Nvidia’s next-gen RTX 4000 graphics cards have seen some new information emerge from the rumor mill, leading some people to question how the RTX 4070 will look.
This is courtesy of Kopite7kimi, a regular hardware liqueur on Twitter, who has dropped some new so-called details related to the top three Loveless GPUs, as well as a nugget of price information – take all of this with the usual high skepticism, mind you
Some updates. RTX 4090, AD102-300, 16384fp32, 384 bit 21 Gbps 24G GDDR6X, RTX 4080, AD103-300, 10240fp32, 256 bit (? 18 Gbps 16G GDDR6, ADDDR60, ADDDR 60, ADDDR60, ADDDR60 , Do not expect ADDPDR6 and lower MSRP.June 23, 2022
The spell related to the flagship line that Liqueur already told us about a week ago means that the CUDA core number of the RTX 4090 will increase slightly to 16,384. When that detail was first omitted, Liqueur couched it out in terms of the “could” field, so it would seem like a suggestion that they are now sure about this configuration (as opposed to the long-rumored 16,128 cores).
The memory load of the flagship Loveless graphics card will be 24GB GDDR6X (21Gbps, with a 384-bit memory bus).
Kopite7kimi further informs us that the RTX 4080 will have 10,240 CUDA cores with 16GB VRAM, although it is not certain whether it will be GDDR6 or GDDR6X (and a 256-bit memory bus). And for the RTX 4070, it will theoretically run with 7,168 CUDA cores and 10GB of video memory, which would be GDDR6, with a 160-bit bus (we’ll get back to that).
We have also been told in strong language that we should not expect a lower asking price (recommended retail or MSRP) than the current-gen RTX 3000 graphics card.
Finally, in a follow-up tweet, Kopite7kimi pegged the RTX 4090 at 450W, pegged the RTX 4080 with the RTX 4070 at 420W (with a question mark here) outlining the estimated power consumption levels. Set to draw 300W.
Analysis: Price reality verification – and concerns about the RTX 4070
Was anyone really expecting a lower price tag? We certainly weren’t, when these graphics cards first launched, if they had anything like a rumored performance bump in them, they would be much more sought after. And look at how demand is growing for Nvidia’s current GPUs: in Newig, the full 30 fully sold Nvidia models of the best-selling card, where there is no AMD board, is a sad situation in terms of pricing competition. . (And of course that’s why the price of an Nvidia graphics card isn’t dropping as fast as Tim Red’s RX6000 GPU).
Another factor in pricing is that Rumor Mill believes that Nvidia will market first with next-generation products, so considering the overall demand situation and releasing its new GPUs first, it’s hard to imagine a situation where Team Green would be. Want to go easy with MSRPs. In fact, if anything, we would expect a slight price shock for all of the above reasons, at least with some models after launch.
Okay, let alone the price, there’s some great space info here, and that includes the RTX 4070 with only a 160-bit bus with 10GB of GDDR6 VRAM, which worries some people that it looks less powerful (not a 12GB loadout is expected to be reserved for future 4070 Ti).
Honestly, though, we’ll be wary of keeping too much stock here on this bit of rumor mongering in particular, as it seems like a somewhat weird way to take for Nvidia with a memory configuration. Time will tell, although the so-called 300W power draw certainly does not indicate a weaker RTX 4070 – which has almost reached the RTX 3080 level (320W).
While the RTX 4090 and 4080 appear to be pitched at 450W and 420W, the former seems to have reached the GPU grapevine with some of the recent consensus, while the latter seems to be very close to the flagship power draw. Again, this could certainly be wrong – it says that Liquor marked the 420W figure with a question mark, and this is the only place where the rumor appears with TBP – but it is possible. As we discussed earlier, the RTX 3080 and 3090 had the same 30W difference (350W and 320W, respectively), so this is not without precedent.
However, it is worth noting that Kopite7kimi recently showed a 99% confidence level in that 420W prediction for the RTX 4080, and yet a question mark has been added here – which seems to be a step back from that previous confidence level.
All of this underscores how shaky and shifting these theories are in the rumor mill. In short, let’s not get bogged down and jump to conclusions right now, because the RTX 4000 launch isn’t too far away, and in a relatively short order we may have an official release – or at least a stronger rumor.
