Nvidia announces its new RTX 5000 graphics cards

Trends alaya. New Tuesday 07th January 2025 01:30 AM REPORT

The long-awaited graphic revolution is finally here. Nvidia hits hard at CES 2025 with the announcement of its new RTX 5000 range, based on the Blackwell architecture. The American manufacturer does not do things by half measures: performance doubles across the entire range compared to the previous generation. Even more impressive, the RTX 5070, offered at 649 euros in Europe, competes with the old RTX 4090 which cost almost 2000 euros when it was released.

A powerful, but surprisingly compact RTX 5090

The star of this announcement remains the RTX 5090. With its 32 GB of ultra-fast GDDR7 memory and its 21,760 CUDA cores, it shatters all records. Nvidia demonstrated it live with Cyberpunk 2077: the card reached 238 FPS in ray tracing with DLSS 4, compared to 106 FPS for the RTX 4090. This power has an energy cost: the card consumes up to 575W and requires a power supply of 1000W.

But the real surprise comes from the design. Unlike the massive RTX 4090, the new reference adopts a two-slot format compatible with medium-sized cases. Nvidia has completely redesigned the cooling system with a 3D vapor chamber and two cross-flow fans. A good surprise for players who were already imagining a 3 slot card. The integration of the card into their configuration will therefore be easier.

DLSS 4: AI reinvents graphics rendering

Blackwell architecture introduces a major innovation with and DLSS 4. This new version can generate up to three additional frames for each rendered frame, multiplying the number of frames per second by eight in the best cases.

The results are spectacular: less ghosting, increased stability and a higher level of detail, even in motion. This technology also benefits older RTX cards, but it is on the 5000 series that it gives its full measure thanks to the new 5th generation Tensor cores.

AI doesn’t stop there: RTX Neural Shaders revolutionize the rendering of materials and faces. Developers can now integrate small neural networks directly into their shaders to achieve photorealistic rendering in real time. A demonstration called Zorah highlighted these new capabilities.

A complete range from February

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The RTX 5090 and the RTX 5080 will open the ball on January 30, at 2,349 euros and 1,179 euros respectively. The RTX 5070 Ti (884 euros) and RTX 5070 (649 euros) will follow in February. The Founders Edition versions will be available directly from Nvidia, while partners like ASUS, MSI or Gigabyte will offer their own designs.

Laptop manufacturers are not left out. From March, the first laptops equipped with the RTX 5090, 5080 and 5070 Ti will arrive on the market. The mobile version of the RTX 5070 will follow in April. Nvidia promises increased energy efficiency with 40% longer battery life thanks to Max-Q technology.

For the first time, a mid-range graphics card offers the performance of an older high-end model at a quarter of the price. DLSS 4 and neural technologies usher in a new era of real-time photorealism. More than 75 games will support these features at launch.