Video Cards & GPUs - Page 3

There are leaks, and then there are leaks. Product shots and store listings for two Intel Arc B580 graphics cards from ASRock indicate an imminent release for at least one next-gen Intel Arc 'Battlemage' desktop GPU - the B580.

The retail listings for the ASRock Intel Arc B580 Steel Legend and ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger cards, both listed as OC models, also confirm some of the specs for Intel's next-gen Battlemage B580 card.

As the successor to the entry-level Intel Arc A580 that launched with a wallet-friendly price point of $179, the B580 is shaping up to be something that could shake up the budget GPU market for desktops with 12GB of VRAM.

AMD is expected to have a "full unveiling" of its next-gen RDNA 4 GPU architecture at CES 2025, with "at least" one new Radeon RX 8000 series graphics card hitting the market in late January.

We know that AMD's upcoming RDNA 4 GPU architecture is the last one before the company unifies its architectures into the UDNA architecture, expected to power next-gen GPU designs inside of graphics cards and APUs of the future. In January 2025 at CES, leaker Moore's Law is Dead says his sources say we can expect RDNA 4 at the show, and at least one SKU launching weeks later.

A bigger note here is that this source said they couldn't confirm if AMD will have its next-gen FSR 4 upscaling technology ready for RDNA 4 and CES 2025. NVIDIA will be stomping in with its next-gen GeForce RTX 50 series "Blackwell" GPUs led by the ultra-enthusiast flagship GeForce RTX 5090, and I'm sure, DLSS 4 upscaling to boot.

With CES 2025 around the corner, NVIDIA's upcoming Blackwell-powered GeForce RTX 50 Series line-up is starting to take shape. According to sources, the company will launch as many as four SKUs within the first few months of 2025, beginning with the flagship GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 in January.

In addition, NVIDIA is reportedly planning to quickly follow up its flagship duo with the GeForce RTX 5070 and RTX 5070 Ti, with specs for both of these cards painting a clearer picture of how the Blackwell generation is going to stack up against the current Ada Lovelace GeForce RTX 40 Series.

Looking at the specs of the GeForce RTX 5070, which will feature a CUDA Core count of 6400, 12GB of GDDR7 memory, and a TGP of 250W, the mid-range GPU only features an 8.7% increase in its core count compared to the GeForce RTX 4070, with 10.7% fewer cores than the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER refresh.

NVIDIA is expected to unveil its next-generation GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards at CES 2025, officially launching and being excitedly installed into their desktop gaming PCs in late January 2025.

In a new video from leaker Moore's Law is Dead, we're learning that an NVIDIA retail partner source tell him that they were told that the unveiling "will be at CES" with a launch "likely to follow weeks (not months) later". Another source corroborated that, saying that the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 would be announced at CES 2025.

The biggest takeaway for me here is that the second source told MLID that RTX 5090 pricing "might be priced on the lower end of the leaked spectrum". NVIDIA's ultra-enthusiast GeForce RTX 5090 in previous price leaks at somewhere between $1999 and $2499, so the "lower end of the spectrum" there suggests $1999 (or so) pricing.

AMD's mobile-focused Radeon RX 7800M has been tested over USB4 and OCulink, with up to 28% more performance using OCulink versus USB4.

The Radeon RX 7800M is a Navi 32-based GPU with 3840 Stream Processors, which is the full configuration of the Navi 32 GPU for the desktop. The big change there is that it doesn't feature the full memory bandwidth, limited to a 192-bit memory bus and just 12GB of GDDR6 memory.

Our friends over at HotHardware tested the Radeon RX 7800M over both USB4 and OCulink, as the 7800M supports both of those connectivity standards. USB4 is limited to Thunderbolt 4/3 speeds at 40Gbps, while OCulink pumps at the full PCIe 4.0 x4 bandwidth of 64Gbps... so how does that additional bandwidth help the 7800M? Pretty decently, actually.

NVIDIA will reportedly launch 4 different GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs in Q1 2025, with new information teasing we'll see the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070 all released in early 2025.

The new information is coming from Benchlife, which reports that its sources from the AIC and "various passive component agents" that NVIDIA will "launch a complete GeForce RTX 50 series graphics card in the first half of 2025". The list included a rundown of the launches, with the 4 higher SKUs launching in Q1 2025, and the others are "TBC" right now.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series "Blackwell" GPU release rumors:

NVIDIA is reportedly working on its GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card, with new leaks teasing some information on CUDA core counts and power consumption.

The purported GeForce RTX 5070 Ti will rock and roll with a rumored 8960 CUDA cores, 70 Streaming Multiprocessors, and the expected GB203 "Blackwell" GPU. The leaked data suggests the card is called PG147 and SKU 60 internally at NVIDIA, meaning it uses the same board as the RTX 5080 (which is SKU 45) which means we'll see a cut-down GB203 that's used on the RTX 5080.

Leaker "kopite7kimi" has said that the RTX 5070 Ti should feature a 300W TDP, which is a 50W increase over the RTX 5070 and 100W less than the RTX 5080... so right in the middle. We don't know if we're looking at 300W of TGP (maximum) or TDP (thermal design power).

NVIDIA's next-generation GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card will use the GB202 "Blackwell" GPU, which is reportedly 744mm2 making it around 22% larger than the AD102 "Ada Lovelace" GPU inside of the current-gen flagship RTX 4090.

In a new post on X by leaker "MEGAsizeGPU" we hear that the GB202 GPU has a die size of 24x31, which measures out to 722mm2, with the GPU featuring a package size of 63x56, which is roughly 3528mm2. The GeForce RTX 4090 features the AD102 GPU which has a die size of 609mm2, and a package size of 2601mm2 (51x51mm). This means the GB202 GPU has a 22% increase in die size, and 35% increase in packaging area.

NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090 and its GB202 GPU might sound huge, but the TU102 "Turing" GPU featured a 754mm2 die, and was the first to introduce the Tensor and RT Core technology on a GeForce Gaming GPU, with a reduction in die size during Turing, with improved process node optimization with each generation.

NVIDIA's RTX 5090 has popped up on pre-order, kind of - not as a standalone product, of course, but as part of seriously powerful liquid-cooled servers and workstations from a vendor called Comino.

The revelation came courtesy of a press release from Comino, spotted by Tom's Hardware, offering 'priority access' to would-be buyers of these workstations, so you can "be among the first to harness RTX 5090 power."

Comino explains:

"Comino is excited to open pre-orders for our next-generation liquid-cooled workstations and servers featuring the NVIDIA RTX 5090 GPUs.

Yesterday, we reported on NVIDIA's third-quarter financial earnings report, in which the company recorded $35.1 billion in total revenue and a gross margin of 74.6%. Granted, a big chunk of this comes from NVIDIA's Data Center business, where its AI GPUs and services are leading a worldwide computing boom.

Still, its GeForce RTX Gaming and AI PC sector also delivered impressive revenue growth, $3.3 billion for the quarter, up 15% from a year ago. However, this figure is set to drop, as NVIDIA CFO Colette Kress strongly hinted there will be supply constraints for the current quarter and that there could be a gaming GPU shortage until the new calendar year.

"Our gaming supply, given what we saw selling through, was moving quite fast," Colette Kress responded when asked for further clarification. "The challenge that we have is, how fast could we get that supply into the market for this quarter? Not to worry, I think we'll be back on track with more supply as we turn the corner into the new calendar year."