Nvidia is about to introduce a brand new model of its RTX 4070 that makes use of slower GDDR6, relatively 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 received’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 among the finest graphics card choices on the market in its value vary, the truth that customers may all of the sudden be getting a downgraded model might critically dent its attraction.
The brand new playing cards are two fashions made by Gigabyte, they usually have been revealed by tech information website, Videocardz, based mostly on “info that we’ve.” The positioning 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 supplies of the packaging of the Windforce card (proven above) that the labeling clearly states the V2 and GDDR6 facets of the cardboard within the mannequin identify, however there’s seemingly no express point out that it’s not basically 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. Provided 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 a minimum of a tiny bit within the value 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, relatively than an official announcement, so not solely might we see different card producers take a distinct strategy however we might see totally different remaining pricing from Nvidia.
As for after 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 strong purchase for its value, try our RTX 4070 overview and our RTX 4070 Tremendous overview too.
