NVIDIA announces its next-gen GeForce RTX 50 Series at CES 2025.
NVIDIA has announced its next-genaration GeForce RTX 50 Series at CES 2025, marking a significant advancement in AI-powered graphics. This new series, based on the Blackwell architecture, aims to transform gaming, content creation, and game development with exceptional performance and visual realism.
The highlight of the launch is the GeForce RTX 5090, touted as the fastest gaming GPU globally. It boasts 92 billion transistors and can perform 3,352 trillion operations per second (TOPS) in AI processing. The RTX 5090 offers up to double the performance of its predecessor, the RTX 4090, making it ideal for gamers and professionals seeking top-tier efficiency and performance.
The RTX 50 Series features DLSS 4, an enhanced version of NVIDIA’s Deep Learning Super Sampling. This technology can generate up to three additional frames for each rendered frame, leading to performance boosts of up to eight times compared to traditional rendering. This improvement enhances gameplay smoothness and visual quality in supported games.
NVIDIA is also focusing on realism with RTX Neural Shaders, which utilize AI to enhance lighting, shadows, reflections, and materials in real time. Additionally, the new RTX Neural Faces technology employs generative AI to create lifelike characters with realistic skin and hair, making in-game characters appear more authentic.
The GeForce RTX 5090 is set to ship on January 30, 2025, with a starting price of $1,999. Laptops equipped with RTX 50 Series GPUs will begin shipping in March. Overall, NVIDIA’s new GPUs are expected to redefine the landscape of AI-powered graphics and interactive entertainment for gamers, developers, and creators alike.
