Nvidia’s New 5000 Series of GPUs: A Game-Changer for Gamers and Creatives
Gamers and professional digital creatives rejoice – Nvidia has announced its new 5000 series of GPUs, with CEO Jensen Huang revealing all at this year’s CES tech event.
Price
For the rest of the series, all their prices are between $50 and $100 cheaper than the 4000 series equivalent – while promising twice the performance, according to Huang. In fact, the 5090 is the only one that will sell more expensive than its 4000 counterpart (see below). However, this is all in a perfect world, where scalpers don’t exist and retail prices of GPUs are actually what you pay. The real cost of these bad boys are yet to be defined.
- RTX 4090: $1,599 | RTX 5090: $1,999
- RTX 4080: $1,199 | RTX 5080: $999
- RTX 4070 Ti Super: $799 | RTX 5070 Ti: $749
- RTX 4070 Super: $599 | RTX 5070: $549
Performance
When it comes to performance, the 5000 series promises a lot – the aforementioned doubled up performance compared to the 4000 series high on the list. You may know of the underwhelming 4000 series, with the 4070 and 4070 Ti having to be upgraded to ‘Super’ iterations, largely due to public outrage over the disappointing initial offering. With the announced promises, it doesn’t look like there will be a similar debacle this time around.
Features
The full series of GPUs will include a PCIe 5.0 interface, a 16-pin power connector, DisplayPort 2.1a, GDDR7 memory and DLSS 4 technology. Looking at the flagship 5090, you’ll get 32GB of GDDR7 VRAM, and shiny new 5th Gen Tensor and 4th Gen Ray Tracing Cores. Add to that a 512-bit memory bus, a PCIe 5.0 x16 interface, and a zippy 1792 GB/s of memory bandwidth with a memory speed upwards of 23.8 Gbps, and you have yourself a GPU beast. Probably more of a beast than most people will actually need.
Conclusion
With these specs, the 5090 is better equipped for handling 8K than 4K, and as there are no games that run at 8K, this GPU is squarely aimed at professional creative studios – not casual (or even professional) gamers. For the other iterations in the 5000 series, twice the performance for $50 to $100 less than the last generation sounds pretty great. Let’s see how they all perform in February.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: When will the 5000 series be available?
A: The RTX 5090 will be available on January 30, and the other iterations will be available in February.
Q: What is the price of the RTX 5090?
A: The price of the RTX 5090 is $1,999.
Q: What is the difference between the 5000 series and the 4000 series?
A: The 5000 series promises twice the performance of the 4000 series, with prices between $50 and $100 cheaper.
Q: Is the 5090 suitable for gaming?
A: The 5090 is better equipped for handling 8K than 4K, and as there are no games that run at 8K, this GPU is squarely aimed at professional creative studios – not casual (or even professional) gamers.
