1. What you'll lose2/5

   A flagship's performance, on generated frames.

2. Condescension3/5

   Gamers can count frames.

3. Tone-deafness3/5

   'Impossible without artificial intelligence.'

4. Doom0/5

   None.

5. Hypocrisy0/5

   None.

Full time8 pitchforksof a possible 25

The occasion

Nvidia CES 2025 keynote, Las Vegas, 6 January 2025.

Context

Announcing the RTX 50 series, Huang said the $549 RTX 5070 would match the $1,599 RTX 4090 and that this was impossible without AI. PC Gamer noted the match was 'likely down to the new DLSS 4 magic' (Multi Frame Generation) rather than raw rendering. Quote follows PC Gamer's report of the keynote; the keynote video was not fetched.

Crowd reaction

Critical commentary

Once the RTX 5070 was benchmarked, Tom's Guide (2025-03-06) reported results that 'state otherwise' than Huang's claim, and 80.lv (2025-03-05), citing TechSpot's tests, called Huang's promise of similar performance 'a bit cheeky' because the card relies on multi-frame generation, whose extra frames it calls 'ultimately fake' (the 4090 was 63% faster at 1440p). PC Gamer flagged on launch day that the match was 'likely only through new DLSS 4 AI smarts'.

See the reaction

• PC Gamer: Nvidia's new RTX 5070 will deliver 'RTX 4090 performance at $549' when it launches in February
• PC Gamer: Nvidia announces the RTX 50-series, led by the $1,999 RTX 5090 with 'twice the performance of the 4090'
• PCGamesN: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 to match RTX 4090 speed for just $549, claims GPU giant
• Tom's Guide: RTX 5070 can't match RTX 4090 performance in new benchmark — despite Nvidia's claims
• 80.lv: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Leaves 5070 Far Behind
• Where the exact words are printed