Simply final week, rumors emerged of Nvidia engaged on a brand new variant of the RTX 4070 that makes use of barely slower GDDR6 reminiscence, as an alternative of the standard GDDR6X. Now, a brand new rumor suggests these new NvidiaΒ RTX 4070 GDDR6 playing cards may very well be showing on store cabinets as quickly as subsequent week.
The transfer to barely change the VRAM configuration of among the best graphics card choices you should buy proper now could be a seemingly unusual one however has apparently been pressured by a scarcity of GDDR6X RAM. As such, Nvidia and its companions have apparently needed to work on an answer that permits for considered one of its extra reasonably priced and fashionable playing cards to proceed being bought.
Given simply how just lately the RTX 4070 GDDR6 story broke, itβs stunning to see simply how shortly we may discover the brand new playing cards on store cabinets. A minimum of thatβs if the report from Taiwanese tech web site, Board Channels, is to be believed.
Particularly, the (machine translated) report states that βtheΒ RTX4070Β [β¦] could also be briefly provide till at the least the twentieth. The brand new provide of RTX4070 GDDR6 reminiscence will in all probability arrive after the twentieth, and the availability might steadily ease.β
Not solely is using the phrase βin all probabilityβ indicative of how speculative this report is however the normal speak right here is of provide, which may check with the availability of the playing cards arriving in outlets however may additionally imply the availability of the reminiscence to the cardboard producers, through which case it may very well be a very long time earlier than these merchandise are shipped around the globe.
Nonetheless, itβs potential that as quickly as subsequent week we may see new variations of the RTX 4070 turn into obtainable. Notably, the Gamescom commerce present takes place subsequent week, and weβre anticipating there to be a number of massive gaming tech bulletins, so this date would correspond properly with that occasion.
Thereβs no indication of whether or not the brand new GDRR6 playing cards will likely be barely cheaper than the GDDR6X playing cards. Given the GDRR6 fashions are anticipated to have round 5% slower reminiscence efficiency, it might be a really disappointing transfer if Nvidia and its companions simply swapped out the reminiscence with out making any modifications to the cardboardβs identify or value.
Whereas we wait to search out out simply what’s about to occur to the worldβs provide of RTX 4070 playing cards, why not take a look at what we all know to date about Nvidiaβs subsequent technology of GPUs through our RTX 5090 information.
