Rev up the rumor mill, we’re talking Nvidia RTX 60-series graphics cards

There are new rumors around the next generation of Nvidia graphics cards (GPU), after the company decided not to announce anything at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year. Usually on a fairly regimented cycle, it appears we might not see anything until the second half of 2027.

If you’ve never dealt with graphics card rumors before, a lot of this rides on certain insiders who have a track record. In this case, Kopite7kimi, an F1 fanatic, is also one of the more reliable sources for early information on Nvidia cards.

We have to jump back a bit to September, when Nvidia announced a 128GB GDDR7 Video RAM (VRAM) GPU called the Rubin CPX. Rubin is the new name for the architecture behind the card.

At the time, it was speculated that this CPX GPU would eventually be cut down for gaming purposes. When Nvidia makes a graphics card, it starts as a huge die, which is then cut down to meet requirements for lower-end or consumer-grade cards.

Now, Kopite has shot down that rumor, saying that while Rubin will be the architecture, the CPX chip is not the next gaming card. That’s designated as code GR212, while the gaming cards will have the code GR20X, with X being the number for each card.

Looking at the RTX 50-series, as an example, GB202 was the 5090, GB203 was the RTX 5080 and 5070 Ti, and so on.

Expect the next Nvidia GeForce generation in 2027

However, don’t expect it this year, as it’s not even clear if Nvidia will release the Super variations of the RTX 50-series in 2026. Despite it being video RAM, it’s still sourced from the same places that are currently tied up with AI gobbling up the supply.

It was only a couple of months ago that it was rumored and reported that the RTX 50 Super series had slipped in Q3 2026. Nvidia hasn’t even mentioned anything around a Super mid-generation refresh of the RTX 50-series, and at this point, I doubt we’d see it at all.

Nvidia is currently all in on AI, providing the hardware that powers a good majority of the infrastructure in the boxes. With that in mind, this year it only really announced DLSS 4.5, its upscaling software.