
Fresh RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 specs just leaked, and Nvidia’s potential next best graphics card contenders are a bit of a head-scratcher. While I don’t find the flagship GPU boasting 32GB VRAM that surprising, I’m struggling to get my head around the RTX 5080 sticking with 16GB.
There’s more to graphics cards than just memory, but if this generation has proven anything, lower VRAM can come with ramifications. It feels like only yesterday that Nvidia unannounced its 12GB 4080 card in response to the backlash, leaving just the original RTX 4080. In truth, even the 16GB model’s reputation ended up in dispute, only slightly recovering thanks to the GeForce RTX 4080 Super and its enhancements.