the year.
In another leak spotted by VideoCardz, it seems likely that NVIDIA has discontinued production of most of its RTX 40-series GPUs to make room for RTX 5000 production. The leak, which comes from the Board Channels forum, details the shutdown of the AD106 production line and the downsizing of AD107 production.
Considering that NVIDIA might not launch its more affordable GPUs until later in the year, one can assume that there are still plenty of mid-range RTX 4000 cards available.
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