We now have rumored launch dates for Nvidia’s incoming RTX Tremendous updates for Lovelace, and they’re going to apparently be given a staggered launch throughout January.
IT Dwelling (a Chinese language tech website and common supply of rumors – although you must deal with them with just a little additional warning on high of the standard teaspoon of doubt) has the knowledge, which we’re instructed is from a number of sources (hat tip to VideoCardz).
The idea is after Nvidia unveils the three new RTX 4070 and 4080 graphics playing cards on January eighth at a ‘particular occasion’ for CES 2024, the primary replace to hit cabinets would be the RTX 4070 Tremendous on January seventeenth .
After this, we see the RTX 4070 Ti Tremendous every week afterward January twenty fourth, after which the RTX 4080 Tremendous lastly arrives on January thirty first, proper on the finish of the month.
So they are going to be spaced out with every week between them and they’re going to begin so as of their efficiency from least to strongest. If this discuss from the varied sources seems to be right, in fact.
Rounding up earlier rumors and theories, IT Dwelling reckons the RTX 4070 Tremendous (12GB) may have a efficiency degree near the present RTX 4070 Ti and be priced round $599 to $649 within the US (and in line elsewhere , Little doubt).
Above that, the brand new RTX 4070 Ti Tremendous (16GB) shall be one thing like 15% to twenty% quicker than the RTX 4070 Ti with a price ticket of $799 to $849.
Lastly, the RTX 4080 Tremendous (16GB) shall be marginally quicker than the present RTX 4080, by one thing like 5% to 10%, and the worth is rumored to be $999.
Repair earlier errors?
So it seems to be like we now have three new Tremendous GPUs on the best way – as initially thought, together with the ‘Ti Tremendous’ mannequin (we nonetheless hate that identify) – and never simply two as a latest rumor advised. (Although the latter may nonetheless occur if this hypothesis seems to be flawed, in fact).
With a trio of graphics playing cards being ready, a staggered launch is smart, and we have argued for this previously. That stated, we anticipated the trio to be paced over maybe months (or at the least into February), reasonably than having them arrive week by week in January.
This appears to point that Nvidia is eager to ditch its Lovelace line-up at pace, and maybe that is no shock given all of the tales of woeful RTX 4080 gross sales. By the way, IT Dwelling echoes the rumor that the present RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4080 shall be scrapped when these new updates arrive, which additionally is smart – this bracket within the RTX 4000 sequence would in any other case be approach too crowded. And it is smart particularly for the RTX 4080, which, as talked about, has carried out notably poorly by way of gross sales.
It really feels rather a lot just like the RTX 4080 Tremendous is the graphics card that the RTX 4080 ought to have been within the first place. The replace is a comparatively modest improve – the pessimistic situation places it at simply 5% quicker if the rumors are true – however the value adjustment to $999 within the US will make it significantly extra tempting than the RTX 4080’s MSRP of $1,199. It should additionally put Nvidia’s GPU in a direct face-off with AMD’s RX 7900 XTX, the flagship RDNA 3 GPU that can be priced at $999.
We are able to hope that the pricing of the brand new RTX 4070 Tremendous implies that Nvidia will push down the worth of the RTX 4070 (which is able to stay within the Lovelace vary, we should always make clear) to create a long way – which may presumably be one of the best information of all for PC avid gamers.
In the case of Nvidia, nevertheless, we have develop into skeptical of excellent issues taking place by way of pricing. However then once more, if these renewals are about correcting previous errors and missteps within the house to the higher vary, properly, you by no means know…