Taiwanese outlet BenchLife reports NVIDIA is redirecting GB202 silicon away from the GeForce RTX 5090. Board partners are no longer receiving GB202 chips for RTX 5090, RTX 5090 D, and RTX 5090 D V2 production. Instead, the chips are being shifted to more profitable GB202-based RTX PRO cards like the RTX PRO 6000 and recently unveiled RTX PRO 5500. Remaining RTX 5090 stock uses older partner chips. The card sold out at Walmart for $4,299 last month, keeping prices high.
The RTX 5080 upgrade is more notable. BenchLife claims NVIDIA plans a 24 GB GDDR7 RTX 5080 for Q1 2027, replacing the current 16 GB model. However, board partners have received no development materials, only verbal assurances. This contrasts with RTX 50 SUPER silicon partners had in July before GDDR7 pricing delays.
Uncertainty remains about whether the RTX 5080 24 GB and rumored RTX 5080 SUPER are identical. A Q1 2027 launch would likely debut at CES in January, though this is speculative.
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