From PC World: Last month, the leaker known as kopite7kimi — known for his accurate predictions — revealed on X (formerly Twitter) the likely final specifications for Nvidia’s next-gen GeForce RTX 5080 and 5090 GPUs. More recently, Wccftech claims to have picked up details on the RTX 5070.
The launch for the new 5000 series has also been scheduled, with Nvidia tipped to unveil the graphics cards in just a few months at CES in January 2025. The first GeForce RTX 5080 and 5090 graphics cards are expected to be available for purchase in January, while the RTX 5070 is expected to launch in February (and the RTX 5060 in March).
The most important change compared to what we previously knew about the new top-of-the-line RTX 5090 model is an upgraded memory interface for a whopping 32GB of video memory, which is now 512 bits wide (instead of 448 bits). Nvidia has also increased the number of shader units to an incredible 21,760.
In fact, Nvidia can equip the GB202-300-A1 graphics processor with 24,576 shader units in full expansion, but the full computing power of the Blackwell chip is probably reserved for professional cards (which Nvidia can sell at a significantly higher price point).
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