NVIDIA has officially "teased" its next-generation GeForce RTX 50 series gaming GPUs in a promotional video, celebrating 25 years of NVIDIA GeForce. The debut is expected at CES 2025, which will be accompanied by a range of activities, including a 50-hour LAN event.
GeForce's 25th Anniversary at CES
NVIDIA is marking 25 years of GeForce with a "GeForce Greats" event that includes a public campaign with gaming debates for prizes and a global LAN gaming event called "GeForce LAN 50". The company's CEO, Jensen Huang, will officially open CES 2025 with a keynote on January 6th.
Here's a breakdown of the key events:
- GeForce Greats: A social media campaign to celebrate the history of PC gaming. Users can join debates using #GeForceGreats for a chance to win prizes.
- GeForce LAN 50: A 50-hour global gaming event featuring online missions and physical LAN events in Las Vegas, Beijing, Berlin, and Taipei.
- NVIDIA Keynote: Jensen Huang's keynote will be on January 6th, 2025, at 6:30pm PT, streamed live from Las Vegas.
NVIDIA's mention of “Before we look into the future” in its promotional material strongly hints that the Blackwell consumer GPU series will be showcased at CES 2025.
It all starts now…
— NVIDIA GeForce (@NVIDIAGeForce) December 13, 2024
🟢 CELEBRATE 25 Years of GeForce
🟢 PLAY along & join our GeForce LAN 50
🟢 WATCH our NVIDIA Keynote at CES 2025 on 1/6/25#GeForceGreats → https://t.co/LGRaII9HUV pic.twitter.com/enMKzdr5OK
Potential RTX 50 Design
A teaser image suggests that the RTX 50 series might retain the dual-fan flow-through design with a sleeker shroud, but there has been no official unveiling of the series of GPUs.
It is interesting to note that The Witcher IV cinematic shown at The Game Awards 2024 was rendered on an unreleased GeForce RTX GPU, hinting that it is likely part of the next-gen RTX 50 family.
While NVIDIA has not explicitly mentioned any RTX 50 SKUs, with the CES 2025 keynote now confirmed, we can expect to see the next-generation GPUs in January. For more information on expected performance and capabilities, check out rumor round-ups for SKUs such as the GeForce RTX 5090 and the GeForce RTX 5080.
