As CES 2025 gets closer, PC gamers and power users alike have a straightforward reason to be enthused: Nvidia’s RTX 5000 Series GPUs are now expected to be part of its keynote arsenal in addition to rumors of advanced DLSS and other AI-centric enhancements. Despite the hype around the potential product release, Nvidia has remained more or less tight-lipped about product details, especially the upcoming RTX 5000 series GPUs.
This does not mean that information is entirely scarce about the RTX 5000 series lineupwith leaks from multiple sourcesallowing users to have an excellent idea of what to expect even if performance numbers remain under wraps. The latest of these comes from Zotac, which, thanks to ongoing product filter updates (noticed by Videocardz.com) essentially confirmed hardware specs for the RTX 5090 and as many as five different RTX 5000 series SKUs.
What Does The Zotac Leak Tell Us?
Thanks to Zotac prematurely listing the RTX 5000 series GPUs, such as the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080, it seems history is set to repeat itself. Zotac was already in focus even as it previously found itself mired in leaks about the RTX 4000 series GPUs a few years ago but seems to have jumped the gun yet again with Nvidia’s latest and (yet unrevealed) greatest GPUs. Thanks to data mining an easy-to-replicate Google search, one can surmise that as many as 5 new RTX 5000 series GPUs are expected to be unveiled in short order:
Other leaks include the use ofGDDR7 memory and confirmation of a 32GB RTX 5090 SKUthanks to updated filters including both options. While four of the models above are expected to be globally available, US-imposed export restrictions might apply to the RTX 5090, resulting in a slightly cut-down RTX 5090D being made available for consumers in China. Curiously, however, the leaks do not indicate the RTX 5060 or a much-rumored RTX 5080D.
The former has been featured in leaks lately and the latter was based on expectations by analysts that a cut-down RTX 5080 might be required to pass export regulations.
What Does This Mean For Gamers In 2025?
This implies that, in a nutshell, Nvidia is firing on all cylinders, and we might see the RTX 5070 out earlier than its predecessor which had a significantly gapped launch versus the RTX 4080/4090 GPU lineup. It also means that a 32GB SKU of the RTX 5090 does exist even if it does not confirm a cut-down memory version of the same.
Zotac’s leaks, however, do not provide any information when it comes to pricing for its GPU offerings, which could, as per rumors, push as high as $2000 for the highest-end SKU. This isnowhere close to outlandish, however. Existing RTX 4090 SKUs alreadyroutinely cross the $2000 mark in terms of pricingregularly.
