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Nvidia RTX 5000 Super GPU refreshes could arrive in 2026 after all — with a surprise addition that won't destroy your wallet like the others
Super refreshes are back on track it seems — and an RTX 5060 Super may be one of them
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Nvidia's rumored RTX 5000 Super refreshes are seemingly back on track, and could be out this year
As well as the previously rumored variants, we could also see an RTX 5060 Super with 12GB
This goes against existing rumors insisting that Nvidia isn't producing any new Ge Force GPUs at all this year
Nvidia's long-rumored RTX 5000 Super refreshes might just be back on track, according to the latest from the GPU grapevine — and there could be an interesting twist here.
Namely, we could see a lower-tier Ge Force graphics card get the Super treatment, as there's, in theory, an RTX 5060 12GB model inbound that could carry this naming.
As Video Cardz flagged, according to Mega Size GPU, a regular leaker on X, this new refresh and the other previously rumored RTX 5000 models are "back on track" and may be released in 2026.
To recap, those earlier rumors pointed to an RTX 5080 Super and 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. Nvidia has produced xx 60-class graphics cards in Super variations before, of course (indeed, I have an RTX 2060 Super myself).
This is an about-face from the previous rumor mill chatter, which had floated the theory that Nvidia wasn't going to release anything in the way of new Blackwell Ge Force GPUs this year. Of course, that could still be true as Mega Size GPU isn't certain about the 2026 release timeframe – but the leaker seems fairly confident that these refreshes (supposedly codenamed 'Kicker') are back on the table for Nvidia.
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Still, all of this should be taken with a good deal of seasoning, especially as this is a lone rumor for now. When other leakers back up the idea, we can start to become a bit more ready to believe that Nvidia may indeed have these Super GPUs in the works again. For now, though, I remain highly skeptical.
The reason why Nvidia seemingly shelved the RTX 5000 Super refreshes (and remember, these GPUs have only ever been rumors) is due to the cost of RAM, which is particularly applicable to these models as they pack so much video memory.
So, what changed? Nothing, according to Mega Size GPU, it's just that Nvidia "can always get what it wants!" and therefore this won't be an issue as such. Team Green will still provide its card-making partners with GPU chips and VRAM bundles, we're told (meaning they won't make those board manufacturers source their own video RAM).
It still doesn't make a huge amount of sense that Nvidia might want to go ahead here, because with the higher-end VRAM configurations, those RTX 5000 Super refreshes are going to end up very costly, there's no two ways about that.
Okay, so maybe Nvidia simply won't make many of them – perhaps Team Green just wants to keep the Ge Force range ticking over so gamers can't accuse the company of abandoning them this year (for greener AI pastures). In that case, though, stock will end up thin on the ground, and the GPUs will be potentially even pricier as a result.
We shall see, but if heavyweight RTX Super refreshes are incoming, I expect them to be wallet-damagingly priced. An RTX 5060 Super with 12GB, on the other hand, would be very welcome in helping address one of the major stumbling blocks with this particular lower-end model. Again, though, would Nvidia want what would effectively be a lower-end RAM drain that's (relatively) not very profitable? Again, time will tell...
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