RTX 60 series release date: is 2027 off the table?

On January 6, 2025, Jensen Huang walked onto the CES stage in a shiny black jacket, held up a GeForce RTX 5090 and told gamers the future had arrived. The card launched that month at a $1,999 list price.

Nearly two years later, that card is still the top of Nvidia’s gaming range. For a company that rarely lets a year pass without new GeForce hardware, the silence is the story.

Label: Tech news explainer. We separate what Nvidia has said from what insiders claim, and end with a verdict.

When is the RTX 60 series coming out?

Officially, nobody knows. Nvidia has not named a date, a price or even a model. Its GeForce pages still list the RTX 50 Series as current.

Unofficially, the timeline keeps moving back. In February 2026, The Information reported that Nvidia planned no new gaming GPUs this year, as Tom’s Hardware summarized. The same reporting said the RTX 50 Super refresh was designed but pushed down the list.

The original plan, per those sources, was RTX 60 mass production at the end of 2027. Later leaks, including a September 2026 post from the well-known leaker kopite7kimi covered by OC3D, point to 2028 instead.

Is the memory shortage really to blame?

Here is the strongest case for patience: it is not only Nvidia. Memory makers are selling as much as they can to AI data centers, and J.P. Morgan Global Research estimates DRAM prices could rise more than 400% from the start of 2024 to the end of 2026.

Every graphics card needs fast memory on board. When the same factories can sell to AI customers at higher margins, a cheaper gaming card is the obvious thing to delay. The reports also say AMD’s next Radeon generation is slipping for the same reason.

The other side is less flattering. Nvidia earns far more from AI chips than from GeForce, so a pause also suits its own business. And buyers feel it: a TechPowerUp tracker said in November 2026 that RTX 5090 cards were selling far above their $1,999 list price worldwide.

Should you buy an RTX 50 card now or wait?

If your current card can’t run the games you play, waiting for an RTX 60 card you can’t buy for another year or more is a poor plan. The RTX 50 Series is the generation that will get DLSS updates and driver support for a long time yet.

If your PC still runs well, there is no rush. Prices are high because of memory, not because a new launch is around the corner, and Black Friday on November 27, 2026, is the next real chance of a discount.

One rule helps: buy for the games you play this year, not for a card that only exists in leaks.

Pylcrow’s take: the jacket is the same, the calendar isn’t

Go back to that CES stage. The pitch was that AI would make gaming better. Two years on, AI is the reason gamers are still waiting.

We don’t think Nvidia has abandoned GeForce. But the order of priorities is now clear, and gamers are second.

Verdict: no RTX 60 announcement and RTX 50 still current are Documented. No new gaming GPUs in 2026 and a 2028 RTX 60 launch are Claimed, from The Information and leakers. That memory is the main cause is Interpreted. The exact RTX 60 date is Unresolved.

Quick answers

Will there be an RTX 50 Super?

Reports say the RTX 50 Super design was finished but deprioritized because of the memory shortage. Nvidia hasn’t announced it or cancelled it in public, so treat it as on hold.

Is AMD releasing a new Radeon generation in 2027?

AMD hasn’t given a date for its next Radeon gaming generation. The same industry reports that point to a 2028 RTX 60 say AMD’s next generation is slipping too, so don’t count on a new card from either side soon.

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Sources: Tom’s Hardware (The Information report, February 2026); OC3D (RTX 60 timing to 2028); J.P. Morgan Global Research (DRAM prices); TechPowerUp (hardware tracker, November 2026). Truth labels are Pylcrow’s judgment as of November 7, 2026.