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GDDR7 memory chips will be in production with either 2 or 3 GB sizes, which means 36GB of VRAM on 384-bit bus could be a possibility for next gen.
Can see 5090 30GB and 5090 Ti 36GB and then a 72GB Quadro.
32GB 5090 and 24GB 5080 is the most realistic configuration.
Also expect both of them to have ridiculous prices. $1500+ for the 5080 and $2500 FE MSRP for the 5090 wouldn't surprise me. AMD is skipping high-end for 1 generation so their competition will likely be a $1000 5070Ti. The 7900XTX or a refresh of it will be AMD's flahship until RDNA5. They have their valid reasons for that but it's very bad news for Nvidia customers, as much as they like to bash AMD.
Nvidia also wants to protect their way more expensive professional lineup so especially the 32GB 5090 will be priced to the moon.
A 32GB 5090 would mean 512bit bus, which this rumor is saying it will not have, contrary to the original rumor. So it'll either be 24GB or 36GB(48GB also, but that's probably not happening) as there will be 24Gb GDDR7 modules as well in addition to 16Gb ones(idk if mixing different capacity memory modules is a thing though to get like 30GB out of 384 bit bus, I'm just guessing no). Maybe they do both versions, or leave the 36GB as a potential 5090ti for later on, who knows.