Zotac just leaked major points about what could be Nvidia’s initial line of next-generation desktop graphics cards.
VideoCardz has done the research here, revealing the main points that Zotac leaked on its own website, showing us the Blackwell GPUs that the graphics card maker will launch first (at least in theory). Additionally, Zotac has also released a tasty nugget. of data on the VRAM configuration of what is actually the next generation 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 flagship variant for China, following in the footsteps of the RTX 4090D, as you know.
As for VRAM data, Zotac has filters on its GPUs to allow memory and capacity sorting, and mistakenly put a GDDR7 option on the former, as well as a 32GB allocation on the latter.
This shows us that RTX 5000 graphics cards will carry GDDR7 VRAM as (heavily) rumored – all models will use this cutting-edge memory, supposedly – and that there’ll be a 32GB allocation of video RAM in the line-up, as there isn’t with the current-gen (which tops out at 24GB).
The GPU combined with 32 GB must of course be the RTX 5090, and that is what has already been said for the next-gen flagship.
With these types of paints on the manufacturers’ websites, in the background (well, it deserved to have been silent, in the background, but it was obviously sent live via a Zotac employee), we are about to get the new RTX 5000. GPU at CES 2025. Although Nvidia has already said that, at this point anyway.
What’s appealing here is the fact that the RTX 5090 is a rugged GPU with 32GB of video RAM and the diversity of models initially available, which are more or less as expected. Well, the RTX 5090 and 5080 are, either way, the rumors just don’t know if we’ll get the RTX 5070 or the 5070 Ti as well, and maybe it’s a suggestion that Nvidia will offer both. Alternatively, perhaps one of those RTX 5070 variants will arrive a little later.
In particular, there is no mention of the RTX 5060, which recently emerged in rumors as a possible GPU launch for later in the first quarter of 2025. Zotac may not be preparing it as it is a few months later. initial releases, or it could be a sign that this lower-tier Blackwell graphics card might not appear until later in 2025.
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