Nvidia Unveils Next-Gen GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs

Nvidia has introduced its most advanced consumer GPUs yet, the GeForce RTX 50 Series for desktops and laptops, leveraging the innovative NVIDIA Blackwell architecture. These GPUs are designed to enhance gaming, creative processes, and development, featuring groundbreaking advancements in AI-driven rendering, including neural shaders, digital human technologies, and improved geometry and lighting capabilities.

Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s founder and CEO, stated, “Blackwell, the engine of AI, has arrived for PC gamers, developers, and creatives. Combining AI-driven neural rendering with ray tracing, Blackwell marks the most significant advancement in computer graphics since we launched programmable shading 25 years ago.”

Performance and Features

The flagship GeForce RTX 5090 GPU is equipped with 92 billion transistors and achieves over 3,352 trillion AI operations per second (TOPS), effectively doubling the performance of its predecessor, the RTX 4090. For laptops, the Blackwell architecture brings desktop-level capabilities with NVIDIA Max-Q technology, enhancing battery life by 40% and enabling sleek yet powerful designs.

The RTX 50 Series introduces DLSS 4, which utilizes AI to generate up to three frames for each rendered frame, boosting performance by up to 8x while ensuring responsiveness through NVIDIA Reflex technology. The new transformer-based DLSS models offer improved stability, reduced ghosting, and enhanced detail, with support for over 75 games at launch.

NVIDIA Reflex 2 introduces Frame Warp, a technique that minimizes latency by updating frames based on the latest mouse inputs, enhancing responsiveness in both competitive and single-player games.

Revolutionary Rendering Technologies

The RTX 50 Series incorporates RTX Neural Shaders into programmable shaders, enabling real-time film-quality lighting and materials. Digital human rendering is significantly improved with RTX Neural Faces and ray-traced hair and skin technologies, resulting in lifelike characters and environments. Additionally, new RTX Mega Geometry supports up to 100 times more ray-traced triangles, allowing for unprecedented realism.

This series also facilitates advanced AI applications, including autonomous in-game characters powered by Nvidia ACE and generative AI models operating locally. Nvidia ACE technologies are integrated into popular titles like PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS and MIR5, providing characters and raid bosses with adaptive, human-like behaviors.

Project R2X, an AI-driven PC avatar showcased by NVIDIA, highlights the potential of RTX AI PCs, assisting users with tasks such as document summarization, app navigation, and video conferencing.

Enhanced AI Capabilities

The RTX 50 Series GPUs support FP4 precision, which doubles performance for AI image generation while reducing memory requirements for generative models. Nvidia Broadcast introduces AI-powered features like Studio Voice for audio enhancement and Virtual Key Light for professional-grade livestreaming.

Combining the GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs with NVIDIA’s NIM microservices and AI Blueprints is set to redefine possibilities in gaming, AI development, and creative industries. As NVIDIA continues to innovate, the RTX 50 Series represents a transformative leap in performance, realism, and versatility.

Availability and Pricing

For desktop users, the GeForce RTX 5090 GPU with 3,352 AI TOPS and the GeForce RTX 5080 GPU with 1,801 AI TOPS will be available on January 30 at prices of $1,999 and $999, respectively. The GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU with 1,406 AI TOPS and the GeForce RTX 5070 GPU with 988 AI TOPS will be available starting in February at $749 and $549, respectively.

The NVIDIA Founders Editions of the GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 GPUs will be available directly from nvidia.com and select retailers globally. Stock-clocked and factory-overclocked models will be offered by leading add-in card manufacturers such as ASUS, Colorful, Gainward, GALAX, GIGABYTE, INNO3D, KFA2, MSI, Palit, PNY, and ZOTAC, as well as in desktops from system builders including Falcon Northwest, Infiniarc, MAINGEAR, Mifcom, ORIGIN PC, PC Specialist, and Scan Computers.

Laptops featuring GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPUs will be available starting in March, with RTX 5070 Laptop GPUs launching in April from top manufacturers including Acer, ASUS, Dell, GIGABYTE, HP, Lenovo, MECHREVO, MSI, and Razer.

Person

Jensen Huang

Company Names

Nvidia, ASUS, Colorful, Gainward, GALAX, GIGABYTE, INNO3D, KFA2, MSI, Palit, PNY, ZOTAC, Falcon Northwest, Infiniarc, MAINGEAR, Mifcom, ORIGIN PC, PC Specialist, Scan Computers, Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, MECHREVO, Razer, Salesforce, SDAIA, Ooredoo Group, Media.Monks

Titles

GeForce RTX 50 Series, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, MIR5

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