The Tremendous refresh to Nvidia’s RTX 50-series GPUs was anticipated at CES 2026 in January, nevertheless it didn’t make an look. The Information studies that in December, Nvidia managers determined to not launch the brand new playing cards as scheduled, selecting to prioritize AI chips as a substitute resulting from the limited supply of RAM currently available. On high of that, “Nvidia can be slashing manufacturing of its present line of gaming chips,” the RTX 50-series, that are already in excessive demand and persistently bought out at retailers.
The precedence shift away from gaming GPUs follows record-breaking revenue for Nvidia, pushed by its AI chips. Information heart income made up $51.2 billion out of the entire $57 billion Nvidia reported in its Q3 2026 earnings. Whereas gaming income was additionally up 30 p.c throughout that very same interval, it makes up a a lot smaller slice of the pie than it used to.
The RTX 50-series Tremendous delay not solely means there’s at present no new gaming GPU launch from Nvidia scheduled for this 12 months, nevertheless it might push again next-generation playing cards, too. In line with The Data’s supply, the RTX 60-series was “initially scheduled to start mass manufacturing on the finish of 2027,” and pushing that again might ship it into 2028 and even later.
As The Data factors out, it’s not unattainable that Nvidia might transfer the timeline for its new gaming GPUs again up. However because the RAM scarcity continues, driving up costs and pushing again launch dates for the whole lot from iPhones to the Steam Machine, deliberate {hardware} upgrades for PC avid gamers might have to attend.
