- Nvidia’s rumored RTX 5000 Super upgrades are apparently back on track and could be available this year
- In addition to the already rumored variants, we could also see an RTX 5060 Super with 12GB
- This goes against existing rumors that insist that Nvidia will not produce any new GeForce GPUs this year.
Nvidia’s long-rumored RTX 5000 Super upgrades could be back in business, according to the latest from the GPU, and there could be an interesting twist here.
That is to say, we could see a lower-tier GeForce graphics card get the Super treatment, as there is theoretically an incoming RTX 5060 12GB model that could carry this name.
As noted by VideoCardz, according to MegaSizeGPU, a regular leak on X, this new update and the other previously rumored RTX 5000 models are “back on track” and may launch in 2026.
In short, those previous rumors pointed to an RTX 5080 Super and an RTX 5070 Ti Super with 24GB of VRAM and an RTX 5070 Super with 18GB. So you can possibly add to that an RTX 5060 Super with 12GB. Of course, Nvidia has already produced xx60-class graphics cards in Super variants (in fact, I have an RTX 2060 Super).
Analysis: is ‘Kicker’ back in play?
This is a radical change from previous rumors, which had theorized that Nvidia was not going to release anything like the new Blackwell GeForce GPUs this year. Of course, that could still be true since MegaSizeGPU isn’t sure about the 2026 release timeline, but the leaker seems pretty sure that these upgrades (supposedly codenamed ‘Kicker’) are back on the table for Nvidia.
Still, all this should be taken with a lot of seasoning, especially since for now it is just a rumor. When other leakers back the idea, we can start to be a little more prepared to believe that Nvidia may have these Super GPUs back in the works. For now, however, I remain very skeptical.
The reason Nvidia apparently shelved RTX 5000 Super upgrades (and remember, these GPUs have only been rumors) is due to the cost of RAM, which is particularly applicable to these models since they contain a lot of video memory.
So what changed? Nothing, according to MegaSizeGPU, it’s just that Nvidia “can always get what it wants.” and therefore this will not be a problem as such. We’re told that Team Green will continue to provide its card manufacturer partners with GPU chips and VRAM packages (meaning they won’t force those board manufacturers to source their own video RAM).
It still doesn’t make much sense for Nvidia to want to move forward here, because with high-end VRAM configurations, those RTX 5000 Super upgrades are going to end up being very expensive, no two ways about it.
Well, maybe Nvidia just doesn’t make many of them; perhaps Team Green just wants to keep the GeForce range going so gamers can’t accuse the company of abandoning them this year (in search of greener pastures for AI). However, in that case, stock will end up being scarce and GPUs will potentially be even more expensive as a result.
We’ll see, but if heavy RTX Super updates come, I expect them to come at a wallet-damaging price. An RTX 5060 Super with 12GB, on the other hand, would be very welcome to help address one of the main obstacles of this particular low-end model. However, once again, would Nvidia want what would effectively be a low-end RAM drain that is (relatively) not very cost effective? Once again, time will tell…
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