Rumor mill: Following information final month that Nvidia appeared more likely to launch the RTX 4070 (non-Ti model) in April, a brand new leaker with an excellent observe file has narrowed the date all the way down to April thirteenth. While a few of the card’s specs look like confirmed, we nonetheless do not know the all-important worth, though it could be dearer than you’d anticipate.
Just final month, alleged embargo paperwork from Nvidia revealed that the RTX 4070 would drop in April. It by no means gave an actual date, however in accordance with {hardware} leaker hongxing2020 (through VideoCardz), who has been correct with earlier RTX 30xx and RTX 40xx reveal dates, April 13 would be the day the cardboard arrives.
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4070 —> 4/13——hongxing2020 (@hongxing2020) March 11, 2023
Like the RTX 4070 Ti, the RTX 4070 is about to function 12GB of GDDR6X reminiscence through a 192-bit interface with a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s. The upcoming graphics card can be based mostly on the AD104 GPU (AD104-250-A1 variant).
As a decrease tier within the Ada Lovelace hierarchy, the RTX 4070’s CUDA core depend has been decreased from 7,680 within the Ti model to five,888. Some imagine the TDP will drop from 285W to 200W, though this isn’t universally accepted as others declare that each playing cards have a TDP of 285W.
The large query is how a lot Nvidia will cost for the RTX 4070. The Ada Lovelace line has confronted loads of criticism for its excessive costs, however staff inexperienced is unlikely to buck the pattern right here. For comparability, the RTX 3070 begins at $499. That’s virtually actually not the case with the RTX 4070, which many suspect may have an MSRP of $699. That’s $100 lower than the RTX 4070 Ti (previously the 12GB RTX 4080), although most playing cards value greater than recommended.
Despite its wallet-busting properties, the RTX 4000-series has confirmed fashionable sufficient to warrant a Steam investigation. Both the RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4080 entered the foremost GPU charts in February, becoming a member of the RTX 4090 that launched a month earlier.
