NVIDIA cancels GeForce RTX 5080 with 24 GB of VRAM
NVIDIA has canceled the release of the GeForce RTX 5080 with 24 GB of video memory due to economic difficulties. The new version was supposed to replace the 16 GB model.
Reasons
According to the Chinese forum Board Channels, NVIDIA has already notified its partners that it is winding down the project and returning to production of the standard 16 GB version. The GeForce RTX 5080 with 24 GB of video memory was initially expected to launch in January next year, but no new release date has been announced.
The main reason was 3 GB GDDR7 memory chips. They were reportedly intended for use in the updated RTX 5080. According to sources, these components cost about three times as much as the 2 GB chips used in the current version of the graphics card.
To increase the memory capacity, NVIDIA planned to use eight new modules instead of the eight previous ones. This would have provided 24 GB of video memory without changing the 256-bit memory bus. However, the high cost of the components made this configuration uneconomical to produce.
The 16 GB RTX 5080 will remain on sale
Instead of switching to the new configuration, NVIDIA will reportedly continue supplying partners with graphics processors that support 2 GB GDDR7 modules. This will allow production of the standard GeForce RTX 5080 with 16 GB of memory to continue.
NVIDIA itself has not yet confirmed either the existence of a 24 GB GeForce RTX 5080 or the cancellation of its release. So the possibility of such a graphics card appearing in the future cannot be ruled out entirely.
