Multiple leakers claim that NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 60 series graphics cards for gamers may be delayed until 2028. Players planning to upgrade their graphics cards to run future games may have to wait longer than previously expected.
Over the past decade, NVIDIA's consumer-grade graphics cards have generally maintained a two-year update cycle. The GeForce RTX 50 series, based on the Blackwell architecture, was launched in early 2025, with the next generation initially expected to follow around 2027. New leaks suggest a later timeline than previously anticipated.
In mid-September, leaker Kepler_L2 stated that no major new architectures would be released within the next two years. On September 21, another leaker, Kopite7kimi, mentioned a product codenamed GR20x, stating it belongs to 2028. GR20x is believed to be related to Rubin, the next-generation consumer graphics card architecture, but NVIDIA has yet to confirm the release date for the GeForce RTX 60 series.
Rumors of this delay involve both chip production capacity and memory costs. TSMC's advanced process capacity is tight, while demand and prices for HBM and GDDR7 are rising; NVIDIA is also dedicating significant resources to AI server products. These factors are believed to potentially impact the replacement schedule for consumer graphics cards, although NVIDIA has not provided an official explanation regarding these rumors.
If the hardware upgrade cycle lengthens, performance improvements for existing graphics cards will rely more heavily on software solutions. Upscaling technologies like DLSS and FSR can alleviate the rendering burden at high resolutions, but they cannot determine the actual launch time of the next generation of graphics cards.
AMD's next-generation products also appear in related reports. Leaks suggest that most products based on its RDNA 5 architecture may be delayed until 2028; however, a chip codenamed AT2, reportedly equipped with 40 compute units, may be an exception, intended for Microsoft's next-generation high-end console and also available for PC. These product arrangements are still awaiting official announcement.