Nvidias RTX 50-series GPUs are just around the corner, with the first releases the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 dropping on January 30th. The RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 will follow that with their own releases in February, but some are already getting a sneak peek at the GPUs software benefits through DLSS 4.Tom Warrens Verge review of the $1,999 RTX 5090 indicates its expectedly a powerhouse, but not quite the generational leap that the RTX 4090 was over its own predecessor. That didnt stop The Verges Sean Hollister from being impressed with the two-slot RTX 5090 Founders Edition GPU when he stuffed it into his aging small-form-factor PC. Along with the 50-series GPUs comes DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation, a software trick that may be just as big a story as the hardware itself. This latest version of DLSS uses AI to predictively generate frames, making it possible to run games at higher resolutions without taking the same framerate hit they would without DLSS 4 turned on. Gamers who are already trying DLSS 4 out in Cyberpunk 2077 using RTX 40-series GPUs report seeing huge improvements already.Well be keeping up with all the news about Nvidias RTX 50-series GPUs right here at The Verge.HighlightsJan 23Antonio G. Di BenedettoGamers are already using Nvidias DLSS 4 tech in Cyberpunk 2077 Image: CD Projekt RedYou may have to wait until January 30th to buy Nvidias new RTX 5090 graphics card, but owners of last-gen Nvidia 40-series GPUs can already download and install DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation software via the Nvidia app. And if you want a compatible, graphically-intense game to test DLSS 4 out, Cyberpunk 2077s newly-launched patch 2.21 adds support for it.Heres the important info from CD Projekt Reds changelog for patch 2.21 about DLSS 4:Read Article >Jan 23Sean HollisterRTX 5090: I fit the worlds most powerful graphics card in my aging mini SFF PCThe Nvidia RTX 5090 Founders Edition in an Ncase M1. In 2022, I wrote that GPUs were headed in the wrong direction their price, size, and power consumption were off the charts. And while I still believe thats true, I can now confirm Nvidia has at least made one phenomenal exception in the size category: the two-slot Founders Edition of its RTX 5090 graphics card, on sale January 30th. The last time Nvidia made a two-slot flagship graphics card, it was the 2021 RTX 3080 Ti FE the 3090, 4080 and 4090 were gigantic by comparison. Read Article >Jan 23Tom WarrenNvidia GeForce RTX 5090 review: a new king of 4K is here Photo by Tom Warren / The VergeNvidias RTX 4090 was a beast of a graphics card. It was a huge GPU that delivered true 4K gaming for those who really wanted it and a huge jump in performance over the previous-generation RTX 3090. Naturally, the companys latest top-of-the-line GPU, the GeForce RTX 5090, now has a lot of expectations riding on it when it arrives on January 30th.But at $1,999, the RTX 5090 is steep $400 more than the RTX 4090 Founders Edition at its launch. (It could run you even more in the form of a new power supply or higher electricity bills, especially if you want to run games like Cyberpunk 2077 in 4K.) Read Article >Jan 22Umar ShakirNvidias triple-fan GPU cooler was one step along the way to a slimmer RTX 5090The RTX 4090 is a lot thicker than the RTX 5090. Photo by Tom Warren / The VergeNvidia has posted a new video showcasing a history of Founders Edition graphics card designs that explores the design of its new RTX 5090 and confirms a previously leaked prototype that used an unconventionally large four-slot design. As noted by VideoCardz,the prototype Titan ADA card first revealed by leaker Kopite7kimi included a triple-fan cooling system, and earlier this month, Gamers Nexus tested and tore down a working version of the prototype.Read Article >Jan 22Tom WarrenThe RTX 5090 might be in short supply.Nvidias upcoming RTX 5090 launch on January 30th might be met with limited stock, according to some system builders and retailers. PowerGPU is warning that the RTX 5090 will have poor availability, and others are warning that some cards might not arrive until February.Jan 20Tom WarrenA first look at Nvidias flagship RTX 5090 compared to the RTX 4090Nvidias RTX 5090 vs. RTX 4090. Photo by Tom Warren / The VergeNvidias GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card is arriving later this month, and weve managed to unbox one and compare its design to the RTX 4090. Just like our first look at the RTX 5090, this isnt a review. Performance figures, benchmarks, and impressions beyond the hardware are coming later.The first thing thats notable about the RTX 5090 is the packaging design has totally changed since the Founders Edition RTX 40-series. Nvidia has switched to housing the RTX 5090 inside a smaller bone-shaped gray cardboard shell that sits inside a much larger brown cardboard box.Read Article >Jan 9Sean Hollister, Vjeran Pavicand1 moreUp close with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 FE, an incredibly compact flagship video card Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeWe