We’ve got a whole lot of news about Nvidia’s RTX 50 SUPER Series. First, it was coming and will boost the amount of previous GPU video memory. Next, it was potentially cancelled, but then it was only postponed. But Team Green may have its eyes on a bigger price — the next generation.
According to Red Gaming Tech, Nvidia is already making preparations to launch the next-generation RTX 60-series GPUs — touting a Q1 2027 launch announcement for the RTX 6090 (translation: announced at CES 2027).
So what can you expect from Nvidia’s RTX 60-series? And given the RTX 50 SUPER Series is rumored to launch in Q3 2026, am I right in having some doubts about this early 2027 leak for the next generation? Let's get into it.
What could we see in Nvidia’s RTX 60 Series?
- Built on Rubin architecture — possibly using TSMC’s 2nm or 3nm process.
- RTX 6090 is rumored to get at least a 40% uplift over RTX 5090 in rendering and ray tracing.
- No more 8GB VRAM GPUs? Gamers have made their position very clear on that through sales, and Nvidia may be listening.
The rumors have been small and speculative, but let’s pick some details out of here and look at what’s happening in Nvidia’s AI chips world (because what data centers get, gamers almost always get further down the line).
First off, I think it’s clear that RTX 60-series cards will get the next-generation Rubin GPU architecture. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's been talking about this coming in 2026 to AI GPUs for data centers at practically every Nvidia GTC. And just like Blackwell made the jump to consumer cards, Rubin will, too.
What will this give you? On paper, performance-wise, it should be a huge uplift — to AI customers, Nvidia’s talking about Rubin being over 2x faster than Blackwell. Of course, in a gaming GPU, that will be tamed slightly, but it’s a good starting point for how it can handle intensive gaming scenarios like complex level rasterization and path tracing.
To put a number on it, the rumor mill is pointing towards the RTX 6090 having at least a 40% uplift in performance over the RTX 5090, along with the watts being pumped through it going up again in excess of 600W. Prepare your electric bills.
And given Nvidia has gone all in on AI, you can expect a new version of DLSS to launch alongside it. There are zero substantiated rumors or reports about DLSS 5, so I’m flying a little blind here. But if I were to ask for one thing, please make frame generation smarter.
By that, I mean instead of adding a fixed amount of extra frames that can lead to slight increases in gameplay latency, move to variable frame generation — dynamically adding frames as needed to hit a particular target.
Beyond that, it’s fair to expect enhanced path tracing and an even deeper AI integration into the likes of image reconstruction and denoising. Maybe even a more fully fleshed out version of Nvidia ACE, too, for more intelligent NPCs.
As for the memory side, Rubin has been touted to support much faster video memory speeds, but how much video memory will we actually get? Well, if we look at the postponed RTX 50 SUPER Series and how that was set to be a direct response to gamers just not buying 8GB VRAM cards (not enough for a lot of AAA titles nowadays), I think it’s clear that we won’t see them launch one with this little memory.
And finally, price. The big worry here is just how that VRAM scarcity will impact things here, and I’m sorry to say it probably will. Rumors suggest starting prices of $2,000-$2,500 for the RTX 6090, with some even saying over $3,000.
Analysis: here are my doubts
- DRAM pricing crisis has probably thrown a lot of launch plans into flux.
- Nvidia’s RTX 50 SUPER Series has been reportedly postponed, further throwing my own personal doubt on an early 2027 launch of RTX 60 Series.
- My bet is that RTX 50 SUPER Series gets cancelled, and Nvidia goes full steam ahead on its next-generation.
Before I start, I want to say one thing. Given what we are seeing happening right now, if you can afford to buy one of the best GPUs at retail price (like a lot of them are right now), then you should do that. RTX 60 Series will be impressive for sure, but the ever-rising cost of TSMC’s foundry process, paired with VRAM spiking, makes me very nervous about what the final total will be.
That being said, my doubts about RTX 60 Series launching in 2027 are not planted in any logic if you were to look at the release cadence of Nvidia’s gaming GPUs. Consistently, generational jumps have happened every two years (ish — give or take a pandemic).
But we are in a very different situation with the RAM pricing crisis, which has postponed the launch of RTX 50 SUPER Series GPUs to Q3 of 2026 — due to the problems getting the video memory chips needed for it to happen. From a consumer tech perspective, does it make sense to launch something new so close to the next generation? I don’t think so.
Becoming the picks and shovels company in this AI goldrush (or AI bubble, whichever way you look at it) has shifted Nvidia’s priorities to where it makes the lion's share of its money — meaning the timeline of gaming GPUs is more in flux, and items are more vulnerable to being canned.
Reading the tea leaves of what is coming down the line and pairing it with this leaker’s allegation, I think one of two things will happen in 2027:
- RTX 50 SUPER Series launches next year, and RTX 60 Series is postponed to late 2027/early 2028.
- My bet: RTX 50 SUPER Series gets cancelled, and RTX 60 Series launches in 2027.
Of course, all of this is my own opinion paired with a little guesswork, but I’d love to know what you think in the comments!
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