It looks like Nvidia is about to announce its RTX 50 series GPUs, but Nvidia itself has teased that new graphics cards are coming soon. As spotted by VideoCardz, a video from Nvidia’s upcoming LAN party includes a brief description of a shadowy PC being given away as a prize, and when the image is brightened, the computer’s GPU appears to be of a new design. It looks like
See for yourself — I’ve included a shaded version of the image at the top of this post, but here’s how you can tweak it to reveal what’s hidden.
Image: Tom Warren/The Verge
I’ll admit I’m no expert on GPU design, but VideoCardz says the design is “unusual” and that an RTX 5080 or 5070 Ti could be “one of the candidates” on display. It states that there is.
Last month’s leaks from Zotac and Acer indicate that Nvidia could soon announce up to five RTX 50-series GPUs, including the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and 5070 Ti. VideoCardz also reported today on a leak of MSI’s RTX 5080 with 16GB of GDDR7 memory.
Nvidia has also not been particularly secretive about the possible imminent launch of its RTX 50-series GPUs. The LAN party, which will be held from January 4th to 6th, is called “GeForce LAN 50,” and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang will give the CES keynote on January 6th at 9:30pm ET. It’s planned.