might be skeptical of some of Nvidias claims, like whether a $549 RTX 5070 will truly deliver the performance of a $1599 RTX 4090. But its almost impossible not to be impressed by the RTX 5090 Founders Edition, where Nvidia fit 575 watts of graphics power, including 21,760 CUDA cores and 32GB of GDDR7 memory, into a video card just two slots wide. It almost has to be seen to be believed, and we sent my colleague Antonio G. Di Benedetto around the CES show floor in Las Vegas in what was initially a fruitless search. No PC manufacturer seemed to have an interactive game demo running on a 5090, much less the two-slot card. Read Article >Jan 8Jacob KastrenakesWe finally played with an RTX 5090.Sean has been scouring CES for an RTX 5090 demo with an actually playable game. It took a while, but he found one and came away with some footage. Yeah, it looks good.Jan 8Tom WarrenCan Nvidias RTX 5070 really deliver RTX 4090 performance for $549? Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP via Getty ImagesNvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a bold claim onstage at CES earlier this week when he was introducing the next-generation RTX 50-series GPUs. The RTX 5070, 4090 performance at $549, said Huang. Its a claim thats been echoed on YouTube, TikTok, and social media networks and has generated a debate over the RTX 50 series and DLSS 4s Multi Frame Generation. So, can a $549 RTX 5070 really deliver the same level of performance as a $1,599 RTX 4090? The answer is yes and no, and it all comes down to a fake frames argument about DLSS Frame Generation that might not even be a big problem for a lot of PC gamers.Read Article >Jan 7Jay PetersWant an RTX 5090 for your small form factor PC?It will have to be Nvidias Founders Edition model, according to an update to Nvidias small form factor PC compatibility list spotted by VideoCardz. Build Small, Play Big Introducing SFF-Ready Enthusiast GeForce Cards & Compatible Cases[NVIDIA]Jan 7Emma RothNvidias China-only RTX 5090D slashes AI performance.The China-only chip comes with 2,375 AI TOPS, compared to the 3,352on the RTX 5090 that will launch elsewhere, as pointed out by Toms Hardware. US export rules prevent chipmakers like Nvidia from selling high-powered chips to China.Despite these requirements, it seems some of the companys advanced chips have made their way into China through smuggling, according to The Information.Nvidia cuts down the China-specific RTX 5090D AI TOPS performance by almost 23% to meet US export guidelines[Tom's Hardware]Jan 7Tom WarrenandRichard LawlerNvidia announces DLSS 4 with Multi Frame GenerationNvidia is revealing a big upgrade to its Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) technology today. DLSS 4 will include new neural rendering capabilities that, on systems with the new RTX 50 Series GPUs, can do Multi Frame Generation, generating up to three additional frames per traditionally rendered frame, working in unison with the complete suite of DLSS technologies to multiply frame rates by up to 8X over traditional brute-force rendering.According to Nvidia, thats a big enough upgrade to make 4K 240fps, fully ray-traced gaming possible. Also, in an upgrade that will work on all GeForce RTX GPUs, DLSS games with Ray Reconstruction, Super Resolution, and DLAAcan be updated to new transformer AI models that use the same tech as AI tools like ChatGPT, which it says is a first for the graphics industry.Read Article >Jan 7Tom WarrenNvidia announces next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUsNvidia is officially announcing its RTX 50-series GPUs today. After months of leaks and rumors, the next-generation RTX Blackwell GPUs are now official, and there are four of them on the way. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed the RTX 50-series GPUs during a CES keynote this evening, announcing a $1,999 RTX 5090, a $999 RTX 5080, a $749 RTX 5070 Ti, and a $549 RTX 5070. Nvidias new RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs will both be available on January 30th, with the RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 to follow in February.Read Article >Jan 5Tom WarrenNvidias RTX 5090 leaks with 32GB of GDDR7 memory Image: Cath Virginia / The VergeNvidias RTX 5090 has leaked today in the form of a marketing image of the unannounced next-gen GPU. VideoCardz has obtained a box shot of the RTX 5090, which suggests that the rumors of 32GB of GDDR7 memory are true.While the packaging of the unannounced Inno3D RTX 5090 iChill X3 doesnt reveal more specs about Nvidias flagship next-gen GPU, it does suggest that this particular model will ship with a 3.5-slot cooler.Read Article >Oct 18, 2024Tom WarrenNvidias new app might launch with the RTX 50-series.Nvidias beta all-in-one app is set to replace GeForce experience later this year, and it might fully launch with the RTX 50-series. Hardware leaker kopite7kimi says it will be released officially together with Nvidias next-gen GPUs. Nvidia is holding a CES 2025 keynote in January, where were expecting to see the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080. Image: Nvidia