Uncovered Information Suggests Extreme Interior Room Requirements for the Anticipated Nvidia RTX 5090 Graphics Card
Nvidia's upcoming lineup of GPUs is creating quite a buzz, with less than a month left before CES 2025. Various leaks have revealed the names and specifications of the upcoming models, including the colossal RTX 5090. This high-end card, codenamed Blackwell, is expected to gobble up a significant amount of space inside your PC and consume electricity in such quantities that your next electrical bill might be as large as the card itself.
Zotac, a card manufacturer, recently leaked the SKUs for Nvidia's forthcoming GPUs, which were spotted by the website VideoCardz before Zotac could remove them. The leaked listings show the 5090 with 32GB of GDDR7 memory, a significant increase from the 24GB of the RTX 4090.
The RTX 5090 is expected to occupy three to four slots on your motherboard, which is an increase from the current RTX 4090, which takes up three slots on most boards. However, the length of the card is not mentioned in these reports. Nvidia's cards are also notorious for their high power consumption. The suggested PSU range for the RTX 5090 is between 650W and 750W, although previous rumors suggest the card itself might have a 600W TGP. However, a well-known GPU leaker named Kotike7kimi suggests that the card might demand only slightly less than the total 600W.
The Zotac leak mentions five cards, including the GeForce RTX 5090, the RTX 5090D (a variant for the Chinese market), the RTX 5080, the RTX 5070 Ti, and the RTX 5070. There's no news yet about the RTX 5060 or RTX 5050, which may not be released at the same time as these higher-end cards.
The confirmed 32GB VRAM lends credence to earlier rumors that the RTX 5090 will have a staggering 21,760 FP32 CUDA cores, significantly more than the RTX 4090.
Nvidia's decision to release the RTX 5070 Ti "Titanium" edition simultaneously with its other cards is yet another mystery. Normally, Nvidia releases such versions later as an upgrade to existing GPUs, like the 4070 Ti. However, Nvidia seems to be focusing on high-end GPUs, leaving the lower-end cards for later.
For budget builders, the news isn't promising. There's been little information about the lower-end 50-series cards, particularly the RTX 5060 and supposed RTX 5060 Ti. Intel has recently released its budget cards, like the B580, which are claimed to outperform the RTX 4060 in most games, and come with 12GB of VRAM. The non-Ti 5060 is rumored to have 8GB of VRAM.
The advancements in Nvidia's tech, as shown by the RTX 5090, indicate a promising future for high-end gaming and computational tasks. With the upcoming CES 2025, we can expect more details about the yet-to-be-released tech, including the RTX 5060 and RTX 5050, which could potentially challenge the market with their tech and specs.
