Titan. Few words give GPU enthusiasts goosebumps like it. Over the past few GeForce generations, though, the once coveted SKU has faded into the realms of myth, much like its namesake. However, a new rumour suggests that Nvidia may be planning to unleash a new marvelous monster of a graphics card.
From 2013’s GTX 700 series onwards, Nvidia included a Titan SKU in all but one (GTX 16 series) of its GeForce generations, up to and including 2018’s RTX 20 series. Each was the best graphics card in its respective family, displaying the absolute best of what its architecture was capable but commanded grossly high price tags. Following an unexplained prolonged period of absence, it seems Team Green is readying itself for a colossal comeback of sorts. Although, there’s no guarantee it’ll see the light of day.
Speaking to an alleged insider source, YouTuber RedGamingTech claims to have acquired internal Nvidia RTX 50 series performance targets. Naturally, this include data for previously rumoured SKUs, including GeForce RTX 5090. Alongside that, though, are references to a powerful ‘Titan AI’ graphics card.
RedTechGaming alleges Titan AI will be 63% faster than GeForce RTX 4090, beating the 48% advantage GeForce RTX 5090 enjoys over its predecessor. This data comes with a few caveats, though. These measurements of relative performance are specific to rasterized rendering. Surprisingly, though, the ray tracing uplift is apparently “higher.”
Of course, it’s difficult to extrapolate how excited we should be about these figures without more specific details about they illustrate. Sadly, RedGamingTech was unable to disclose whether this is an average uplift, across multiple games and/or benchmarks, or a singular result. That’s not forgetting the pinch of salt that one should digest rumours like this with.
Given that GeForce RTX 5090 doesn’t feature 32GB of VRAM, despite its GB202 GPU supposedly supporting up to that capacity, the presence of a Titan in the RTX 50 series lineup makes sense. After all, Nvidia left enough headroom with its GeForce RTX 4090 to put together a supposedly cancelled Lovelace Titan with a quad-slot cooler.
Whether Titan AI gets its time in the sun though is anyone’s guess. There’s little reason for Nvidia to produce such an expensive card, particularly given AMD’s rumoured RDNA 4 strategy. Personally, though, I sincerely hope we don’t go another GeForce generation without this SKU.
