4 days ago · Naturalized Russian citizen Edward Snowden has called the recently released Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 “a monopolistic crime against the consumer” due to its “crippling 16GB.”

1 day ago · NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has weighed in on NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs, going as far as saying that the RTX 5080 with its 16GB of GDDR7 is a "monopolistic crime against ...

And I was nodding to myself saying "Yeah Edward Snowden, you're onto something with this one." For clarity, the $1,000 GPU with 16 gigs of VRAM in question is the RTX 5080, which left PCG hardware ...

3 days ago · It really says something about how disappointing Nvidia's RTX 5000 series is proving to be when Edward Snowden publicly criticizes it. The infamous whistleblower has slammed the cards' poor value ...

2 days ago · Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 a “monopolistic crime” says whistleblower Edward Snowden. The digital rights leaker suggests that the new Nvidia RTX 5000 gaming GPU range is overpriced, and should ...

3 days ago · — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) January 31, 2025. Edward claims that NVIDIA's RTX Blackwell GPUs should have more VRAM onboard and that slapping a $1,000+ price tag on the RTX 5080 makes no sense at ...

5 days ago · For context, Edward Snowden was a former NSA intelligence contractor best known for making public the existence of global surveillance programs. This story was also covered in Snowden, a movie from 2016 that documented his career. Edward Snowden believes Nvidia is too focused on pleasing its shareholders with profits and numbers for the next ...

5 days ago · Edward Snowden, who likely needs no introduction, did not bother to hold back his disapproval of NVIDIA's recently launched RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 gaming GPUs. The reviews for the RTX 5090 have been mostly positive, although the same cannot be said for its affordable sibling, the RTX 5080.

4 days ago · But perhaps even Jensen Huang would be surprised to find Edward Snowden taking shots at the company and some of the key specs of the GeForce RTX 5070, RTX 5080, and RTX 5090.

6 days ago · The famed NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has called out Nvidia for their high GPU prices. Snowden has stated that Nvidia is now offering consumers “F-tier value for S-tier prices,” referring to the company’s recently released RTX 50 series graphics cards. Specifically, Snowden appears to have a problem with Nvidia’s RTX 5080 GPU.