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DS426 I'm surprised that nVidia doesn't call a 5070 with 18 GB of VRAM a "5070 AI" or a 5080 with 24 GB of VRAM a "5080 AI". "Super" doesn't have "AI" in it, so c'mon, that doesn't really work anymore from a marketing perspective. I guarantee the thought has seriously circled on some minds there. Reply
usertests I wonder if 5050 9GB will ever appear or if 5060 12GB could be the antidote for the low-end. DS426 said: I'm surprised that nVidia doesn't call a 5070 with 18 GB of VRAM a "5070 AI" or a 5080 with 24 GB of VRAM a "5080 AI". "Super" doesn't have "AI" in it, so c'mon, that doesn't really work anymore from a marketing perspective. This isn't official yet, so there's still time. Reply
bigdragon I have a hard time believing that Nvidia would divert any resources to a new lineup of consumer GPUs given the state of the industry right now. They're barely supplying the current lineup of GPUs. There would need to be a serious dent put in the AI bubble to make such a move. Reply
thestryker If this is still happening I suspect it's driven more by 3GB GDDR7 availability than anything else. We're also late enough in the 50 series that nvidia probably has binned GPUs they need to be using which may add to available capacity. There's also no sign of a future generation for consumer level cards despite being almost 18 months in so they'll have plenty of time to sell. Reply
Notton maybe this is related? https://videocardz.com/newz/micron-now-lists-24gb-gddr7-memory-joins-samsung-and-sk-hynix-in-3gb-segment In terms of DRAM market share by revenue in 2025, Samsung is 36%, SK Hynix is 32%, and Micron is 23%. So that probably brings a sizeable fab online for 24gbit GDDR7. Reply
usertests Notton said: maybe this is related? https://videocardz.com/newz/micron-now-lists-24gb-gddr7-memory-joins-samsung-and-sk-hynix-in-3gb-segment In terms of DRAM market share by revenue in 2025, Samsung is 36%, SK Hynix is 32%, and Micron is 23%. So that probably brings a sizeable fab online for 24gbit GDDR7. There's that, and it's possible Nvidia ended up with more 3GB GDDR7 than it needs for AI. The big Blackwell workstation cards use 96 GB GDDR7 and may be bought one at a time. Blackwell Ultra B300 has 288 GB HBM3e, and are probably bought hundreds or thousands at a time by the median customer. Reply
thestryker usertests said: There's that, and it's possible Nvidia ended up with more 3GB GDDR7 than it needs for AI. My thoughts were basically that memory manufacturers may be emphasizing 3GB for current production since nvidia is the only customer right now. It would explain the laptop 5070s with 12GB appearing as well. Reply
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