Unexpected Appearance in Hardware Tools

While many in the tech community assumed that Nvidia had abandoned plans for an RTX 50-series Super refresh, recent activity suggests otherwise. Documentation spotted within Seasonic’s online power supply calculator has revealed entries for the RTX 5080 Super, RTX 5070 Ti Super, and RTX 5070 Super. These entries indicate higher power consumption levels compared to their base counterparts, with increases ranging from 10% to 17%.


Power Specification Breakdown

According to the information provided by the tool, the power requirements for these potential releases are significantly higher than the standard models:

  • RTX 5070 Super: Listed with a 275 W TGP (up from 250 W).
  • RTX 5070 Ti Super: Listed with a 350 W TGP (a 50 W increase).
  • RTX 5080 Super: Listed at 415 W (an increase of 55 W over the standard 5080).

These adjustments align with expectations that the "Super" lineup would feature faster clock speeds and updated VRAM configurations, necessitating higher power headroom. While these figures may be internal estimates, they correlate with earlier industry predictions, including those from notable leaker Kopite7kimi.


Market Outlook and Potential Launch

Speculation regarding these cards had dwindled recently, but interest has been reignited by claims from industry analysts, such as the leaker @Zed__Wang, who suggested these models are back in development. There is even chatter regarding a potential 12 GB RTX 5060 Super joining the roster.


Regarding the timing of a potential release, industry observers are looking toward CES 2027. The rationale is simple: Nvidia would likely want a substantial market window for these refreshed models before the eventual arrival of the RTX 60-series.


However, the release of these cards raises a critical question for the gaming community. As noted in market analysis,

«with what are likely to be fairly marginal performance increases, will gamers want them? Especially as they're probably going to cost a decent chunk more than the regular RTX 50-series GPUs proper, which aren't exactly cheap at this point.»


While official details from Nvidia remain scarce, the surfacing of these specifications in official manufacturer tools suggests that the development of the RTX 50-series Super cards is once again a topic of serious conversation.