NVIDIA is releasing a new version of its 5070 GPU for laptops. In a blog post about the latest version of its Game Ready drivers, the company noted that its partners will soon begin selling 5070 laptops with 12GB of VRAM, as well as the 8GB models that NVIDIA has offered since the launch of the 5070-series.
NVIDIA said, “Demand for GeForce RTX remains strong, and memory supply remains tight. To maximize memory availability, we are releasing the GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU 12GB configuration with 24Gb G7 memory. This gives our partners access to an additional pool of memory to complement the 16Gb G7 supply that currently comes with most GeForce GPUs.”
The first 12GB 5070-equipped laptops are expected to begin shipping in June, with manufacturers such as ASUS, Lenovo and MSI likely to offer the video card as an option in some of their models. NVIDIA hasn’t confirmed pricing yet, but outlets prefer notebookcheck are reporting that 12GB 5070 laptops could cost the same as their 5070 Ti counterparts. Right now, a 5070 Ti-equipped PC like the Acer Predator Helios Neo 16s AI can set you back up to $2,650, depending on the amount of RAM on offer. The new 12GB 5070 laptops probably won’t cost that much, as manufacturers will likely configure them with less RAM.
NVIDIA hasn’t shared the full spec list for the 12GB 5070 yet, but as the company notes, it’s using 24Gb of G7 memory instead of 16GB of G7 memory for the new model. The two memory types are made using different manufacturing processes. The first uses a 3GB memory module, while the second uses 2GB. Either way the company is using a different supply of memory, which in recent months, Samsung and Micron have managed to produce consistently on a large scale. That said, unless NVIDIA redesigns the 5070 to be equipped with a wider 192-bit bus interface, which seems unlikely in this case, the new model won’t be able to access additional memory as fast as the other models in NVIDIA’s stack like the 5070 Ti and above. For most games this won’t matter too much, but it does mean that the new model isn’t exactly an upgrade if you just look at the amount of raw VRAM.
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