The CES 2025 is a highly anticipated event for the computing world, especially for Intel, AMD, and Nvidia. Intel is hosting an “Intel-driven” keynote, but it has the least exciting lineup of announcements this year. AMD might have the most stacked CES lineup out of the big three, with RDNA 4 graphics cards taking center stage. Nvidia is expected to talk about RTX 50-series GPUs, and we might get at least the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 at CES 2025.
Intel is likely to dedicate at least a bit of time to talking about the B570 during its keynote and might also take a victory lap with the exceptional Arc B580 that launched a few weeks back. Intel has quietly opened preorders for non-K models in China, and Lunar Lake lineup of CPUs will feature higher-end laptop CPUs with more cores, more power, and possibly higher clock speeds.
AMD is likely to announce the RX 9070 XT to fall somewhere between the performance of RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4080, costing between $600 and $650. Other cards in the RDNA 4 lineup are said to arrive somewhere in March, and we might hear something about FSR 4, which is said to be based on AI, utilizing dedicated AI hardware on AMD GPUs for similar image quality to Nvidia’s DLSS.
Nvidia’s next-gen graphics cards, including the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090, are expected to launch at CES. The RTX 5080 would release on January 21, and RTX 5090 could crack $2,000. We might hear some details about Nvidia’s RTX 50-series mobile lineup, and DLSS 4 might launch this time around.
Apart from the big three, other major laptop manufacturers would be releasing new products, including refreshes to consumer, commercial, and gaming laptops. We could see long-awaited gaming laptop updates and refreshes if we get RTX 50-series mobile GPUs. Monitors are always a big announcement at CES, and LG introduced its 5K bendable OLED, while Samsung Display launched the rollout of 4K 27-inch QD-OLEDs.
The rumor this year is that Qualcomm will continue its push into the Windows PC landscape, potentially including budget laptops and even desktop PCs. Qualcomm is quickly becoming the big four alongside Intel, AMD, and Nvidia. There might be more disruption in the Windows PC space from Qualcomm.