NVIDIA CEO Defends Performance Gap of GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 “Blackwell” GPUs, Including Flagship’s $1,999 Pricing: “Our Customers Are S...

[Tsing]

The GeForce RTX 5090, NVIDIA's new flagship GPU for gamers and creators based on the "Blackwell" architecture, is not only much more powerful—but also far more expensive—than the GeForce RTX 5080, and the reason for that is because today's enthusiasts demand the "absolute best" and have no issue paying for that level of leading performance, according to new comments that NVIDIA co-founder, president, and CEO Jensen Huang shared during a recent interview at CES 2025 with global media.

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[Brian_B]

He’s not wrong.

nVidia will give you whatever you’re willing to pay for.

 

[Riccochet]

Leaves room for a 5080 Ti or Super.

 

[Grimlakin]

Hell it leaves room for a 5085 ti super special turbo edition.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Yep and the fact that laptop getting released overseas essentially has a cutdown 5080 die with 24 GB VRAM seems like a decent indicator there could be something else down the road. That is unless the promo materials had the wrong info on them . . .

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

nVidia will give you whatever you’re willing to pay for.

Pretty much true. They've got almost every sector covered.