Nvidia RTX 5090 reportedly has 32GB of RAM on a 512-bit bus

[Cabuzzi]

The A100 is in Nvidia's Tesla series of GPUs, which are meant for enterprise. The 5090 is a consumer-grade card and fills an entirely different purpose. If you want high amounts of VRAM, buy a bunch of H200s and use NVLINK to combine all of their RAM together, and stay away from the 5000 series altogether.

I was also wondering what the heck this guy's post was for. Sounded like he just wanted to sound off *somewhere*, and this was the closest product/article to rant in the comments about.

 

[Eldrach]

I dunno - we have some heavy hitters coming soon. Stalker 2, A rumored Half life 3, Awowed, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Assassins Creed:Shadows - A 5090 will have alot to work with in 4k with these

 

[Starfals]

Ok, here is my prediction on price. $1800-2000.

Cool, then everyone in my country with skip it then. Even at 1300, nobody was buying, let alone 1600 for 4090. I saw the numbers of sold cards. It aint alot. Most of the cards sold are AMD+ 4060/70.

Too bad. I might bite at 1600 for 5080 but I doubt it will be that much. 5080 seems too weak from all the rumors...

 

[toooooot]

Cool, then everyone in my country with skip it then. Even at 1300, nobody was buying, let alone 1600 for 4090. I saw the numbers of sold cards. It aint alot. Most of the cards sold are AMD+ 4060/70.

Too bad. I might bite at 1600 for 5080 but I doubt it will be that much. 5080 seems too weak from all the rumors...

If their 5080* is a real 5070+ then yeah, it will be weak.

 

[Felusy]

5090 absolutely won't be 70% faster than 4090.
However it will be a 4K/UHD beast for sure.
Expect 1999 dollars minimum.

Calling 5080 weak made me giggle. It will deliver about 4090 performance at less money, which is all it needs to do, considering AMD is not competiting.
Expect 1200 dollars.

 

[godrilla]

5090 absolutely won't be 70% faster than 4090.
However it will be a 4K/UHD beast for sure.
Expect 1999 dollars minimum.

Calling 5080 weak made me giggle. It will deliver about 4090 performance at less money, which is all it needs to do, considering AMD is not competiting.
Expect 1200 dollars.

Just a reminder the 4090 was about 50% delta on average in rasterization vs 3090ti ( slightly bigger vs 3090) and almost double that for rt. Mostly everyone thought the 4090 would be priced initially similar or higher to the original price of the 3090ti $1999 but it launched at $1599 with no competition. Most agree that it sold successfully as well throughout it's availability. If Nvidia wants the same success they will have to have similar deltas in performance and the price will probably be in the ballpark of what you said $1999.

Also the 5080 is rumored tonhave 2 versions the 24 gig version and the 16 gig decoy.

If the 5080 will have significant rt performance of the 4090 performance I will just sell the 4090 and get the 5080 (if the 5090 is out of reach more than the price discussed) . Imo the 4090 has satisfactory rasterization performance and can use more rt performance.

 

[Hom3r]

Just a reminder the 4090 was about 50% delta on average in rasterization vs 3090ti ( slightly bigger vs 3090) and almost double that for rt. Mostly everyone thought the 4090 would be priced initially similar or higher to the original price of the 3090ti $1999 but it launched at $1599 with no competition. Most agree that it sold successfully as well throughout it's availability. If Nvidia wants the same success they will have to have similar deltas in performance and the price will probably be in the ballpark of what you said $1999.

Also the 5080 is rumored tonhave 2 versions the 24 gig version and the 16 gig decoy.

If the 5080 will have significant rt performance of the 4090 performance I will just sell the 4090 and get the 5080 (if the 5090 is out of reach more than the price discussed) . Imo the 4090 has satisfactory rasterization performance and can use more rt performance.

3090 Ti was released during mining craze and was a peaked die with massive power usage. Mostly because Samsung 8nm is trash!

