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Highly anticipated: As the unveiling of consumer Blackwells draws near, clear images of Nvidia's next-generation graphics cards are beginning to materialize. The new lineup's flagship product will undoubtedly set new performance benchmarks, but the latest information suggests that it will also use one of the biggest chips in Nvidia's history.

Trusted leaker "MEGAsizeGPU" recently claimed that Nvidia's upcoming GB202 graphics processor, which will power the GeForce RTX 5090, uses a 24mm x 31mm die. If the report is accurate, it might support earlier rumors claiming the graphics card will retail for nearly $2,000.

A 744mm² die would make the GB202 22 percent larger than the RTX 4090's 619mm² AD102 GPU. It would also be the company's largest die since the TU102, which measured 754mm² and served as the core of the RTX 2080 Ti, released in 2018.

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[-] donuts@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

it might support earlier rumors claiming the graphics card will retail for nearly $2,000

This is crazy. My 980 ti was expensive considering it sold at $649. The 3090 was $1,499 and the 4090 $1,599 (MSRP).

[-] tleb@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

I think Nvidia is poisoning the well with the $2000 rumours so that they're the heroes when it releases at ~$1750

[-] donuts@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Not an uncommon strategy, I can see this happening for sure

[-] dinckelman@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

People continue to buy it, so they will continue selling it. On top of that, gaming isn't even their biggest market, so we stopped, it wouldn't put a dent into their business.

It's a big shame though

[-] zod000@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

It is no coincidence that the 980 ti was the last top end GPU I purchased from Nvidia. Their greed is out of control and I can't believe a meaningful number of people have gone along with it.

[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I'm still rocking my 2080 ti and i think i paid just over 1k for it. I won't be buying nvidia again anyway but the prices just put me off so much

[-] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

I'm still rocking my 1080ti and I paid $140 CAD when the 20 series dropped.

[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah we have a 1060 3gb in the kids computer chugging along.

[-] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

They're still perfectly functional. As long as you're happy not having ray tracing, and are willing to settle for not running everything on max gfx, there's no reason to buy a 50, 40 or 30 series. I'm able to play most new games that interest me on medium gfx with no issues.

[-] hackerwacker@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

You're competing with tech companies who want to build GPU data centers now.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My next PC will be small, Linux-based (probably NixOS), and focus on power efficiency. AAA gaming more often than not loses to indies, and there is currently a library of games you can play on PC that could never be completed by one person alone anyways that run very well with even modest "modern" specs.

I've been playing Crosscode and it's been such a stellar game, meanwhile titles like S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 are less feature complete and far more buggy than S.T.A.L.K.E.R Anomaly and GAMMA (which don't require super computers to run, and are free).

[-] B0rax@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago

The 90 series is always overpriced and inefficient. Tell me about the 80 series.

[-] CausticFlames@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

I wish they hadn't done away with the titan naming. the second the 90 skew was released the titan died, and I feel painting it as just another tier higher of a consumer grade card is disingenuous.

[-] deFrisselle@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 day ago

Will a separate PSU be needed to power it

[-] elvith@feddit.org 14 points 1 day ago

A small nuclear plant should be sufficient

[-] zod000@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

Finally a use for the Mr Fusion I got off that old Delorean!

[-] astanix@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

It will require a power cord straight to a 220v outlet.

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