Nvidia RTX 5080 24 GB China cancellation, Digi Mart USA News: Nvidia’s rumored GeForce RTX 5080 24 GB has reportedly been shelved in China, with the company said to have abandoned its planned January 2027 launch. The claim comes from a post on the Chinese hardware forum Board Channels, reproduced by the Japanese outlet Gazlog, which says Nvidia has notified its add-in board partners of the decision without giving a revised release window.
According to the post, the cancellation is driven by the cost of memory. The 3 GB GDDR7 modules needed for the 24 GB configuration reportedly cost about three times as much as the 2 GB modules used in the existing RTX 5080, which would make the 24 GB card difficult to sell at a reasonable price.
Nvidia will supposedly keep buying 2 GB GDDR7 modules and retain the RTX 5080 16 GB as its highest-end GeForce offering in China. The report notes a reversal from Board Channels’ earlier claims: in late October, the same outlet had suggested Nvidia was accelerating the 24 GB model’s launch to December 2026 or January 2027 while winding down production of the 16 GB variant.
The status of the 24 GB card therefore remains unclear. These claims have not been independently verified, and Nvidia’s position has not been confirmed in the source material.
