Saturday, March 11th 2023
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Allegedly Launches on April 13
It has been pretty much confirmed that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (non-Ti) is launching in April, but now, the rumored date has been specified as April 13th. The latest report comes from a well known leaker, hongxing2020, over at Twitter, who has a pretty good track record and had correct dates for RTX 30 and RTX 40 series launch dates. In case you missed it, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is based on the same AD104 GPU as the RTX 4070 Ti, with slightly fewer cores, but still comes with the same memory specification as the Ti version.
This means the GeForce RTX 4070 should feature 46 streaming multiprocessors (SMs) which should leave it with 5,888 CUDA cores enabled. It will come with 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit memory interface. The TDP is rumored at 200 W. There were some rumors that NVIDIA could have three different SKUs for the RTX 4070, with 16 GB, 12 GB, and 10 GB of VRAM, but so far, this has just remained as a vague rumor coming from Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) regulatory filings. NVIDIA is slowly completing the RTX 40 series lineup, so hopefully we will not have to wait too long for updates on the RTX 4060 Ti and the RTX 4060. NVIDIA, and its founder and CEO, Jensen Huang, will be holding the opening keynote at GTC on March 21st, so we could get at least some updates for the future GeForce lineup.
Sources:
hongxing2020 (Twitter), via Videocardz
This means the GeForce RTX 4070 should feature 46 streaming multiprocessors (SMs) which should leave it with 5,888 CUDA cores enabled. It will come with 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit memory interface. The TDP is rumored at 200 W. There were some rumors that NVIDIA could have three different SKUs for the RTX 4070, with 16 GB, 12 GB, and 10 GB of VRAM, but so far, this has just remained as a vague rumor coming from Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) regulatory filings. NVIDIA is slowly completing the RTX 40 series lineup, so hopefully we will not have to wait too long for updates on the RTX 4060 Ti and the RTX 4060. NVIDIA, and its founder and CEO, Jensen Huang, will be holding the opening keynote at GTC on March 21st, so we could get at least some updates for the future GeForce lineup.
57 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Allegedly Launches on April 13
Soooo.... they're about to launch yet ANUTHA over-priced addition to their line-up.... yee haw :) /s
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So still bad stuff whatever he smokes.
So, probably 384GB/sec bandwidth for the non Ti vs 504GB/sec for the Ti?
OK, $600-$650 then to compensate for the cheaper memory? No. Nope. Still $650-$700.
Nvidia is moving everything up now that it can.
If 4070 delivers 3080-performance @ 150-180W after some fine tuning with voltage, would be really nice. Just thinking of some rumors saying 200W in specs. Yet again, it's not only about saving money in energy costs, but the cooler's noise levels. I am allergic to noise. :)
On the other hand, this kind of 160W scenario you mentioned, makes it interesting for laptops. With a TGP of 140W and above, and such amount of cuda cores as 3072 in "4060M", I see a possibility of pumping the GPU to 3000MHz without trouble.
Having 140W TGP equals with logic of more cudas=less frequency. Less cudas=more frequency, to cap with the 140W limitation. :rolleyes:
I play with Vsync so I prefer a fixed clock with a manual undervolt. On my 3080, most games do 200-250 W depending on GPU utilization. I saw as much as 280 W in Metro Exodus EE with max usage.
But in Aliens: Fireteam Elite I saw over 300 W in some scenes. And that was on 1800 MHz @ 0.8 V, which is a crazy undervolt compared to the stock 1.05 V. With a power limit at stock voltage, performance would drop like crazy.
A fixed clock is so much better for a capped framerate. 1800 MHz @ 0.8 V and 1905 MHz @ 0.9 V was a difference of ~200 vs. ~250 W, even though the framerate was identical.
Of course all this is with the "prefer max performance" mode. Adaptive can save you more power, but it's horrible for frametimes.
If the 4070 is $600, I might consider side-grading my 3080. This was my first card with such ridiculous power consumption, and without the undervolt I would've gotten rid of it a long time ago.