3090 Ti was def not a success in terms of sales numbers! As it came out way too late in the generation.


"5080 24GB" is more likely to be a 5080 Ti anyway. I doubt Nvidia will be releasing the same chip with 16 and 24GB just because 3GB GDDR7 modules exist. It will be a Ti with 384 bit bus I THINK!

5090 32GB = 1999 dollars, might even be 2199 or 2499 dollars.
5080 Ti 24GB = 1599-1799 dollars
5080 16GB = 999-1199 dollars

Nvidia can price them however they want, as AMD is not competing anyway!

There will be a huge performance difference between 5090 and 5080. A 5080 Ti is a must to close the gap!

5080 will still deliver 4090 performance or similar. That is why I think 1199 dollars - 999 dollars eventually if needed.

Nvidia has NO REASON AT ALL to sell 5080 for 999 dollars or 5090 for less than 1999 dollars on release at CES 2025.

 

[godrilla]

3090 Ti was released during mining craze and was a peaked die with massive power usage. Mostly because Samsung 8nm is trash!

3090 Ti was def not a success in terms of sales numbers! As it came out way too late in the generation.


"5080 24GB" is more likely to be a 5080 Ti anyway. I doubt Nvidia will be releasing the same chip with 16 and 24GB just because 3GB GDDR7 modules exist. It will be a Ti with 384 bit bus I THINK!

5090 32GB = 1999 dollars, might even be 2199 or 2499 dollars.
5080 Ti 24GB = 1599-1799 dollars
5080 16GB = 999-1199 dollars

Nvidia can price them however they want, as AMD is not competing anyway!

There will be a huge performance difference between 5090 and 5080. A 5080 Ti is a must to close the gap!

5080 will still deliver 4090 performance or similar. That is why I think 1199 dollars - 999 dollars eventually if needed.

Nvidia has NO REASON AT ALL to sell 5080 for 999 dollars or 5090 for less than 1999 dollars on release at CES 2025.

Nvidia can price Blackwell how they want?
the 5090 yes but the whale pool is not infinite.
From your own statement we can extrapolate that the delta between Samsung node to TSMC'S will probably be greater than TSMC'S 5 nm vs 4N. Meaning the delta will not be as great hence why we are seeing rumors of a 512 bit part to make up that limitation.
The 5080ti? Nvidia would want everyone to perceive the lower end model renamed as the higher end one at a premium. Yes the market would be happy with a 5080ti with 24 gigs of ram at 10 to 15% performance of the 5090 that replaces the 4090 in pricing and would satisfy most enthusiasts as long as the performance is significantly better imo. (although pricing a x080ti card north of $1199 is also atypical and will test the brand loyalists)
As far as the 5080 being priced north of $999, the market rejected the 4080 at $1199 , also the 4080super is selling currently as low as $949. Also the market rejected the 4090 north of $1999.
Nvidia can price Blackwell how they want but the market will bare what the market will bare.
Blackwell will definitely test the loyalists of Nvidia's customers.

 

[Hom3r]

Nvidia can price Blackwell how they want?
the 5090 yes but the whale pool is not infinite.
From your own statement we can extrapolate that the delta between Samsung node to TSMC'S will probably be greater than TSMC'S 5 nm vs 4N. Meaning the delta will not be as great hence why we are seeing rumors of a 512 bit part to make up that limitation.
The 5080ti? Nvidia would want everyone to perceive the lower end model renamed as the higher end one at a premium. Yes the market would be happy with a 5080ti with 24 gigs of ram at 10 to 15% performance of the 5090 that replaces the 4090 in pricing and would satisfy most enthusiasts as long as the performance is significantly better imo. (although pricing a x080ti card north of $1199 is also atypical and will test the brand loyalists)
As far as the 5080 being priced north of $999, the market rejected the 4080 at $1199 , also the 4080super is selling currently as low as $949. Also the market rejected the 4090 north of $1999.
Nvidia can price Blackwell how they want but the market will bare what the market will bare.
Blackwell will definitely test the loyalists of Nvidia's customers.

Blackwell is 5nm and Ada was 5nm as well.
Entire 4N node is 5nm optimized.

