A popular GPU brand just confirmed RTX 5090 details

By Jacob Roach Published December 16, 2024

The RTX 4090 graphics card sitting on a table with a dark green background. — Jacob Roach / Digital Trends

Zotac prematurely confirmed some details about Nvidia’s upcoming RTX 50-series GPUs. It’s somewhat of an open secret at this point that Nvidia is set to announce in January its new generation of GPUs, many of which will likely vie for a spot among the best graphics cards. And based on the details Zotac has revealed, they have a pretty good shot.

On its website, Zotac listed five models of next-gen graphics cards. VideoCardz spotted the listings and claims that all five of these graphics cards will be announced next month. We aren’t able to corroborate the release timing, but there are still plenty of details available from the listings.

Recommended Videos

Zotac listed the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070, along with the RTX 5090D. That last model is likely exclusive to China and created to dodge export restrictions placed on Nvidia this past generation. Nvidia released an RTX 4090D specifically for China, and it looks like the next generation will follow suit.

Based on the filters on Zotac’s website, it looks like Nvidia will be using GDDR7 memory for its next-gen graphics cards. In addition, the website now includes a filter for GPUs with 32GB of memory. Nvidia hasn’t released a gaming graphics card with that much memory before, suggesting that’s the capacity that will be available on the RTX 5090.

We’ve heard murmurs about VRAM capacity and specs previously — even this past weekend, rumors swirled about memory capacity across the lineup — but this is the first official source we’ve seen claim 32GB of capacity on the RTX 5090. That’s 8GB more than what we saw on the RTX 4090, and with a faster memory standard.

Things aren’t as promising lower down the stack, however. According to VideoCardz, Nvidia plans on sticking with the same capacities we saw in the previous generation. That means the RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 Ti both get 16GB, while the RTX 5070 gets 12GB. It’s worth noting that Zotac doesn’t include an RTX 5060 Ti or RTX 5060 on its website, suggesting these GPUs are launching at a later time.

Nvidia hasn’t confirmed that RTX 50-series graphics cards are arriving next month, but it seems likely at this point. The company is hosting a keynote at CES 2025 where we expect to learn more about the graphics cards.

Former Lead Reporter, PC Hardware

Jacob Roach is the lead reporter for PC hardware at Digital Trends. In addition to covering the latest PC components, from…

Topics

Computing

The RTX 50-series is the worst GPU launch in recent memory

The RTX 5090 sitting on a pink background.

Nvidia has had some less-than-stellar graphics card launches over the years. Its RTX 2000-series was poorly received, with little interest in the flagship features of the time, and the RTX 40-series hardly blew us away. But the RTX 50-series has been something else entirely. It's the worst GPU launch I can remember in a long time.

If you've been following along, the latest is that the RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti are delayed again. But that's just one more straw on the camel's funeral pyre for this catastrophic GPU generation.
In the beginning, there was overhype
It all started off strong for the RTX 50 series. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took to the stage at CES 2025 and made some truly grandiose claims which had everyone excited. The RTX 5090 was going to double performance of the RTX 4090. The RTX 5070 was going to offer 4090-level performance at $549. Multi frame generation was going to give Nvidia such a lead, that AMD's cards would look ridiculous in comparison.

Computing

Nvidia claims RTX 5000 shipped better than 4000 but gamers are still waiting

The RTX 5090 sitting on a pink background.

Nvidia is trying to make its GeForce RTX 5000 series seem more impressive to the media by suggesting that the latest GPUs are selling better than the previous generation. However, many pundits aren’t buying the claim.

PC Mag pondered whether Nvidia has orchestrated a “paper launch” of the RTX 5000 series, suggesting that there might not be much of a product available for consumers. The majority of the people with their hands on the GPUs, especially the high-end models such as the 5090 and 5080 appear to be reviewers, influencers, and other determined enthusiasts as opposed to everyday gamers, who are still using prior generation GPUs at higher rates.

Computing

PSA: If you bought an Nvidia RTX 50, check it for problems

A damaged 12V-2×6 cable placed on top of an RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card

To say Nvidia's RTX 50 graphics card launch has gone poorly would be an incredible understatement. There are almost no cards in stock, despite Nvidia shutting down last-generation production at the end of last year to prepare for it, but the cards that are our there are failing in all sorts of ways. From driver and BIOS issues, to melting power cables, and even missing hardware on the GPU die itself.

If you were "lucky" enough to get hold of one of these cards, you really need to make sure you got what you paid for.
Make sure you're using the right cables