Rumor mill: Rumors had already suggested that the AI business and related memory shortages would significantly widen the traditional gap between generations of Nvidia graphics cards. Now, the latest information suggests the situation could be even worse for upcoming mainstream GPUs, which probably won't match the performance of next-generation consoles.

Prominent leaker Kepler_L2 recently suggested that Nvidia's next-generation mainstream graphics card, tentatively called the RTX 6060, could be delayed until as late as 2029. Memory supply shortages are the obvious cause.

DRAM and NAND supply constraints amid the AI data center buildout have already made currently available GPUs more expensive and harder to find. As some RTX 5090 listings march dangerously close to the $10,000 mark, Nvidia had to deny reports that it is discontinuing the flagship card.

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Meanwhile, the shortages may have already forced Nvidia to delay the previously rumored RTX 50 Super series, originally expected to debut in mid-2026. They might still arrive late this year or sometime next year to compete with a single high-end AMD RDNA 5 GPU.

The RTX 60 series is not expected until 2028, possibly extending the generational release gap to nearly four years, compared to the average gap of just over two years. A 2029 debut for the RTX 6060 would separate it from the 5060 by at least 3 years and 9 months. For comparison, the 5060 launched 4 years and 2 months after the 3060.

As for estimating the RTX 6060's relationship to the PlayStation 6 , it's obviously too soon for precise predictions, but Kepler believes that Sony's upcoming console will launch sooner and with a performance advantage.

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