Overview
- Board‑channel leakers report Nvidia has cancelled the planned RTX 5080 24 GB consumer card because the 3 GB GDDR7 modules it would need are too costly and scarce for a viable launch.
- Multiple sources say Nvidia will keep the existing RTX 5080 16 GB in production rather than replace it with a 24 GB SKU.
- Nvidia GeForce senior vice president Jeff Fisher has publicly confirmed that RTX 5090 variants remain in production and will continue to ship.
- Memory makers shifting capacity toward data‑center and AI demand has pushed up wholesale GDDR7 prices and made 3 GB modules far more expensive than the 2 GB parts used across RTX 50 designs.
- Board partners and resellers have raised street prices and cut retail stock, with reports of large partner markups on some models, meaning high‑end GeForce cards are selling well above MSRPs and may stay costly and hard to find.