Nvidia without gaming GPUs in 2026: DLSS 4.5, RTX Spark, and a strained market

Summer 2026 will be a unique period for PC hardware. For the first time since the GeForce 256, released over 25 years ago, Nvidia will not launch any new gaming GPUs this year. This unprecedented situation is reshaping market priorities and has direct consequences for anyone considering buying or upgrading their gaming PC. We'll review the recent announcements.

Nvidia skips new GeForce releases in 2026

Confirmed over the past few months: the RTX 50 generation (RTX 5060, 5060 Ti, 5070 and above) will remain Nvidia's gaming offering until 2027. The brand is concentrating its production capacity on chips for data centers and artificial intelligence, which are far more profitable.

Concretely, this means that current cards will not be replaced for a long time. For a gaming PC purchase in 2026, an RTX 5060 or an RTX 5060 Ti is therefore not a "transitional" choice: it is the reference generation for the next two years.

DLSS 4.5: The August software update

In the absence of new silicon, Nvidia continues to advance its software suite. DLSS 4.5, expected around August 2026, notably brings an improvement to Ray Reconstruction, the technology that denoises and refines ray tracing rendering.

Key takeaways:

• Compatible with recent RTX GPUs, including RTX 5060, 5060 Ti, and 5070.
• Visual improvement of ray tracing without additional performance cost.
• Gradual deployment via GeForce drivers and the Nvidia application.

For gamers, this is a concrete gain: a PC equipped with an RTX 5060 continues to improve image quality with updates, without changing hardware.

RTX Spark: Nvidia prepares its entry into the CPU market

The other significant announcement at Computex 2026 is the RTX Spark, a SoC based on an ARM N1X chip combining up to 20 Grace CPU cores and 6188 Blackwell architecture GPU cores. The first equipped machines, from ASUS and MSI, are expected in autumn 2026.

This is a new category of machines oriented more towards creation and AI than classic gaming PCs, but Nvidia's entry into the processor field is a strong signal for the entire PC market.

From AMD: RDNA 5 is still awaited

At AMD, the situation is hardly more dynamic. The RDNA 5 architecture is not expected before mid-2027, and the RX 9070 XT remains the current high-end Radeon offering. AMD's gaming division also saw its revenue decline by 31%, with high prices weighing on demand according to Lisa Su. Rumors mention a possible RX 9080 XT, but nothing confirmed at this stage.

Prices: vigilance remains key

Last point of attention: component prices are on the rise again. Some Asian distributors report increases of 20 to 40% on graphics card orders, and RAM is experiencing a sustained surge due to demand from AI data centers. Normalization is not expected before 2027.

In this context, waiting for the "next generation" doesn't make much sense: it won't arrive before 2027, and current prices are more likely to rise than fall.

What to remember for your next PC

Configurations based on RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti are a sustainable choice today: no replacement planned before 2027, software support that improves with DLSS 4.5, and prices that could climb in the coming months.

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