It seems that Nvidia is in no rush to launch RTX 50 series desktop GPUs in the near future. Rumor has it that we might see GeForce RTX 5080 At CES, followed by the RTX 5090 and others later. Additionally, there is no information on when laptop versions might appear. Golden Pig Upgrade, a well-known leaker WeiboNow the spotlight is on the GeForce RTX 5060 mobile variant.
Apparently, all GeForce RTX 50 mobile cards will launch with GDDR7 VRAM. This gives credence to the previous leak Which said the same thing. Additionally, the GeForce RTX 5060's TDP will now be capped at 115W instead of 140W on last-gen models.
It remains to be seen whether TDP will remain consistent across all RTX 5060 models, but if so, it would go a long way to helping reduce confusion around Nvidia's laptop GPUs, as TDP often defines a card's performance rather than its model number.
Unfortunately, the GeForce RTX 5060 laptop variant is said to offer just 8GB of video memory, forcing you to rely on DLSS, Frame Generation, and other AI-based upscaling techniques to run games at high resolutions and refresh rates. Interestingly, even the RTX 5050 will have the same amount, while the GeForce RTX 5070 It can provide up to 12GB.
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