Nvidia quietly released a new version of GeForce RTX 5070 GPU inside a driver blog post
Nvidia has introduced a new variant of the GeForce RTX 5070 GPU, featuring a 12GB GDDR7 configuration. This announcement was made subtly within a driver update blog post, rather than through a traditional press release. The move is attributed to ongoing memory supply issues affecting the availability of existing RTX GPU models.
- ▪Nvidia released a new 12GB GDDR7 version of the GeForce RTX 5070 laptop GPU.
- ▪The announcement was made in a blog post about the Game Ready 596.36 WHQL driver update.
- ▪The company is facing supply challenges with the 16Gb G7 memory modules used in most RTX 50-series products.
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Nvidia just announced a new GPU variant in the weirdest way possible: buried it in a game driver update blog post. Alongside the release of its Game Ready 596.36 WHQL driver, the company also confirmed the launch of a 12GB GDDR7 configuration of the GeForce RTX 5070 laptop GPU. Nvidia Why is Nvidia doing this now? The short answer: memory supply. Nvidia has already acknowledged that demand for its RTX GPUs exceeds the availability of the 16Gb G7 modules, which are currently used in most RTX 50-series products.
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