Nvidia claims "The industry is running out of GDDR5" memory

[Last_colossi]

Nvidia appears to have released a new GTX 1650 graphics card without really telling anyone, although it's probably not one on many wishlists. The new variant of the GeForce GTX 1650 uses GDDR6 memory as opposed to the original GDDR5 spin. This new variant has started appearing in various places, including an early review that has popped up on Expreview (via Videocardz).

We reached out to Nvidia to give us an idea as to why this card has suddenly popped into existence, and the response was suitably succinct.


"The industry is running out of GDDR5," an Nvidia rep explained to us, "so we've transitioned the product to GDDR6."

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Source: PCGamer

As manufacturers have begun transitioning to GDDR6, production of GDDR5 has slowed and so there have been rumors lately of supply issues, Now that Nvidia are claiming this to be true could it start to affect production of current gen consoles?


lock if old

 

[_Karooo]

Do they have any other cards with GDDR6 memory? Sorry not up to date with their product lineup anymore.

 

[Last_colossi]

Do they have any other cards with GDDR6 memory? Sorry not up to date with their product lineup anymore.

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Pretty much all of Nvidia's latest cards use GDDR6, as far as I'm aware Nvidia only has 2 GPU's that still use GDDR5 (1650 & 1660) and now they're moving the 1650 over to GDDR6.

 

[Terbinator]

Source: PCGamer

As manufacturers have begun transitioning to GDDR6, production of GDDR5 has slowed and so there have been rumors lately of supply issues, Now that Nvidia are claiming this to be true could it start to affect production of current gen consoles?


lock if old

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Probably not, but it does give more weight to Lockhart replacing X1X sooner rather than later.

 

[_Karooo]

Pretty much all of Nvidia's latest cards use GDDR6, as far as I'm aware Nvidia only has 2 GPU's that still use GDDR5 (1650 & 1660) and now they're moving the 1650 over to GDDR6.

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That's good to know.

 

[dgrdsv]

As manufacturers have begun transitioning to GDDR6, production of GDDR5 has slowed and so there have been rumors lately of supply issues, Now that Nvidia are claiming this to be true could it start to affect production of current gen consoles?

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Eventually, sure. At some point both Sony and MS may have to transition PS4 and XBO to G6 though if they plan on still selling them after next gen launches.

 

[kami_sama]

It also seems to come with a small boost in performance and lower power consumption.

 

[ILikeFeet]

That's what I figured, that production of GDDR5 was winding down so it made sense to move existing products to the next step up