Nvidia might be about to launch a brand new barely slower model of the RTX 4070, in line with new rumors. A brand new Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 variant may use barely slower GDDR6 reminiscence as a substitute of the same old GDDR6X, which may lead to a cheaper price for the brand new variations.
The rumor of a brand new variant of the most effective graphics playing cards you should buy can be candy music to the ears of those that have been tempted by the RTX 4070 however have discovered its $550 worth nonetheless too excessive. There’s no assure Nvidia will drop the worth of a barely slower model, however we’d be stunned if a small saving didn’t accompany the brand new card, if it does develop into actual.
The rumors surrounding this new card come from two sources, with early rumors coming from Chinese language tech web site, Benchlife, which speculated {that a} new RTX 4070 with GDDR6 VRAM might be coming, following a scarcity of GDDR6X reminiscence. Then, extra not too long ago, common graphics card-related tech leaker MEGAsizeGPU on X (previously Twitter) additionally posted extra specs and a potential mannequin title for the brand new card.
Stepping into the specifics, then, the brand new card is suspected to be referred to as fairly actually the GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6, and this leak claims it’ll use 12GB of 20Gbps GDDR6 VRAM as a substitute of the same old 12GB of 21Gbps GDDR6X VRAM. That ends in a drop in whole reminiscence bandwidth from 504GB/s to 480GB/s, which in all probability wouldn’t make an enormous dent within the card’s efficiency.
In the meantime, all “different specs stay the identical” in line with MEGAsizeGPU. That particularly consists of the usage of the identical PG141 SKU 347 PCB as present playing cards, and the GPU can have the identical spec too, with the same old 5,888 CUDA cores. That stated, this might nonetheless depart room for Nvidia to decide on to down-clock the GPU, simply to create a barely clearer efficiency distinction between this card and the common RTX 4070.
If such a graphics card does ever get launched, and has a slight worth lower, it may carve out a distinct segment for itself. The RTX 4070 has all the time been an important possibility, however is just a little bit overpriced, whereas the RTX 4060 and RTX 4060 Ti are each fairly costly for the efficiency they provide. An RTX 4070 GDDR6 at an MSRP of $499 might be proper on the cash.
For now, although, our completely prime decide for many players looking for a graphics card that balances wonderful efficiency with respectable worth is the RTX 4070 Tremendous, or for these on a a lot tighter funds, the AMD RX 7600 is the best way to go.
