Latest Rumors Claim the GeForce RTX 5090 Is Doomed, and NVIDIA Will Replace It with the RTX 5080 24GB as Its Consumer Flagship Offering

[Peter_Brosdahl]

If the latest rumors pan out to be accurate, then NVIDIA could soon be ending production of its current flagship graphics card, the GeForce RTX 5090, only to replace it with an upgraded version of the RTX 5080. So what’s a company to do when its highest-priced consumer product edges closer to its lowest costing […]

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[Peter_Brosdahl]

Can only wonder how high 5090 prices will go if this becomes official. Will they go higher than a Pro 5000 or Pro 6000, who knows but just in case anyone is thinking of getting a Pro 6000 for gaming if it does, well, the 5090 wins in most scenarios according to LTT but that shouldn't really be a surprise since it or its drivers isn't optimized for gaming.

 

[Grimlakin]

Honestly this just means the GB202 (or G202 whatever it is) process is refined enough now that they don't have the failure rates of the early chips so there is more capability of making them the FULL chip enterprise models. And with the cost of memory chips being where it is, they are choosing to phase out 32 gig cards for 24 because The cost difference between capacities and availability are such that it just makes sense.

There is no 'loyalty' to the consumers that funded them before. We can't touch the circular money train that they have established that will be their downfall.

 

[igor_kavinski]

They are probably more pissed that the 5090 is too cheap for LLM use and eating into their RTX Pro card profits. The VRAM reduction should make it less desirable to companies buying it in bulk and maybe the focus shifts back to gaming? Would be a nice change if that happens.

 

[Grimlakin]

They are probably more pissed that the 5090 is too cheap for LLM use and eating into their RTX Pro card profits. The VRAM reduction should make it less desirable to companies buying it in bulk and maybe the focus shifts back to gaming? Would be a nice change if that happens.

I mean I got my 5090 for gaming... but also for tinkering with LLM's. I always thought of the DIY hobby as a gateway to real IT skills. And here we are that being exactly what the makers are afraid of.

 

[LazyGamer]

They are probably more pissed that the 5090 is too cheap for LLM use and eating into their RTX Pro card profits. The VRAM reduction should make it less desirable to companies buying it in bulk and maybe the focus shifts back to gaming? Would be a nice change if that happens.

That and the memory bandwidth reduction of the 5080.

24GB is still more than 'enough', but the cards will definitely be less desirable.

However, I don't think that having 24GB will do much for the 5080 gaming-wise. This sounds more like fabs are moving on to 3gb GDDR7 and thus are phasing out the 2gb stuff that Nvidia is currently using. Nvidia had planned to use that from the start if the rumors are true.