This is why you see power consumption go up with 5000 series. It would not be possible for Nvidia to increase performance much, at same powerdraw. 5090 will be like 33% bigger than 4090 die-size wise. Because, no shrink will happen.

At TSMC, major nodes are 7, 5, 3 - Everything in between is just optimizations, which mostly affects efficiency!

Market did not really reject the 4080 at 1200 dollars. It sold much better than 7900XTX at 900-1000 dollars. The real reason 4080 sold "bad" (In Nvidia terms) was because 4090 was only 400 dollars more and vastly better.

AMD is not competing in high-end, so yes, Nvidia can price Blackwell pretty much how they want, when sales slow down, refresh with SUPER!

AMD radeon 8000 series will barely be able to compete with RTX 5060 series.

 

[godrilla]

Blackwell is 5nm and Ada was 5nm as well.
Entire 4N node is 5nm optimized.

This is why you see power consumption go up with 5000 series. It would not be possible for Nvidia to increase performance much, at same powerdraw. 5090 will be like 33% bigger than 4090 die-size wise. Because, no shrink will happen.

At TSMC, major nodes are 7, 5, 3 - Everything in between is just optimizations, which mostly affects efficiency!

Market did not really reject the 4080 at 1200 dollars. It sold much better than 7900XTX at 900-1000 dollars. The real reason 4080 sold "bad" (In Nvidia terms) was because 4090 was only 400 dollars more and vastly better.

AMD is not competing in high-end, so yes, Nvidia can price Blackwell pretty much how they want, when sales slow down, refresh with SUPER!

AMD radeon 8000 series will barely be able to compete with RTX 5060 series.

Mostly agreed but we can't say 600 watts over 1 12V-2x6 cable will not be testing brand loyalty and if the non reference model has 2 of those cables will require a new dedicated psu. Also to mitigate cpu bottleneck will require a new 9800x3d or Ultra 285.
We got spoiled with the 4090 at $1599, burning cables aside.

 

[Hom3r]

Mostly agreed but we can't say 600 watts over 1 12V-2x6 cable will not be testing brand loyalty and if the non reference model has 2 of those cables will require a new dedicated psu. Also to mitigate cpu bottleneck will require a new 9800x3d or Ultra 285.
We got spoiled with the 4090 at $1599, burning cables aside.

People buying in this class, don't care about power usage, they are using top tier PSUs and cooling! All they care about is top performance and 5090 will be one of a kind, just like 4090 was and is! Nothing will come close to the next 2 years.

5090 won't require 2 times 16 pins, it was pure speculation. 12VHPWR/12V-2x6 can easily handle 600W TBP, its made to allow for 1800W spikes!

Average power will probably be 400-500 in gaming, nothing crazy really, by todays standards!

5090 will be an insane beast, for people that needs this kind of performance, the choice will be very simple. The alternative is to wait 2 more years for RTX 6080 or better!

Most of those (few) burned 4090s was due to incorrect installation (not fully pressed in) and garbage/cheap adaptors.

I have used 4090 since launch day myself, using a native 12VHPWR cable from Corsair and it has been smooth sailing! Clicked right in and looks way better than having 3 times 8 pin!

 

[Felusy]

If their 5080* is a real 5070+ then yeah, it will be weak.

Weak? Thanks for a free laugh

 

[Rapob]

I hope I can get a 5080 for 1000-1200 dollars

 

[toooooot]

I hope I can get a 5080 for 1000-1200 dollars

And I hope 5080 that costs 1200 dollars is not a 5070 renamed to 5080

 

[Rapob]

And I hope 5080 that costs 1200 dollars is not a 5070 renamed to 5080

No-one really cares when 5080 is going to deliver 4090 performance or close for less money.

It is not like AMD has anything to counter it.

You call 5080 weak, yet it runs in circles around 7900XTX. Funny.

 

[Hom3r]

We can all blame AMD for not competing, allowing Nvidia to raise prices.
If AMD were in Nvidia's situation, they would do exactly the same thing!