Enthusiasts holding out for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 might want to curb their expectations, as new rumors point towards the RTX 5080 releasing first. That’s despite reports claiming that the RTX 4090 successor would be the only graphics card to release in 2024 just yesterday, which perhaps suggests that the GPU giant’s plans are up in the air.
Nvidia is a creature of habit when it comes to releasing best graphics card contenders, and the most powerful GPUs in a generation tend to arrive first. For example, the first Lovelace GPU to enter the fold was the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 back on October 12, 2022, while Ampere was headed up by the RTX 3090 on September 24, 2020. Up until now, it was widely believed that Blackwell models would follow the same pattern, but one of our go-to leakers just poked a large hold in our expectations.
