NVIDIA RTX 6090 Could Launch in 2027 With DLSS 5 Support

As more details about NVIDIA's next-generation GPUs and the future of DLSS 5 emerge, the release date of the RTX 6090 is beginning to be discussed. Reports say DLSS5 may have been designed with the RTX 60 series in mind from the start, but other reports say NVIDIA's next-generation game GPUs will launch at different times.

NVIDIA's RTX 6090 gets release info, though there's a dispute. We're finally hearing new information about NVIDIA's next-generation GPUs. According to a new report from Moore's Law Is Dead, which apparently spoke with contacts inside NVIDIA, the reporter claims the company never intended to release DLSS5 on its RTX 50 series cards.

NVIDIA RTX 6090 Release Information Emerges

Remember, DLSS5 is what NVIDIA calls guided neural rendering, which essentially uses AI to completely change the final look of the game. And this is a huge statement because it actually makes a ton of sense out of this release. NVIDIA has also somewhat revealed their hand here.

If you remember, when NVIDIA initially announced DLSS5, the demos they showed used two RTX 5090s. And I actually pointed that out in my original video explaining that announcement. Using two RTX 5090s in those demonstrations has also raised questions about how much neural compute the current RTX 50 series hardware can handle when running DLSS5.

The good news is that NVIDIA massively increased the performance of its DLSS5 model by 5x in just 6 months. But even with this performance boost, it still kills performance. NVIDIA itself even claims a 50% to 60% performance drop when enabling DLSS5. I mean, even in 2K27, the RTX 5080 can barely stay above 60fps on 1% lows at 1440p.

RTX 50 Series DLSS Features Set a Precedent

So it seems these cards weren't really made to handle this much neural compute. And to further support this, I always thought it was odd that NVIDIA released DLSS 5 for these cards anyway. Because if we go back to, say, the RTX 40 series, NVIDIA launched DLSS 3, which added frame generation, and it was exclusive to those cards, clearly made to be a selling point.

Then with the RTX 50 series, they did it again with DLSS 4 and multiframe generation, once again making it exclusive to those GPUs. And we've since learned that older GPUs can absolutely run multiframe generation. So it was weird when they released such a massive new technology without launching new cards to go with it.

I mean, even if the RTX 6090 still gets, say, a 50% to 60% performance drop, that doesn't hurt as much when it's, say, 30% faster than the RTX 5090. Plus, I'd bet the next generation will come with faster Tensor Cores anyway. If the RTX 60 series arrives with additional Tensor Core performance, the hardware could have more resources for the neural compute required by DLSS5.

Well, according to someone within NVIDIA, they originally planned to launch the RTX 60 series cards in 2026. Still, they delayed it so NVIDIA could reserve as much capacity as possible for AI accelerators. And at least according to this, NVIDIA is still targeting 2027.

NVIDIA is aiming for the first half of 2027, saying they got the green light months ago.

According to the claim, NVIDIA is targeting the first half of 2027 for the launch of its RTX 60 series. The report also claims it got the green light months ago. And apparently, we haven't heard anything because NVIDIA's management is clamping down on leaks.

If that timeline is accurate, the RTX 6090 could arrive as part of the first wave of RTX 60 series GPUs, giving NVIDIA new hardware alongside the technology reportedly designed around it. That said, one well-known leaker, Kepler, is pushing back against this 2027 timeframe, claiming that both AMD and NVIDIA have pushed their next-generation gaming GPUs to 2028.

That creates a direct dispute over the expected launch window. One claim points toward the first half of 2027, while another points toward 2028 for the next generation of gaming GPUs. Ultimately, it's tough to say for sure who's right, but it'll be interesting to see how well the RTX 60 series handles DLSS5, given that, according to this, it was actually made for it.