Acer and Gigabyte RTX 50-series gaming laptops confirm release window
Acer and Gigabyte confirmed they will release gaming laptops featuring NVIDIA’s RTX 50-series GPUs starting in March 2025, with models available through April, according to NVIDIA’s official announcement. The launch follows the desktop RTX 50-series rollout beginning January 30, 2025, and aims to bring high-performance mobile graphics to the market with starting prices around $1,299.
NVIDIA’s official announcement confirms that the GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 Ti laptop GPUs will be available starting in March 2025, with the RTX 5070 laptop GPU following in April. Acer and Gigabyte were specifically named among the “world’s top manufacturers” set to offer RTX 50-series laptops during this initial launch wave, according to NVIDIA’s release. The company outlined that prices for these new gaming laptops will start at $1,299, establishing a baseline for early models from both OEMs.
NVIDIA detailed that RTX 50-series laptop GPUs will ship starting in March, initially covering the RTX 5090, 5080, and 5070 Ti chips, with RTX 5070-powered machines arriving in April.
The RTX 50-series laptop launch is positioned as the mobile counterpart to the desktop RTX 50-series rollout, which begins January 30, 2025, officials said. Pre-orders for RTX 50-series gaming laptops are scheduled to open on February 25, with general retail availability expected in March. Independent coverage from Tom’s Hardware and other outlets corroborates this timeline, noting that Acer and Gigabyte systems should be listed for pre-order by late February, barring any delays.
The company promotes the new Blackwell architecture-based laptops as being as thin as 14.9 millimeters, delivering up to 40% better battery life and double the performance compared to the previous generation. Pricing guidance from NVIDIA places the RTX 5090 Laptop GPU at $2,899, the RTX 5080 at $2,199, the RTX 5070 Ti at $1,599, and the RTX 5070 at $1,299, suggesting that high-end models from Acer’s Predator line and Gigabyte’s AORUS series will fall within these price tiers.
Acer’s participation in the launch wave is confirmed by NVIDIA’s official materials, which list the company as a provider of RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti, and 5070 laptops in the March–April timeframe. However, Acer’s own announcements indicate a staggered regional rollout. For example, Acer’s Swift X 14 laptops equipped with RTX 5070 GPUs are slated for availability in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) in July 2025. Additionally, Acer’s Nitro AI series, featuring RTX 50-series GPUs, is planned for a Q3 release in North America and a July–August window in EMEA for Nitro 16 and Nitro 18 AI models, according to company press releases.
More affordable Acer RTX 50-series laptops using entry-level GPUs like the RTX 5050 and RTX 5060 are expected later in the spring and summer. Leak-based reports from Videocardz, cited by PC Gamer, show Acer’s RTX 5050 and 5060 laptop models listed on Acer Hong Kong’s website with a May release scheduled. Windows Central further confirms that Acer’s Nitro V 16 AI, Nitro V 16, and Nitro V 15 models equipped with the RTX 5050 Laptop GPU will start at $899.99 and are expected to go on sale in late July and August. The RTX 5050 Laptop GPU features 2,560 CUDA cores, 8 GB of GDDR7 memory, and a 128-bit memory bus, delivering performance roughly 18–22% slower than the RTX 5060 Laptop GPU, according to performance testing cited by Windows Central.
Gigabyte is also confirmed by NVIDIA as a key player in the initial RTX 50-series laptop launch, with the company’s AORUS and G5/G6 gaming lines expected to be among the first to adopt the new GPUs. While NVIDIA’s announcement does not specify exact Gigabyte models, the brand’s inclusion in the March (RTX 5090/5080/5070 Ti) and April (RTX 5070) rollout waves indicates a launch schedule aligned with Acer’s high-end systems. Pricing for Gigabyte’s RTX 50-series laptops is expected to reflect NVIDIA’s GPU price tiers, with flagship AORUS models positioned in the upper segment near $2,899 for RTX 5090 configurations.
Despite the official March–April launch window, some delays in availability have been reported. A detailed YouTube analysis referenced by multiple sources notes that RTX 50-series laptops experienced roughly five to six weeks of delay from initially planned February deliveries, with some units now expected to ship as late as March 31 or April 19. Retailers such as Best Buy have listed RTX 50-series laptops for pre-order, but several models sold out quickly or became unavailable, indicating constrained supply during the early phase of the rollout. These delays suggest that while the formal launch begins in March, many customers may not receive Acer and Gigabyte RTX 50-series laptops until late March or mid-April.
The RTX 50-series GPUs powering these laptops are based on NVIDIA’s Blackwell architecture, which incorporates 4th-generation ray-tracing cores and 5th-generation Tensor cores. This generation marks the first consumer GPUs to feature GDDR7 video memory, which increases memory bandwidth at similar bus widths compared to the GDDR6 and GDDR6X used in the previous RTX 40-series. NVIDIA promotes the new laptop GPUs as delivering double the performance of the prior generation while improving battery life by up to 40%. These performance and efficiency gains form the technical foundation for Acer and Gigabyte’s upcoming gaming laptops, which will also support DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation and updated ray-tracing and AI capabilities.
Manufactured on TSMC’s custom 4N process node, the RTX 50-series laptop GPUs influence design considerations for Acer and Gigabyte, including thermal management, chassis thickness, and battery life targets. The combination of these technological advances and the staggered release schedule reflects NVIDIA’s and its partners’ approach to bringing the RTX 50-series to the mobile gaming market throughout 2025.
