Nvidia has surprisingly withdrawn the RTX 4080 12GB launch

About four weeks before the planned launch of the RTX 4080, Nvidia pulled the emergency brakes, not releasing the 12 GB version of the graphics card. The reason is the controversial naming, but the 16 GB model should still appear on November 16.

After Nvidia The RTX 4090 is available from October 12 Well, RTX 4080 models should actually follow in November But the manufacturer had to take a lot of criticism here, because instead of a 4070, the The RTX 4080 comes in two variants, 12 and 16 GB The RTX 4080 12GB shown should sell for $1,099 but uses a A different GPU than the 16GB model and falls significantly overall Low performance Out designation RTX 4070 will be more appropriate in the eyes of many observers.

Response to Criticism of Naming

Nvidia now implicitly admits this, because In a short message it says RTX 4080 12GB doesn’t have a proper name And the two GPUs labeled 4080 are misleading. You press nvidia “Unlaunch” – taste and postpones the start. The RTX 4080 16GB Sol am 16. Nov displayedThe rebranded 12 GB variant will probably only be seen again at CES 2023.

The RTX 4080 12GB should only be available through board partners, who won’t like the spontaneous cancellation shortly before launch. It is not yet known whether the lower-priced cards will appear under the new name later after extensive rebranding and additional costs for withdrawals. A founder version of the stopped map is not planned.

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