Rumor mill: Following final month’s information that Nvidia appears prone to launch the RTX 4070 (non-Ti model) in April, a brand new leaker with a very good file has narrowed down the date to April 13. Whereas a few of the card’s specs appear just about locked in, we nonetheless do not know the all-important value, although it can most likely be dearer than you’d count on.
It was final month when alleged embargo paperwork from Nvidia revealed that the RTX 4070 was dropping in April. It by no means gave a precise 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
Just like the RTX 4070 Ti, the RTX 4070 is about to come back with 12GB of GDDR6X reminiscence throughout a 192-bit interface for 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. The upcoming card can be primarily based on the AD104 GPU (AD104-250-A1 variant).
Being decrease down the Ada Lovelace hierarchy, the RTX 4070’s variety of CUDA cores is lower from 7,680 within the Ti model to five,888. Some imagine that the TDP will drop from 285W to 200W, although that is not universally agreed, as others declare each playing cards can have a 285W TDP.
The large query is how a lot Nvidia will cost for the RTX 4070. The Ada Lovelace sequence has confronted loads of criticism over its excessive costs, however workforce inexperienced is unlikely to go towards the pattern right here. The RTX 3070, for comparability, arrived with a $499 beginning value. That nearly actually will not be the case with the RTX 4070, which many suspect can have a $699 MSRP. That is $100 lower than the RTX 4070 Ti (previously the 12GB RTX 4080), although most playing cards value greater than the really helpful value.
Regardless of their wallet-busting nature, the RTX 4000 sequence is proving widespread sufficient to interrupt into the Steam survey. Each the RTX 4070 Ti and the RTX 4080 made it into the primary GPU chart in February, becoming a member of the RTX 4090 that arrived a month prior.