Zotac just released the keynotes on what could be Nvidia’s initial line of next-generation desktop graphics cards.
VideoCardz did the sleuthing here, turning up details Zotac accidentally aired on its own website, showing us the Blackwell GPUs that the graphics card maker will initially debut (in theory, anyway). Furthermore, Zotac also dropped a tasty nugget of info on the VRAM configuration for what’s surely the next-gen flagship.
The patterns indexed through Zotac (and all leaked main points have now been removed, we want to explain) were as follows:
The Nvidia RTX 5090D is the variant of the flagship for China, following in the footsteps of the RTX 4090D, as you’re likely aware.
As for VRAM data, Zotac has filters on its GPUs to allow memory and capacity to be classified, and by mistake has put a GDDR7 option on the former, in addition to a 32GB allocation on the latter.
This shows us that the RTX 5000 graphics cards will include GDDR7 VRAM as (much) rumored (supposedly all models will use this next-gen memory) and that there will be an allocation of 32GB of video RAM across the range. As it exists, it is not with the existing generation (which has a limit of 24 GB).
The GPU paired with 32GB must, of course, be the RTX 5090, and this is what’s already been rumored for the next-gen flagship.
With these types of paints on the manufacturers’ websites, basically – well, it deserves to have been discreet, basically, but it was sent live via a Zotac employee, obviously – it shows that we are about to get the new RTX 5000 GPU at CES 2025. Although Nvidia has said it quite a bit anyway at this point.
The really interesting bit here is the underlining of the RTX 5090 being a mighty GPU sporting 32GB of video RAM, and the range of models available initially, which are as expected, pretty much. Well, the RTX 5090 and 5080 are, anyway, the rumor mill just isn’t quite sure if we’ll also get the RTX 5070 or the 5070 Ti – and maybe this is a suggestion that Nvidia will push out both. Alternatively, perhaps one of those RTX 5070 variants may come slightly later.
In particular, there is no mention of the RTX 5060, which recently emerged in rumors as a imaginable GPU launch for later in the first quarter of 2025. Zotac may not be preparing for this because it is a few months later. launches initials: or perhaps it’s a sign that this lower-tier Blackwell graphics card won’t appear until later in 2025.
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