NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 24GB May Replace 16GB Card Right After Christmas

Once again, the rumor mill is chirping about a GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card refresh with more VRAM. While nothing has been announced as of this moment, there are more smoke signals pointing to an upcoming model with 24GB of GDDR7 to replace the current 16GB model. Additionally, it's said NVIDIA plans to phase out both the GeForce RTX 5080 16GB and the GeForce RTX 5090D V2 in China within the next few months.

We've been hearing this rumor for over a year. Previously, prominent leakers like @kopite7kimi had claimed that a Super refresh for the top GeForce RTX 50 series models was coming, though so far, nothing of the sort has materialized. It's possible that NVIDIA shifted or delayed its plans as the market shifted towards AI factory build-outs.

Part of the reason why that matters is because memory chip prices have skyrocketed over the past year. It's...

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