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NVIDIA has spilled the beans on its Blackwell GPUs and the chips inside the RTX 5070 models by publishing the official documentation for all of its next-gen GeForce graphics cards.

As VideoCardz noticed, the PDF that NVIDIA provided tells us some more details about the spec of the RTX 5070 and 5070 Ti, and clarifies what chips are used in those GPUs.

Of course, we already have core counts, but now we know that, just as rumored, the RTX 5070 Ti uses GB203, the same GPU as the RTX 5080 (but cut down, obviously). Whereas the RTX 5070 vanilla employs the GB205 chip, again as speculation has claimed for some time now.

MSI USA has announced that the stock situation with NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards will be even worse than we thought.

In the official Discord channel for MSI, the company has said that it will allow pre-orders, but only for stock that has been confirmed to hit retailer shelves. The GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards from MSI will start shipping to PC gamers starting February 2.

VideoCardz said that an MSI representative confirmed with the site that other retailers will have RTX 5090 stock at the ready, so this is only referring to the official US store.

GIGABYTE has just confirmed that a few of its new GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs will be using liquid metal instead of metal composite grease, with the RTX 5090 Xtreme AORUS Waterforce, RTX 5080 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce, and RTX 5090D AORUS Xtreme Waterforce graphics cards.

In an update to its website, GIGABYTE has explained that the Waterforce-branded cards that come in both AIO and WB (waterblocks for custom-loop water-cooled systems) will feature liquid metal. The regular AORUS Xtreme Waterforce graphics cards come with a 360mm AIO liquid cooler with an integrated pump, while the "WB" variants are designed to work with a custom-loop water-cooled PC.

The company explains on its website that removing the cooler could see performance drops, requiring professional reassembly to get them back to normal working order. GIGABYTE is taking many precautions with its journey into liquid metal, with the process being fully automated to prevent any problems during liquid metal application.

NVIDIA's RTX 5080 pricing has been rumored to be coming in higher than the MSRP with many third-party graphics cards, and we've just caught another hint that this is the case, this time from a US retailer.

Previously, a Finnish retailer (Proshop) had listed GIGABYTE's RTX 5080 models, showing that only the WindForce variant would be at the MSRP, and all the others would be a fair bit pricier (15% above the MSRP, at a minimum).

Now Best Buy in the US has listed those GIGABYTE models (as VideoCardz flagged up), and mirroring what we saw over in Europe, only the WindForce RTX 5080 is pitched at the MSRP of $999.

NVIDIA, or specifically, one of its staff members, has confirmed what the rumor mill has been saying for some time now - that stock of Blackwell GPUs might be thin on the ground with the initial launch of the RTX 5090 and 5080 graphics cards on January 30.

This comes from a post made by Tim, a moderator on NVIDIA's official GeForce Graphics Cards forum, who tells us the following:

So, there you have it - expect the GPUs to run out of stock, because NVIDIA is anticipating just that, based on the likely levels of demand, and the inventory shipped thus far to retailers.

Even though AMD has confirmed that there are already RDNA 4 GPUs sitting in warehouses, backrooms, or retailers all over the world, there's still a lot we don't know about the upcoming Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT, specifically about specs, performance, and pricing. So it's a little strange when a retailer from Bulgaria posts a video on YouTube making a few claims about the upcoming RDNA 4 launch.

As summarized by Videocardz, the retailer - Gplay - notes that they were told that the new Radeon RX 9070 XT was going to launch in late January and that they were provided a price estimate for both the 9070 and 9070 XT cards that took them by surprise. According to the retailer, the Radeon RX 9070 was planned to launch for around $749, with the flagship Radeon RX 9070 XT launching for around $899.

These prices, which are for mid-range Radeon GPUs that are set to replace the Radeon RX 7700 XT and Radeon RX 7800 XT, are undoubtedly steep. And when you factor in NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5070 ($549) and GeForce RTX 5070 Ti ($749) pricing, you get a sense of why the RDNA 4 reveal and launch were pushed back to March. However, since this story was posted, AMD's Frank Azor has taken to social media to debunk the $899 USD price point for the Radeon RX 9070 XT.

MaxSun is a PC hardware maker and NVIDIA partner that isn't as well known as other brands outside China and the Asian market. However, it has a decades-long history of creating products for PC gamers, including graphics cards.

As part of a new product filing with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) (via Videocardz), MaxSun plans to release a wide range of GeForce RTX 5060 Ti cards, with 8GB and 16GB models listed. Product filings with the EEC can often include a wide range of products and models, some of which might never see the light of day. However, this suggests that NVIDIA is again planning to release two RTX 5060 Ti models.

Details on the GeForce RTX 5060 series remain firmly in the rumor camp. However, previous reports have indicated that the RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti will launch with 8GB of the new high-speed GDDR7 memory seen across the entire GeForce RTX 50 Series, albeit on a slower interface. VRAM capacity for mainstream GPUs is a hot topic, with the consensus being that 8GB is fine for 1080p, but you'll need at least 12GB for 1440p gaming.

