Wednesday, March 15th 2023
Reference NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Rumored to Launch at $749
According to the latest rumor coming from Moore's Law is Dead, the upcoming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 could have a higher MSRP than expected, and could launch at $749. Yesterday, another rumor pointed out that NVIDIA is splitting the reviews for the GeForce RTX 4070 on two dates, with reference models that are sticking to MSRP going out on April 12th, and custom, higher-priced versions, a day later, on April 13th. The same date, April 13th, is when the GeForce RTX 4070 should hit retail shelves.
According to Moore's Law is Dead, the MSRP for reference versions will be set at $749.99, which is a bit more than earlier expected, and just $50 less than the launch MSRP for the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. The custom versions, or "premium" as some now called them, could start at $799.99.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is also based on the AD104 GPU, as the RTX 4070 Ti, but has 46 streaming multiprocessors (SMs), leaving it with 5,888 CUDA cores enabled. On the other hand, it is rumored to come with the same memory configuration as the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, featuring 12 GB of 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit memory interface. The TGP is set at 200 W.
The performance is expected to land somewhere between the RTX 3080 Ti and the RTX 3080, or pretty much in line with the RX 6900 XT. Of course, a 50% bump in the launch price compared to the predecessor, the RTX 3070, leaves a rather sour taste.
Sources:
Moore's Law is Dead (Youtube), via Wccftech
According to Moore's Law is Dead, the MSRP for reference versions will be set at $749.99, which is a bit more than earlier expected, and just $50 less than the launch MSRP for the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. The custom versions, or "premium" as some now called them, could start at $799.99.
The performance is expected to land somewhere between the RTX 3080 Ti and the RTX 3080, or pretty much in line with the RX 6900 XT. Of course, a 50% bump in the launch price compared to the predecessor, the RTX 3070, leaves a rather sour taste.
191 Comments on Reference NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Rumored to Launch at $749
Then a console can do the gaming part. The problem here is maintaining two different systems.
Back to the topic - monopolies are bad, mkay? NVIDIA wanted Arm, now they want an arm and a leg.
Nvidia and AMD are getting caught at their own game. They have been trying hard to push boundaries with performance, but there's something that many people seem to forget: performance has a limit when it comes to "enjoying it"
Just like phones, modern GPUs are getting so fast, especially now with DLSS3 that less and less people will consider upgrading every gen or so..
Look at phones and how Samsung has upgraded their updates schedule. It's because they KNOW that people now keep their phones for more than 4 years! And they want them to stay with Samsung!
We're getting close to a point where we almost have too much performance... With massive bottlenecks such as resolutions (who can tell the difference between 4k and 8k on a monitor?), games not getting any particulary beautiful anymore... Who's going to upgrade their 4090 next gen if they play at 1440p or 4K? There's no point! And the 5000 series will make this even worse!
A good exemple of that are SSDs. Why are SSDs sales dropping so hard? Well it's because many people got their hands on the fastest gen 4s out there.. Which means that they won't have any reasons to upgrade anymore for a while! While all these brands are investing in Gen 5, which won't make a difference for 99% of people!
This particular exemple can be applied to gpus aswell.
We need a major technological advancement to be convinced to upgrade. This is why Nvidia pushed DLSS and RTX. And locked DLSS3 to 4000s. Because they KNOW that people are getting "too satisfied" with what they have!
Products such as games are failing to follow the crazy pace that manufacturers like Nvidia have set.
"The RTX4060ti has 16GB of VRAM over 128-bit bus... now you don't know what the hell to do, do ya?"
Just a thought.
I just got this for 999.99, a 3 (8) pin overclocked non-reference 7900 xtx…who would pay barely 200 Dollars less for a 4070 that this card will absolutely destroy in every category, EVEN ray tracing!
First of all, it's ASRock, second of all, drivers are bad and third of all I could buy 4070ti for the same amount of money.
Performance doesn't matter in some cases.
Nvidia has a better product.
Better product doesn't always mean better performance.
I would love to be able to say AMD driver support is stellar, but it's not.
Every driver iteration people have to root out previous drivers with DDU, I mean, come on...
Nvidia went way too far with its pricing of 40 series... Way, way too far.
It's unreasonable,
but I'll be a fool once more and repeat:
they have a better product.
It's your own fault you're using that shit.
Because.....
Ummm.....
Well, because....we need some kind of lame method to make your purchase appear worthwhile and prove that you're getting more for your money.
No thanks. I wouldn't waste my money on Nvidia for this feature now or anytime in the future. If Nvidia needs to rely on special software to keep their new hardware relevant, then they're doing something wrong. I don't even use DLSS/DLSS2 with my 3080. I've tried and the end results always has some kind of fuzzy haze in parts of the game and I don't like it.....almost like a constant motion blur is active.
Not like before.
We can debate here all we want, but the best choice for any of us would be to stick with what we already have.
just another thought
edit:
to elaborate:
I have a friend who recently bought 7900xt
I mean, there's nothing wrong with the card
it's just that he can't seem to install the drivers properly.
After installing the latest drivers all he gets is a black screen.
He had to install an older driver just to get a picture on his screen.
Now, you tell me people, how some people install AMD drivers properly and some can't.
With or without DDU.
To cut the long story short; he's returning his card to buy Ngreedia like we all say here.
GPUs, however jumped up to heaven after Covid start (with couple signs before) - and never let go afterwards, there always was another excuse.
Yes, voting with your wallet is an empty pipe dream, but accepting this? Nah. Then again considering the dropping sales and their attempts to compensate that by even higher prices... it might fail and they will be forced to make changes.
But yes, if you have a good recentish card right now - stick to it, upgrade the rest.
Watching it on YouTube is absolutely useless btw it really needs to be actually used in person to get a good grasp of what it is doing.
That being said even if Frame generation worked perfectly in every game 750 usd for this terrible 4070 is laughable.
if u haven't experienced a recent AMD card, then don't believe just anyone about drivers, unless you're sure they own the product and not just lying to hate on AMD, i can play and record any game you play and you can see how smooth and stable it would run, so you don't have to feel trapped into just buying from 1 vendor and paying more and more even if you're getting less,
pc gaming as you know is all about choices in hardware and thankfully AMD and Intel are competing in GPUs, hope intel comes up with something better in the future compared to Arc, and AMD needs to be less greedy, 7900xt shoulda been $699/$750 tops for a custom model.
best regards!