The non-appearance of GeForce RTX 50-series ‘Blackwell’ Super graphics cards at CES 2026 surprised segments of the PC hardware community, since Nvidia typically follows a regular cadence for new gaming launches and mid-generation refreshes. The absence comes against a backdrop of difficult market conditions that have driven price hikes, supply chain adjustments, launch postponements, and reevaluations of next-generation technology strategies across the industry. TechPowerUp recently highlighted this missing GeForce product refresh at the top of its list of biggest no-shows of CES 2026, underscoring the level of anticipation around Nvidia’s current generation update.
On Thursday (January 8), members of the Board Channel community discussed reports of an alleged indefinite delay for GeForce RTX 50-series Super GPUs, attributing the situation to information said to come from a brief shared with add-in board partners. The leak describes three main factors behind the postponement, starting with production capacity being adjusted to favor compute GPU lines so that current demand, especially overseas, can be satisfied. The briefed rationale suggests Nvidia is prioritizing segments where greater profit margins are available, particularly in the highly lucrative artificial intelligence server market, over pushing out a mid-cycle consumer graphics refresh.
The second reason cited in the reported brief is a long-term forecast of rising memory-related product costs, which is flagged as a serious concern for modern graphics cards built around high-end GDDR7 VRAM modules. These escalating costs could have a significant impact on the economics of new consumer GPUs and may be prompting Nvidia to reassess the timing and configuration of any GeForce RTX 50-series Super lineup. Although the discussion in Board Channel is described as speculative, it paints a picture of a vendor willing to delay enthusiast gaming products in order to shore up supply and profitability in compute and artificial intelligence infrastructure, while also waiting out a volatile memory pricing environment.
