In comparison, the RTX 4090 still offers around a 32% gain over the RTX 5070, with big differences in DirectX 9 through DirectX 12, too. The RTX 5070 topped at 91 frames per second (fps) in DirectX 12, while the RTX 4090 reached 149 fps.

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In advance of next week's GTC and GDC trade shows, Nvidia discussed Blackwell availability, where it specifically stated that it has shipped twice as many Blackwell GPUs in the first five weeks as it did Ada GPUs for the first five weeks in 2022 — but that's effectively comparing only the RTX 4090 against four RTX 50-series GPUs launched this year.

Nvidia claims RTX 50-series GPUs are off to a better start than the previous generation. Nvidia has released four GPUs in the past several weeks, compared to only two in the previous generation. RTX 50-series GPUs remain out of stock at most major retailers.

It sounds like success, but Nvidia's careful wording masks how little there is that's actually worth bragging about.

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