Wednesday, September 11th 2024
GeForce RTX 4070 with Slower GDDR6 Memory Priced on-par with Regular RTX 4070 Cards
NVIDIA GeForce board partners are preparing a silent launch of a variant of the GeForce RTX 4070 with slower 20 Gbps GDDR6 memory in place of the 21 Gbps GDDR6X that's standard to the RTX 4070, which results in a 5% reduction in memory bandwidth. It turns out that other specs, such as GPU clocks or core-configuration aren't changed to compensate for the reduced memory bandwidth. ASUS is among the first board partners with an RTX 4060 GDDR6 card, the ASUS DUAL RTX 4070 GDDR6, which was briefly listed on Newegg for $569, before it went out of stock. This is reported by VideoCardz as being the same price as the regular ASUS DUAL RTX 4070 with GDDR6X.
ASUS isn't the only NVIDIA board partner with an RTX 4070 GDDR6, Wccftech spotted a GALAX branded card that comes with the model string "RTX 4070 D6 1-click OC." Its retail box features a large specs-sheet on the front face that clearly mentions GDDR6 as the memory type. NVIDIA's move to re-spec the RTX 4070 with 20 Gbps GDDR6 was originally seen as a move to reduce its costs, letting the card be sold closer to the $500-mark. It remains to be seen if real-world prices settle down below those of the original RTX 4070 cards.
Sources:
VideoCardz, Hassan Mujtaba (Twitter)
ASUS isn't the only NVIDIA board partner with an RTX 4070 GDDR6, Wccftech spotted a GALAX branded card that comes with the model string "RTX 4070 D6 1-click OC." Its retail box features a large specs-sheet on the front face that clearly mentions GDDR6 as the memory type. NVIDIA's move to re-spec the RTX 4070 with 20 Gbps GDDR6 was originally seen as a move to reduce its costs, letting the card be sold closer to the $500-mark. It remains to be seen if real-world prices settle down below those of the original RTX 4070 cards.
75 Comments on GeForce RTX 4070 with Slower GDDR6 Memory Priced on-par with Regular RTX 4070 Cards
The RTX 4070 GDDR6 offers 99% of the performance of the GDDR6X variant.
But for us, tech-savvy enthusiasts who know what's going on, there's no way we won't ask for a price reduction when we know the BOM was lowered and NVIDIA's profit increased.
Hopefully W1zz will get a sample as well.I agree but that's where they'll tell us to go pound sand :oops:
This is looking like pretty much nothing burger as predicted. I do think Nvidia should at least make it transparent which memory variant you buy, and with a smidge of luck price cuts will start in 3-6 months as the 50 series and RDNA4 hit the market.
Is the leather jacket man paying well? When Nvidia launches a different version of the same card its nothing but when AMD does it people are upset over it.
www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidias-grasp-of-desktop-gpu-market-balloons-to-88-amd-has-just-12-intel-negligible-says-jpr
store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/videocard/ - Barely any AMD dGPUs in top 25
www.techpowerup.com/326415/amd-confirms-retreat-from-the-enthusiast-gpu-segment-to-focus-on-gaining-market-share
www.theverge.com/2024/9/9/24240173/amd-udna-gpu-ai-gaming-rdna-cdna-jack-huynh
This is a hardware forum, some of us cares about hardware.
*And then there's Kingston who will only guarantee certain parameters for a SSD model, while reserving the right to replace any and all components inside. That's a valid business, too. Even if it will give some pause to the tech-savvy users.
The 4070 GDDR6 model consumes 1.52% less power while being 4% slower. It also consumes more power at idle. So overall a small reduction in efficiency.
I believe the video describes it perfectly, it's a small sneaky downgrade. It's baffling why Nvidia does things like this when it would be so easy for them to avoid.
Second of all, 4% is margin of error, you can get that if you benchmark the same video card model from different batches.
*Notice how you can from 8200 all the way down to 6800 to see that kind of difference. Even then, it's not across the board.
Mind you IMO that's only part of the problem. Nvidia is selling customers a materially cheaper product without letting customers know (like for example adding something to the model name). Some SSD manufacturer's do this and it ruins trust in their brand because people don't know the exact specs of what they are getting. Customers are required to be vigilant because in a capitalist market with no laws preventing this sort of thing, that's the only protection we have against it becoming even worse.
Do you also happen to think car manufacturers should release a different model for each trim?
Yes by the time you're spending $550 on a GPU you should be doing a lot of homework but the difference in labeling between the 2 is very subtle. There was a thread in the forums here last week with someone who wanted a 3060-class GPU and thought the 3060 8GB was the standard configuration and not cut down from 12GB. Same problem with a single different number, and an experienced forum member didn't know this product existed and assumed it was new when it's been out for almost 2 years now.
These changes are deceptive when the major model name doesn't change.
Will TPU make a full review of a 4070 GDDR6? I am interested in how the power consumption and clock speeds turn out.