Nvidia’s RTX 50-series GPUs are just around the corner, with the first releases — the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 — dropping on January 30th. The RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 will follow that with their own releases in February, but some are already getting a sneak peek at the GPUs’ software benefits through DLSS 4.

While stock for the RTX 4090 is expected to become more scarce now that the RTX 5090 is on the scene, that doesn't mean that it's disappeared entirely, and for a lot of folks, the

Nvidia has provided some more concrete performance estimates for its upcoming RTX 50-series graphics cards without DLSS turned on.

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 starts at $1,999 before you factor in upsells from the company's partners or price increases driven by scalpers and/or genuine demand. It costs more than my entire gaming PC.

Recent benchmark leaks have provided insights into the performance of NVIDIA's forthcoming RTX 5080 GPU. The RTX 5080 is set to be released alongside the RTX 5090 on January 30 and was identified in Geekbench under OpenCL and Vulkan benchmark tests.

RTX 5090 reviews are finally live, and the performance aligns with previously leaked benchmarks. The RTX 5080 is next in line and has been tested in Geekbench (via Benchleaks) across the OpenCL and Vulkan APIs,