Nvidia's groundbreaking Blackwell architecture powers the new GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs, unveiled at CES 2025. These cards deliver substantial performance boosts and cutting-edge AI capabilities for gamers and creative professionals alike. Months of speculation surrounding specifications are now over, with Nvidia officially releasing the full details.
The RTX 50 series introduces several key innovations. DLSS 4, leveraging AI-powered Multi-Frame Generation, boasts up to eight times faster frame rates than traditional rendering. Reflex 2 minimizes input lag by 75%, while RTX Neural Shaders employ adaptive rendering and advanced texture compression for superior visual fidelity.
RTX 5090: A Giant Leap Forward
Leading the charge is the RTX 5090, delivering double the performance of its predecessor, the RTX 4090. This translates to smooth 4K gaming at 240 FPS with ray tracing enabled in demanding titles such as Cyberpunk 2077 and Alan Wake 2. Equipped with 32GB of GDDR7 memory, 170 RT Cores, and 680 Tensor Cores, the RTX 5090 handles intensive tasks with ease, from real-time ray tracing to generative AI applications. FP4 precision accelerates AI processes like image generation and large-scale simulations by up to 100%.
RTX 5080, 5070 Ti, and 5070: High Performance Across the Board
The RTX 5080 also boasts double the performance of the RTX 4080, featuring 16GB of GDDR7 memory, making it perfect for 4K gaming and demanding content creation. The RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 are optimized for 1440p gaming, offering twice the speed of their RTX 4070 counterparts and up to a 78% memory bandwidth increase for stable, high-performance gameplay.
Mobile Powerhouse: Blackwell Max-Q
Blackwell Max-Q technology arrives in laptops starting March, bringing the power of the RTX 50 series to mobile users. These mobile GPUs provide double the performance of previous generations while extending battery life by up to 40%, ideal for on-the-go gaming and content creation. The enhanced AI capabilities facilitate the rapid and accurate generation of complex assets, animations, and models.
$1880 at Newegg $1850 at Best Buy
