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 also released a tasty nugget of data regarding the VRAM configuration of what is actually 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.
In terms of VRAM data, Zotac has filters on its GPUs to allow it to classify memory and capacity, and by mistake it has put a GDDR7 option in the former, in addition to a 32GB allocation in 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 paired with 32GB must, of course, be the RTX 5090, and this is what’s already been rumored for the next-gen flagship.
With this kind of work going on with manufacturer websites, in the background – well, it should have been on the quiet, in the background, but was accidentally sent live by a Zotac employee, clearly – shows we are about to get new RTX 5000 GPUs at CES 2025. Although Nvidia has all but said that, anyway, at this point.
The appeal 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 rumor mill just doesn’t know if we’ll also get the RTX 5070 or the 5070 Ti, and maybe it’s a suggestion that Nvidia will offer both. Alternatively, perhaps one of those RTX 5070 variants will arrive a little later.
Notably, there’s no mention of the RTX 5060, which has recently floated up on the rumor winds as a possible GPU launch for later in the first quarter of 2025. Zotac may not be prepping that because it’s a couple of months down the line from these initial launches – or perhaps this is a hint that this lower-tier Blackwell graphics card won’t turn up until later in 2025.
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