AMD hasn't launched its new Radeon RX 9000 series "RDNA 4" desktop graphics cards just yet, after the kerfuffle at CES 2025, and now we might not even see RDNA 4 laptop GPUs... while leaving NVIDIA yet another market to absolutely dominate throughout this year.

In a recent interview with Notebookcheck, AMD Director of Product Management for Premium Mobile Client, Brad Conrad, had some interesting words to say about mobile-ready Radeon RX 9000 series "RDNA 4" GPUs... and it seems that there is absolutely no plan to enter the gaming laptop market with RDNA 4.

Conrad said: "Our current graphics strategy is focused on the desktop market with RDNA 4. So, I think you'll see those types of products first in the future. Certainly, RDNA 4 and future graphics technologies will make it into mobile, whether they be on APUs or future products".

NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 and GeForce RTX 5080 graphics cards are about to hit the shelves of retailers, with PC gamers already camping outside of Micro Center in the US awaiting their Blackwell gaming GPUs.

We've been hearing that stock of NVIDIA's new Blackwell-based GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards will be extremely tight, and while waiting for a hot new PC product isn't anything new... the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 are some of the most lusted-after GPUs in recent years.

Micro Center has PC gamers camping out of their stores, waiting for the new RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards... surprising exactly no one, but it's still cool to see so much hype, and people willing to brave the outdoors to wait for NVIDIA's latest GPUs.

"They aren't making a big enough GPU," a new comment by an industry insider and known GeForce and Radeon leaker @Kepler_L2 over on X. Referencing AMD's next-next-gen UDNA architecture, which will unify the company's data center and gaming GPU hardware, AMD is reportedly to release a new flagship high-end enthusiast Radeon GPU in 2026 - a successor to RDNA 3's Radeon RX 7900 XTX.

With RDNA 4 set to debut in March 2025, AMD will focus on the mid-range market this generation. The Radeon RX 9070 and Radeon RX 9070 XT will compete with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5070 and RTX 5070 Ti, respectively. This means it won't have an answer to the GeForce RTX 5080 or RTX 5090 until UDNA arrives sometime in 2026.

Although we're still in the very rumor stage of AMD's new unified GPU architecture, @Kepler_L2's confident "AMD won't beat 5090 next-gen" comment and mention of the GPU die size indicates that they're familiar with Team Red's plans for its first flagship UDNA GPU for gaming and, presumably, AI workloads.

AMD announced its next-gen desktop graphics card lineup at CES 2025, with the Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT expected to launch in March 2025. Later than expected, AMD's GPUs will launch after its direct competition - the new GeForce RTX 5070 and RTX 5070 Ti from NVIDIA - launches sometime in February.

The whole RDNA 4 reveal has been confusing because several Radeon RX 9070 XT GPUs were on display at CES; however, details on specs, performance, potential pricing, and other features are being kept under wraps. AMD will present all of this information at an upcoming RDNA 4 reveal event; however, as of writing, there's no indication of when that might be.

AMD's David McAfee, who heads up the company's Ryzen and Radeon groups, recently confirmed the March 2025 Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT launch on social media. In a follow-up post, he confirmed that AMD delayed RDNA 4's launch due to software (see: drivers) and FSR 4 not being ready.

MSI's new Afterburner beta is here, with support for NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 50 series "Blackwell" gaming GPUs, and you can download it right here.

The new MSI Afterburner 4.6.6 Beta 5 was unleashed by Afterburner creator Unwinder, with support for RTX 50 series GPUs as well as quad-fan control support for reference design RTX 50 series graphics cards. There's also added software for future G-Assist integration, and experimental support for AMD Ryzen 9000 series and Intel Core Ultra 200 series CPUs.

MSI Afterburner 4.6.6 Beta 5 features:

NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 is here and that MSRP of $1999 is very hard to find, which is why we saw the RTX 5090 Founders Edition released first with reviewers tackling the FE and its $1999 pricing... but now custom RTX 5090 reviews are here, and those MSRPs are skyrocketing.

The review embargo lifted on January 23 with no RTX 5090 priced at $1999 -- that is, apart from NVIDIA's in-house GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition -- while custom cards with elaborate coolers costs significantly more. ASUS's new flagship GeForce RTX 5090 Astral has an MSRP of $2800, adding $800+ to the RTX 5090 FE and its MSRP of $1999... which is a hard green pill to swallow.

But in a new post by Chiphell leaker "wjm47196" we're hearing some different news: NVIDIA's tight margins on the new GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs is putting pressure on AIB partners, making the $1999 MSRP on the GeForce RTX 5090 "feel like charity".

We know all about NVIDIA's new flagship ultra-enthusiast GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card, but the second-fastest Blackwell gaming GPU -- the upcoming GeForce RTX 5080 -- isn't out yet.

In new leaks, we're seeing that we can expect up to 15% more performance in synthetic 3DMark benchmarks from the GeForce RTX 5080 over the RTX 4080 SUPER. In a new post on the Baidu forums, an unreleased GeForce RTX 5080 has been benchmarked inside of 3DMark TimeSpy.

