- Nvidia’s again is jerked to have RTX 5080 and 5070 super variants in -depth with 24 GB and 18 GB of VRAM
- They can also be very over -clocked and could increase the benefit by as much as 15% against their vanilla versions
- Pricing will be crucial and Nvidia may be so concerned about the AMDS RX 9000 family that it may be with the same MSRPs as RTX 5080 and 5070
We hear more gossip from GPU Grapevine about what Nvidia may have in -depth in the way of super variants of its RTX 5080 and 5070 graphics cards.
Following rumors of these potential upgrades to the existing Blackwell GPUs floating around last week – insisting on the RTX 5080 Super will increase the amount of video RAM to 24 GB (from 16 GB) – we’ve heard from a regular delicious on YouTube on this topic.
In a new video (see below), Moore’s Law Death is quick to point out that none of the information he has represented concrete plans from Nvidia – which also goes to previous rumors – but nonetheless it is interesting to chew over the alleged thinking inside the company right now.
Which is, according to a source on one of Nvidia’s graphics cards, which manufactures partners that there have been RTX 5080 GPUs with 24 GB and RTX 5070 boards with 18 GB in laboratories since last year.
In other words, tests on such models have been going on for six months (or more – and different rumors go back in some way). However, NVIDIA told card manufacturers that these variants are ‘on wait’ until either the situation about pricing for video RAM is improved – to make the price tags on these supposed supermodels that are appropriate tasty for PC players – or until NVIDIA sees if these variants are really needed based on what AMD is doing.
However, there has been a new development last week, with the source claiming that Nvidia is now saying that the RTX 5080 and 5070 Super Graphics card now ‘probably’ to happen at some point in 2025.
These will apparently be strongly over -blown versions of these two GPUs with the respective 24 GB and 18GB of Loadouts that have already been heavily rumored (up from 16 GB and 12 GB at the moment).
Of course, be careful about this claim, but be even more careful with the speculation about the performance boost that this could give. The source believes we look at super graphics cards between 7% to 15% faster than Vanilla RTX 5080 and 5070.
What about prices? It has not yet been confirmed as you guess we are not near the launch yet. However, according to the source, NVIDIA could look at keeping MRSP the same as the current price tags for RTX 5080 and 5070, or alternatively apply a slight increase (maybe 10% or 20% maybe for RTX 5080 24 GB, YouTuber guesses).
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A performance gain in the order of 10% to 15% would be impressive for super variants who use the same core numbers as Vanilla RTX 5080 and 5070. That’s because these (theoretical) winnings come completely from the Vram rise and push up bell (with a good bit, I will guess – which will also increase the power consumption, it must be noticed).
It is further worth remembering that Ratcheting Up Vram with 6-8 GB could make quite a difference with certain games in some scenarios where this capacity means more. And that the aforementioned performance gain would bring the RTX 5080 super up to more or less to match the image speeds provided by the RTX 4090.
If Nvidia is really considering maintaining pricing at the same level as RTX 5080 and 5070, while giving players that kind of boost, it shows that this is definitely about shooting back on AMD. As the source indicates, the RX 9000 series has ‘spooked’ nvidia, and we certainly see Team Red Gaine GPU Turf in the Battle of the current Gen Graphics Cards.
I am not surprised that Nvidia is therefore feeling the heat and may be considering launching the RTX 5080 and 5070 super versions that hit the shelves as much more tempting potential purchases. The latter is especially necessary, because as we have seen, the RTX 5070 Vanilla GPU received a lukewarm reception, and it seems that sales have been shaking and it is the most important middle battlefield with AMD.
In fact, there are RTX 5070 shares now at larger retailers, and pricing is not so bad for these models either. Of course, if a convincing RTX 5070 Super arrives, threw on the same MSRP (or maybe only 10% more), it could create quite a splash. And then Nvidia should have to secure a robust supply or meet criticism again on the stock front.
Therefore, if these super updates really happen, I expect them to not arrive until later in 2025. Not unless NVIDIA really sweats about how much discreet GPU market share AMD goes up (and Team Green also has the ability to curl production lines also appropriate).
