PC gamers hoping for next generation graphics hardware may face a longer wait than expected. Reliable industry tipster Kepler L2 reported on the AnandTech forums that the majority of Nvidia GeForce RTX 60 and AMD RDNA 5 cards will not arrive until 2028. Only 1 single AMD chip codenamed AT2 appears on track for a 2027 launch.
This fresh information pushes back against earlier rumors suggesting Nvidia aimed to release its RTX 60 family in early 2027. Instead, both the Nvidia Rubin architecture and the AMD Radeon RX 10000 lineup look set to skip that window entirely. Kepler L2 confirmed that the broader desktop lineups from both chipmakers have slipped to 2028. AMD still plans to release an isolated product under the AT2 codename a year earlier. It remains unknown whether this standalone GPU will serve as an early flagship or target the entry market.
Heavy strain across memory fabrication plants is the primary reason behind these shifted schedules. Silicon manufacturers are dedicating their production lines to high bandwidth memory for AI servers rather than standard GDDR video memory. This shortage has already cast doubt over the Nvidia RTX 50 Super refresh. Some industry insiders believe the Super cards have been cancelled outright, while others expect a scaled back bridge release before the next generation arrives.
Financial and market analysts back up these supply concerns. Morgan Stanley projects that standard computer memory prices will reach their peak in Q4 2026, but graphics memory will stay constrained for much longer. Executives at Silicon Motion warned that global memory shortages could easily extend into 2028. Market tracking firm IDC also projects that traditional DRAM output will grow by just 16% in 2026, a figure well below normal industry demand. Without steady memory supply, both graphics card makers have little choice but to hold back their newest desktop silicon.
