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
Today, I've been laughed at here, been called an "ngreedia fanboy" and lots of other stuff
and all I did was convey my experiences from on hand hardware.
Nvidia has better driver support - get over it people
and when it's time for me to upgrade it most certainly will be nvidia just for that reason.
You don't need stupid Geforce Experience to use a GTX or RTX card
hell, you can even use NVcleanstall to install just the drivers as many people like myself actually do.
All you know is to laugh and write stupid comments.
Think before you write.
Think.
On what basis do you think I base my own opinions?
You go buy whatever the hell you want.
You are just trying so hard to justify these prices with "AMD bad drivers, AMD black screens, AMD explodes and kills the owner before having time to return their product for a refund". I am obviously making a little fun here, but I guess you get my point.
Already the 4070 TI enjoys 3090-TI-like 20% avg performance uplift over a 3080. +Similar 20% uptrend in ray tracing performance. +DLSS3 slapped on top. Assuming the 4070 TI "marginally beats" the 3080 or sits in the region of a 3090, thats enough for NVIDIA to push $750. I'm having a hard time seeing NVIDIA dipping below $700-$750... there's a market for it and the green monster ain't playin nice, its hungry!! It's down to consumer inclinations and whether they will take the bait.
About existing stock... usually newer Gen cards have always resembled their previous Gen counterparts. At best, a $50-$100 increase depending on the level performance increase/features. 40-series is something else... an opportunistic realisation through the crypto/pandemic craze. Could you imagine the board members sitting around the nV knight templar round table seeing people going nuts over 30-series overpriced retail offerings + massive price spike re-offerings with scalpers = NVIDIA can't get enough (in-house scalping like theres no tomorrow with AMD left trailing to make any meaningful impact)
I did enjoy Maxwell owned 2x 970s and a 980ti.
Alas we will never get generations like either again the days of the 500-700 usd flagship are long dead.
Damn cards are already costing about the same as an entry level car in my country
By the way, much better value incentives are not unheard of in capitalism. A flagship Samsung Galaxy Note was sold a few years ago on their website for over €700. For cash purchase, they offered a bundle with freee VR headset and free two tickets for a concert of famous rock group, all together worth ~€350 on the top of the phone price. Nvidia merely offers a game. It's laughable.
Drivers install fine
I got rid of MSI afterburner. Because AMD drivers just work, and I can OC and tweak fans without a third party program.
AMD overlay works way better then afterburner's
Best part? I didnt need an account with nvidia to accomplish any of this.
AMD's drivers are great.
Think.
I have a 4070-ti and never thinked pay that much for a GPU in my life (i'd gaven them 500, bc RTX is pricy since always), but that's when i decided to upgrade my 1660S and that i had planned to take a higher-end card (i aways had only 60 series my whole life) then i buyed it anyway. I knew 4070 non-ti would have 5888 core, it was talked about since last year, so i even buyed a ti that i didn't planned nor never wanted.
The card i have has no value, in 2 years i sell it 150 bucks (but no, bc i planned to keep it also since long time), but if people buy, brand sells, so the only solution is to stop to buy.
I did it bc that's what i planned since a lot of years, if nobody can jump a gen, Nvidia will continue to sell at high price, all the way.
4000 is what i cal v1.0 , 2000 is first (no buy), it introduces RTX, 3000 good, 4000 FG ! = 0.1 / 0.5 / 1.0 (best value in RTX)