He writes that the RTX 5070 should have a minimum of 16GB instead of the12GB of GDDR7it offers.
Endless next-quarter thinking has reduced the Nvidia brand to “F-tier value for S-tier prices”.
5070 should have had 16GB VRAM minimum, 5080 w 24/32 SKUs, 5090 32/48/+.
Releasing a $1,000+ GPU in 2025 with a crippling 16GB is a monopolistic crime against the consumer.
He also believes that the 32GB RTX 5090 should also have alternative versions with 48GB and more VRAM.
We gave the card a score of 70.
There were alsochaotic scenesin Japan as people queued to win a chance to buy one of the cards.
The severe stock shortages of the Blackwell cards have led many people to label this apaper launch.
Numerous Micro Center outlets were allocated only handfuls of GPUs, especially RTX 5090s.
In some cases, just four or five of the flagships were available to purchase.
