Nvidia’s new slower RTX 4070 arriving without a price drop, says leak

Nvidia is ready to introduce a brand new model of its RTX 4070 that makes use of slower GDDR6, moderately than GDDR6X reminiscence, and the primary of these playing cards has been noticed revealing that regardless of having barely slower reminiscence, the brand new card gained’t be any cheaper than current fashions. The brand new Nvidia RTX 4070 V2 GDDR6 playing cards are listed as having the identical $549 MSRP as different RTX 4070 playing cards.

With the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 being probably the greatest graphics card choices on the market in its worth vary, the truth that customers may instantly be getting a downgraded model may critically dent its attraction.

The brand new playing cards are two fashions made by Gigabyte, they usually have been revealed by tech information web site, Videocardz, based mostly on “data that we’ve got.” The location reveals a mannequin known as the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 Windforce 2X V2 OC 12G GDDR6 with mannequin quantity GV-N4070WF2OCV2-12GD and a second mannequin that isn’t named explicitly however has the mannequin quantity GV-N4070GAMING2OCV2-12GD. The previous of those two playing cards is a twin-fanned card whereas the latter is a triple-fanned card.

We will see from the photographs the location gives of the packaging of the Windforce card (proven above) that the labeling clearly states the V2 and GDDR6 elements of the cardboard within the mannequin title, however there’s seemingly no specific point out that it’s not primarily a standard RTX 4070.

What’s extra, Videocardz claims the worth listed for the brand new playing cards is $549, which is similar as current entry stage RTX 4070 fashions. On condition that the expectation is these playing cards could have reminiscence that’s just a few proportion factors slower than that of current RTX 4070 playing cards, for this distinction to not be mirrored no less than a tiny bit within the worth of the playing cards is a tricky capsule to swallow.

Nonetheless, that is the primary obvious launch of those new playing cards we’ve but seen and it’s nonetheless a leak, moderately than an official announcement, so not solely may we see different card producers take a special method however we may see totally different closing pricing from Nvidia.

As for once we may see extra bulletins concerning these playing cards, a September launch date is anticipated for them so we must always hear extra very quickly.

For extra on why we in any other case assume the RTX 4070 is a stable purchase for its worth, take a look at our RTX 4070 assessment and our RTX 4070 Tremendous assessment too.