• A brand new rumor hints at Nvidia engaged on RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 Tremendous GPUs
• The rumored RTX 5080 Tremendous might use 24GB of GDDR7 VRAM
• It has the potential to shut the hole with the RTX 4090

Nvidia appears set to finish its RTX 5000 sequence desktop lineup with the RTX 5060 (and maybe the rumored RTX 5050). Nevertheless, it may not be the final we see of the Blackwell GPU lineup, with a brand new rumor hinting at one other highly effective card in Workforce Inexperienced’s pipeline.

In accordance with rumors within the Chiphell boards, Nvidia is getting ready an RTX 5070 Tremendous and, extra notably, an RTX 5080 Tremendous that may supposedly use 24GB of GDDR7 VRAM. This can be a step up from the present RTX 5080 mannequin and its predecessor, the RTX 4080 Tremendous, which each use 16GB of VRAM.

It could be price noting that MSI beforehand teased a non-Tremendous RTX 5080 GPU utilizing 24GB of GDDR7 VRAM: it is unclear whether or not Nvidia plans to easily improve VRAM, or launch a brand new Tremendous mannequin – both means, it lends this new rumor some extra credibility.

This purported VRAM improve might see the unconfirmed RTX 5080 Tremendous match the RTX 4090’s reminiscence capability, however use GDDR7 as a substitute of GDDR6X VRAM. The purported GPU will greater than seemingly nonetheless be utilizing the GB203 die, which is inferior to the RTX 4090’s AD102 die (regardless of being older, the RTX 4090 nonetheless outperforms the RTX 5080).

The query is, will 24GB of GDDR7 VRAM be sufficient to shut the hole, or even perhaps outperform the earlier era’s flagship GPU? One factor’s for positive: the rumored GPU would positively profit from the reminiscence bump, contemplating the growing variety of triple-A video games that require extra VRAM.

Even when it does match or outperform the RTX 4090, it seemingly will not matter as a result of state of the GPU market

Not solely is it arduous for me to foretell a possible RTX 5080 Tremendous GPU dethroning the powerhouse RTX 4090, however this GPU market is an eyesore, and I am prepared to wager that only a few avid gamers pays up.

Until Nvidia makes this rumored RTX 5080 Tremendous cheaper than the non-Tremendous counterpart (much like the RTX 4080 Tremendous’s cheaper price launch in comparison with the unique RTX 4080), I believe it will likely be a tough promote – particularly if it does not match the RTX 4090’s efficiency.

And that is excluding the tough actuality of the market: even when Workforce Inexperienced made this a less expensive and extra highly effective card, the pattern of the GPU market tells me it could seemingly price greater than an RTX 4090. Keep in mind that the RTX 4090’s third-party fashions are nonetheless persistently promoting above the launch value, nearly three complete years since launch.