nVidia RTX 50 series "Super" enroute?

[Major Lee]

https://www.techpowerup.com/350844/nvidia-board-partners-receive-rtx-50-super-but-gddr7-pricing-holds-the-release-back

Looks like the RTX 50 series Super may become a reality at some point, hopefully soon. A 5070 Super 18gb would be a step in the right direction for my machine.  

[MigBuster]

Did wonder if they were going to bother now they are primarily an AI slop distributor.

Hope $5070 is not the price tag.

 

 

[Flanker562]

I mean I get by with my gaming laptops, but you know that AI chip is going to drive up prices, so $5070 just might be it. One reason I don't deal with PCs anymore. I can get a reasonable gaming laptop for a few thousand, and not spend a shit ton of money on a gaming desktop. I mean I know there are advantages, but my bank account wouldn't love me for it.

[daddyairplanes]

22 hours ago, Flanker562 said:

 I mean I know there are advantages, but my bank account wouldn't love me for it.

thats why i got a Xidax every time my VA rating went up (and i got a nice little backpay check)

the one im typing this on is my third system from them, and suffers from the curse of the threes.

but its still awesome, even when troublesome. and the 5080 (which was not the price) card takes whatever i throw at it across three screens like a champ.

[daddyairplanes]

On 7/18/2026 at 8:39 AM, MigBuster said:

Hope $5070 is not the price tag.

i doubt it. 5090 cards at 32GB are araound $3600 so i dont think a 5070 would be more......

[Flanker562]

20 minutes ago, daddyairplanes said:

thats why i got a Xidax every time my VA rating went up (and i got a nice little backpay check)

the one im typing this on is my third system from them, and suffers from the curse of the threes.

but its still awesome, even when troublesome. and the 5080 (which was not the price) card takes whatever i throw at it across three screens like a champ.

I mean I can play DCS fine on my laptop, and produce good decent graphics. I mean I could make room on my coffee table to accommodate a PC, but I like the fact that I can take my stuff without bouncing between platforms.  I think I'm just a die hard laptop geek and fine with that.

[daddyairplanes]

42 minutes ago, Flanker562 said:

 I think I'm just a die hard laptop geek and fine with that.

understood.  notice the mention of "large backpay checks"

my desktop has 128GB ram. since discovered that i dont really need that much. but i could afford it at the time.

and its pretty trippy to make a game level in Unreal at home that straight blue screens the Alienware systems at school 

[Flanker562]

15 minutes ago, daddyairplanes said:

understood.  notice the mention of "large backpay checks"

my desktop has 128GB ram. since discovered that i dont really need that much. but i could afford it at the time.

and its pretty trippy to make a game level in Unreal at home that straight blue screens the Alienware systems at school 

Yeah I mean I can reasonably afford a good system, I looked into Alienware laptops, but for now my machine works, for like A3 and DCS, and of course SF2, and Star Citizen, and so on, so maybe in the future if I didn't travel every now and then I'd look into it, but again, I just don't need to bounce between two systems when I can put everything in a vulnerable state. That and I had to get a new laptop earlier this year due to negligence with a Mocha drink, totally ruined my laptop. So if I had a desktop I would mess up the keyboard, and either wash it out or replace it, whereas I had to get a new system entirely, so yeah, who knows I may change my mind.

[daddyairplanes]

work with Alienwares at school. not too impressed

thats with keeping in mind that its an institution not a person so they gotta get 6-7 years out of them minimum. but still

maybe they'll have brand new systems come fall. we'll see

and as i point out to my wife, a keyboard is way easier to replace than a laptop. that conversation happening regularly after kicking her cat off of my laptop......

[Flanker562]

Well... I don't think her cat is gonna give you a break, and that's just good catting if you ask me.

[daddyairplanes]

nah, his (the cats) sister usually keeps him in line

[Flanker562]

Lol so you say. No dog can keep a cat in line, cats are who they are, and no dog can tell a cat (much less a human) what to do. Fake News.