Nvidia set to unveil the GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards today at CES, watch it live here

Highly anticipated: What has felt like the longest-ever wait in tech history is almost over. In around 12 hours, Nvidia will finally unveil the GeForce RTX 5000 series desktop graphics cards during its CES keynote. Leaks for consumer-grade Blackwell GPUs have been coming thick and fast over the last few days, but we’ll soon have the official details, including the all-important prices. You can watch the entire event right here, starting at 6:30 pm PT / 9:30 pm EST / 3:30 am CET.

A most recent leak claimed to show a screenshot from a European retailer listing the RTX 5080. It was priced at 1,699 Euros, around $1,749, though that included 20% VAT, so the actual price would be a still very high $1,399. The listing also appeared to confirm the use of GDDR7 memory and the introduction of Nvidia’s next-generation of upscaling tech, DLSS 4.

Keeping with tradition, Nvidia still hasn’t officially confirmed that the RTX 5000 series is on the way, but there have been plenty of hints. The fact the gaming festival it’s currently running is called GeForce LAN 50 and the company is talking about looking “to the future” on social media pretty much confirms what’s coming. Moreover, Jensen Huang is delivering the keynote, marking the first time that the CEO has appeared at the event since 2019, suggesting something big is in store.

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It’s expected that the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 will be unveiled at CES, while the RTX 5070, RTX 5070 Ti, and China-only RTX 5090D will likely be on show. In the last few hours, a marketing image of the Inno3D RTX 5090 iChill X3 appeared online. It features a massive 32GB of GDDR7 and a 3.5-slot cooler.

The RTX 5090 is expected to feature 21,760 CUDA cores, nearly 1.8TB/s of memory bandwidth, and a TDP of 575 watts, 125W more than the RTX 4090. It’s also the only card in the RTX 5000 line to use the GB202 GPU.

The RTX 5080 is believed to be the first card in the RTX 5000 series to launch, on January 21. It’s expected to come with 16GB of GDDR7, half that of the RTX 5090, and a 256-bit memory bus.

Remember to come back here at 6:30 pm PT / 9.30 pm EST / 2:30 am BST to watch the whole event.