Nvidia RTX 5080 Super GPU is canned, rumor claims — and I'm not surprised in the slightest
- Nvidia's rumored RTX 5080 Super has been cancelled we're told
- This GPU refresh was supposedly due to launch at the start of 2027
- It was canned due to the cost of the 24GB of video RAM, which makes sense – but PC gamers are getting increasingly frustrated with Nvidia at this point
Nvidia's RTX 5080 Super – an expected spin on the GPU with 24GB of VRAM – has been ditched according to the grapevine.
VideoCardz highlighted a post on the Board Channels (a common source of leaks over in China) which claims that the RTX 5080 Super was due for a launch in January 2027 (as previous rumors indicated), but it's now cancelled.
Seemingly Nvidia has informed graphics card manufacturers over in China that the launch is not happening, without providing any "clear subsequent launch schedule" (bear in mind that's a translation from Chinese), meaning that in theory...
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