Nvidia’s new RTX GPU reveal was… a paragraph in a driver launch
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In abstract:
- PCWorld reviews Nvidia’s solely new shopper GPU this 12 months is a minor RTX 5070 laptop computer variant with 12GB GDDR7 reminiscence, quietly introduced in a driver replace.
- This delicate improve displays Nvidia’s shift towards worthwhile AI and knowledge middle merchandise, leaving the buyer GPU market largely stagnant.
- Laptops that includes the brand new 12GB RTX 5070 are anticipated to price over $1500, whereas AMD and Intel additionally supply few new shopper GPU choices.
It’s the tip of April. If we have been residing in much less chaotic instances, we may be testing out a brand new Tremendous variant of an Nvidia graphics card proper about now, or seeing if we are able to squeeze it into an improve funds. Alas, it’s 2026, there are not any new playing cards, and also you’re extra more likely to discover an oil effectively than an inexpensive GPU. In actual fact the one new Nvidia card this calendar 12 months simply bought introduced as a aspect not in a driver replace.
The cardboard in query is a gently-updated variant of the RTX 5070 laptop computer GPU, this time with 12 gigabytes of GDDR7 reminiscence as an alternative of 8GB. That’s it, that’s all there may be to it. This information comes as a single paragraph in an announcement submit for the newest game-ready driver, whereby some tweaks for the re-release of a Conan survival-crafter from eight years in the past have been extra headline-worthy. Please, attempt to include your pleasure.
The brand new variant of the 5070 is utilizing 24 gigabit reminiscence modules, which may be from Samsung or Micron. These will function “an extra pool of reminiscence to enrich the 16Gb G7 provide that at the moment ships with most GeForce GPUs.” To translate a little bit of that supplier-speak: Some new manufacturing choices may ease the availability crunch from the enormous manufacturing black gap that’s the “AI” market. It’s odd that Nvidia’s first transfer right here is to go for a mid-range product, quite than providing extra choices on the determined low finish or making an attempt to push for the extra worthwhile excessive finish.
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However the RTX 5070 is seen as one thing of a lame duck this GPU era — just about everyone seems to be reaching for the cheaper 5060 choice or the 5070 Ti with 16GB of reminiscence. And that’s for the desktop card which already has 12GB, whereas the laptop computer variant is a particular step down with 8GB. This little bump may supply a extra inexpensive center step. “Reasonably priced” being a relative time period, in fact, as a result of the most affordable laptop computer I can discover with the present 8GB 5070 card begins at round $1300. Meaning you received’t discover a 12GB variant under $1500, most likely nearer to $2000 when these laptops first hit the market in a couple of weeks or months.
Rumors had swirled that Nvidia was going to introduce RTX 50-series Tremendous variants in 2026, because it did for the 40-series again in 2024. That didn’t occur, and it seems to be like all the line may be canceled as Nvidia counts completely insane income from promoting knowledge middle and workstation GPUs. However to present Nvidia a break, AMD hasn’t introduced something new for the Radeon line since August of final 12 months, and Intel’s complete third era of shopper Arc playing cards may need simply been poofed out of existence.