You can see the card labeled as the GeForce RTX 5080, with the leaker saying it performs around 15% faster than the RTX 4080 SUPER in 3DMark TimeSpy. We have 32701 points from the RTX 5080 in the Graphics Score of TimeSpy, compared to the 28305 points from the RTX 4080 SUPER.

PowerColor has just made its Radeon RX 9070 XT Hellhound and Reaper graphics cards official, with the custom RDNA 4 cards turning up on the company's official website.

The folks over at VideoCardz spotted PowerColor's new Radeon RX 9070 XT Hellhound and Reaper graphics cards, showing their designs, but no official specifications from AMD just yet. First up we've got the Radeon RX 9070 XT Hellhound Edition, with a triple-fan cooling setup and a huge heatsink.

PowerColor's new Radeon RX 9070 XT Hellhound Edition graphics card comes in 2.5-slot side, with the fans to the left and right having the Hellhound logo, while the PowerColor logo is on the center fan (which has been updated since the last RDNA 3-based Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs). We've also got 3 x DisplayPort and 1 x HDMI for video output (expect these to be DP2.1 + HDMI 2.1 ports).

ASUS's new flagship ROG GeForce RTX 5090D Astral graphics card has been used to break some new 3DMark world records, overclocked to 3.4GHz under LN2 cooling, using close to 1000W of power.

The achievement was done by ASUS China boss Tony Yu, using the ASUS ROG GeForce RTX 5090D Astral graphics card, tearing down the flagship China-exclusive card revealing the Blackwell GB202 GPU and GDDR7 memory chips underneath. I'm a huge fan of die shots, so let's dive right into it.

NVIDIA's new Blackwell GB202 GPU is fabbed on the TSMC 4nm process node, with up to 92 billion transistors, 4000 AI TOPs, 380 RT TFLOPs, 125 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, and the fastest GDDR7 memory interface with up to 1.8TB/sec memory bandwidth in stock form with the RTX 5090.

ASUS's new flagship GeForce RTX 5090D Astral graphics card has been overclocked to an insane 3.4GHz under LN2 cooling, with up to 1000W of power consumption.

In his new overclocking adventures, ASUS China manager Tony Yu used the new China-exclusive ASUS GeForce RTX 5090 D Astral under LN2 cooling, overclocking the Blackwell GB202 GPU to an astonishing 3.4GHz (well, 3390MHz to be exact). NVIDIA's huge 32GB of GDDR7 memory on the RTX 5090 was overclocked to 34Gbps, an impressive 21% higher than its stock 28Gbps speed.

Under some 3DMark TimeSpy Extreme, FireStrike Ultra, Port Royal, and Wild Life Extreme benchmarks, the overclocked ASUS RTX 5090D Astral offers some impressive performance leaps over the stock RTX 5090.

ASUS is some hot water with its new "PCIe Slot Q-Release Slim" mechanism on its new Intel 800 and AMD 800 series motherboards, damaging NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards.

Up until now, ASUS motherboards have had a nifty dedicated button users could press to release PCIe devices. But, ASUS removed this button from its latest-gen motherboards, making users pull the card out in a specific way: something you can see in the video above.

It's not the best implementation, with the ASUS PCIe Slot Q-Release Slim mechanism being tested by users where a graphics card was released 60 times and the results weren't good. In a post on X, leaker HXL shared a screenshot from a recent conversation on Chinese forums, with ASUS China General Manager, Tony Yu, saying that this issue will be addressed.

NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card is being offloaded by scalpers for up to $7000... with NO refunds, in new listings on eBay. Check it out:

We know that stock of the new GeForce RTX 5090 will be tight, with scalpers already listing NVIDIA's latest graphics card for obscene prices on eBay. One of the eBay sellers says they have "guaranteed slots" because of their employment status at a retailer, guaranteeing that they promise the card under their name, and will send it to the buyer... with no options to return or refund their RTX 5090.

This staffer said: "I am an employee of a certain technology retailer and have guaranteed slots for a few of these GPUs. I have no interest in upgrading my current build and am looking to sell my guarantee slot for the card. By purchasing/winning the auction on this listing you are guaranteed to receive the new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090".

We all remember that insane quad-slot, triple-fan purported GeForce RTX 4090 Ti prototype, with an interesting rotated PCB... well, NVIDIA's detailing of its new GeForce RTX 50 series Founders Edition GPUs give us a tease at what would've been a MONSTER graphics card.

NVIDIA posted a new video showing off a concept design that features a quad-slot, triple-fan cooler that we've seen leaked over the last few months, after a functional card was found and sent to the team at GamersNexus to deep-dive into. This card was now confirmed by NVIDIA as their prototype, but they decided to not use the monster quad-slot design.

The innovative rotated PCB looks awesome, but the cooler is far, far too thick to be used by NVIDIA... and we now see that gorgeous dual-slot cooler that keeps the new GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition cool. No thick, quad-slot cooler required, even to cool the fastest graphics card on the planet.