Report: NVIDIA brings the RTX 5080 24 GB forward to around January 2027
Board Channels says China will lose the 16 GB RTX 5080 and RTX 5090D V2, with remaining 16 GB stock expected to last about two months. NVIDIA has not commented.
NVIDIA's rumoured GeForce RTX 5080 24 GB may launch sooner than first thought, according to an unconfirmed Board Channels report published on October 30, 2026. The post, from the forum's ChannelGate account, puts availability around January 2027, with December 2026 as the earliest possible date. Earlier in October, BenchLife had pointed to a first-quarter 2027 window.
What the report claims
Beyond the date, the post says NVIDIA will stop supplying the RTX 5080 16 GB and the China-only RTX 5090D V2 to the Chinese market, leaving the 24 GB RTX 5080 as the only flagship option there. NVIDIA has reportedly already shipped enough 16 GB RTX 5080 inventory to cover roughly two months of sales, which would bridge the gap to the new model. Wccftech expects January to be more likely, because it would let NVIDIA show the card at CES 2027.
None of this has come from NVIDIA, and the claims cover China first. Whether the 16 GB card is retired elsewhere is still an open question.
How the 24 GB version would work
The current RTX 5080 uses a GB203 GPU with 10,752 CUDA cores and 16 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus, made from eight 2 GB modules. Swapping in eight 3 GB modules gets to 24 GB without changing the bus width, a 50% jump in memory. It is not yet clear whether this is the RTX 5080 Super that leaked earlier, with faster memory and a higher power limit, or a plain capacity upgrade of the existing card.
Extra VRAM helps at 4K with heavy textures and ray tracing in games like Black Myth: Wukong, and it also makes the card attractive for local AI work, which means gamers may end up competing with AI buyers for stock.
Price is the catch
The 16 GB model already sells for over $2,000 at some US retailers against a $999 MSRP, and in Malaysia it averaged around RM8,500 in mid-October according to Lowyat. Since 3 GB GDDR7 modules cost more than the 2 GB parts they replace, a 24 GB card is unlikely to be cheaper. The next real signal will be NVIDIA's CES 2027 keynote in January.
Source: TechPowerUp; Board Channels via Wccftech; BigGo Finance; Lowyat.NET.
