Although the availability and price range of graphics cards is slowly improving, the next generation from Nvidia may already be available in the fall. The GeForce RTX 4000 aka “Ada” or “Lovelace” should bring not only performance improvements, but other changes as well. What is currently known? And what can we expect?
Last updated on August 25th
Update: The RTX 4090 is in production
of Twitter user Harukaze5719 Recently a document Brought to your attention, which was previously published on the Baidu forum. It works from leaked documents GeForce RTX 4090 Production Date Out accordingly, there have been GPUs ever since 16. August in production, although the actual start of production may be some time earlier. Also, the document confirms that the GPU has AD102 based and has 24 GB of video memory. On the connectivity side, three DisplayPort connections and an HDMI port can be found here.
Update: The RTX 4000 series may be delayed
According to a report WCCFTech Ada Loveless graphics card may be launched delay. Accordingly, the RTX 4000 series of graphics cards will be released about four weeks later than previously estimated. As of now, RTX 4090 will launch in September, RTX 4080 in October and RTX 3070 in November. The reason for this is apparent Problems with suppliers And a sluggish sale of current Ampere cards. However, dates should be publication dates and not presentation dates. Of course, further delays may occur at any time.
Update: The RTX 4090 should launch earlier than previously assumed
Previous rumors suggested a launch in September, Videocards Now even assuming that GeForce RTX 4000 graphics cards will launch even earlier. According to multiple sources August 2022 als launch der RTX 4090, confirmed for September for the RTX 4080 and October for the RTX 4070. However, further changes cannot be ruled out, as many partners still have large RTX 3000 stocks
Original message on April 28, 2022:
The current Ampere architecture from Nvidia, and thus the GeForce RTX 3000 graphics cards, were already presented in autumn 2020. Now it is the turn of the next generation, perhaps after the British mathematicians and computer pioneers Loveless is there is named. Incidentally, he developed exciting ideas for the basics of computer architecture and programming in the mid-19th century.
Manufacturing: Switch from Samsung to TSMC?
The hacker attack on Nvidia revealed some details about the planned portfolio. This is how chips are made from the chat AD102 to AD107 range, the former may sit on the upcoming flagship. A Tape this chip out should be forthcoming, i.e. the final step in the circuit or printed circuit board design process.
Nvidia appears to be switching from Samsung to TSMC for production of its upcoming graphics card chips. Thus, not only chips for professional GPUs, but also consumer chips will roll off the assembly line in Taiwan. Whether TSMC can dig up additional capacity remains to be seen. Specifically, GeForce RTX 4000 graphics cards should then In the N5 or N4 process Can be produced with a structure size of 5 nm.
A few rumors at a glance:
- 18,432 CUDA cores (FP32 units) with a maximum of 144 CUs
- Up to 48 GB of GDDR6X memory at 24 Gbps
- New PCIe 5.0 connector with 16 pins (aka 12VHPWR)
- Power consumption up to 900 watts is possible
- Continue with PCIe 4.0
In most configurations, such as those based on the AD102 chip, are Up to 18,432 CUDA cores over 144 CUs Possible. For comparison: a GeForce RTX 3090 Ti (the current top model) has 10,752 CUDA cores. In terms of memory, a maximum of 48 GB of GDDR6X memory should be available, Connected via a 384-bit interface Up to 24 Gbps. Although the new memory controller is said to already be designed for GDDR7 memory speeds of 32 Gbps, it is currently unlikely that the new memory standard will be ready for Ada/Lovelace’s launch.
Power consumption: up to 900 watts possible
Much more exciting, however, are rumors about power consumption. The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is now the first graphics card on the market to feature the new 12VHPWR connector. Although the connection was designed to be more compact, the card could Up to 600 watts (!) Take care. With two configurations, an upcoming top model can easily draw 900 watts from the power supply.
the latest According to rumours Nvidia is currently testing an AD102 GPU with exactly this TGP (“Total Graphics Power”). The card in question is said to have the already mentioned 48GB of memory, which alone could account for a large portion of the power consumption. However, it may not be an RTX 4090 or its Ti variant either, but Maybe a new titan. Like Twitter users kopite7kimi According to the report, the AD102 test board has more than two new connections – so be it “Everything is possible”.
for GeForce RTX 4080 (with the AD103 chip) 16 GB of GDDR6X memory and 350-450 watts of power consumption are planned. The RTX 4070 (including the AD104) can also come with 12 GB of GDDR6 memory (without the “X”) and offer around 300 watts of TGP. 12 GB on a 70’s card will probably be a bit low for many, but Nvidia will (again) want to clearly define the portfolio here. Nvidia will then discontinue the RTX 4000 portfolio with the remaining chips.
PCIe 5.0 power connector, but PCIe 4.0 interface?
While power connections are on board according to the new PCIe 5.0 standard, graphics cards should still communicate with the motherboard and CPU via PCIe 4.0 – at least that’s how it is. Twitter user kopite7kimi. This may sound a little unusual at first, but in the end it makes a lot of sense.
On the one hand, a PCIe 5.0 interface should cause additional costs in development and production. On the other hand, the data throughput with PCIe 4.0 is still more than sufficient for most applications, so that the subject – despite the aspect of “future safety” – only The next RTX 5000 generation Must be interesting.
Launch: Probably scheduled for September
The performance of the new Ada architecture should change at the top, i.e. in the form of the top model An increase by a factor of about 2 to 2.5 (compared to the grid performance of the Ampere architecture). We’ll see how the upcoming GeForce RTX 4000 graphics cards perform (hopefully) in the fall Nvidia should have one Launched in September Aim if you Twitter user Greymon55 can believe Hopefully there will be fewer interruptions than amps (or better: none at all).
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