Nvidia is about to introduce a brand new model of its RTX 4070 that makes use of slower GDDR6, quite 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 present 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 best graphics card choices on the market in its worth vary, the truth that customers would possibly out of the blue be getting a downgraded model might significantly dent its enchantment.
The brand new playing cards are two fashions made by Gigabyte, and so they have been revealed by tech information web site, Videocardz, primarily based on “data that we’ve got.” The positioning exhibits 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 pictures the location gives 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 title, however there’s seemingly no express 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 identical as present entry degree RTX 4070 fashions. On condition that the expectation is these playing cards can have reminiscence that’s a couple of share factors slower than that of present RTX 4070 playing cards, for this distinction to not be mirrored a minimum of a tiny bit within the worth of the playing cards is a troublesome tablet to swallow.
Nonetheless, that is the primary obvious launch of those new playing cards we’ve but seen and it’s nonetheless a leak, quite than an official announcement, so not solely might we see different card producers take a special method however we might see totally different remaining pricing from Nvidia.
As for after we would possibly see extra bulletins relating to these playing cards, a September launch date is predicted for them so we should always hear extra very quickly.
For extra on why we in any other case suppose the RTX 4070 is a strong purchase for its worth, try our RTX 4070 evaluation and our RTX 4070 Tremendous evaluation too.