Everyone knows it is coming. However Nvidia’s RTX 4070 graphics card hasn’t really been introduced not to mention launched. And but it seems in a brand new official slide from Nvidia detailing latency efficiency in Counter-Strike 2 (opens in new tab) courtesy of its Reflex anti-lag expertise.
The no-longer-rumoured RTX 4070 is proven in opposition to the RTX 3060 (opens in new tab) and aged GTX 1060 (opens in new tab). Whereas body charges are what you’d actually need to see for an total image of efficiency, latency is partially derived from body charge. So, this does represent the primary official, if infinitesimally slim, snapshot of the RTX 4070’s efficiency.
You possibly can add that to the avalanche of ‘leaked’ info (opens in new tab), which at this level is giving a fairly clear indication of what to anticipate from the 4070.
In pure raster efficiency phrases, the rumours recommend the RTX 4070 will slot in at about the identical degree because the last-gen RTX 3080. However it is going to supposedly retail at $599, $100 lower than the RTX 3080’s MSRP, albeit the 3080 sometimes bought for multiples of that in a lot of its lifespan due to the GPU craze throughout the pandemic.
We’re additionally anticipating the RTX 4070 to be fitted out with 12GB of VRAM, an additional 2GB over that fundamental 3080. If that’s the case, that could possibly be a useful improve given the hideous propensity of some latest titles, together with The Final of Us, to vacuum up ludicrous quantities of video reminiscence (opens in new tab). That sport can hit 11GB of VRAM at 1080 Extremely settings. Ouch.
Anyway, why Nvidia selected to focus on an unannounced GPU within the Counter-Strike 2 Reflex efficiency slide is anybody’s guess. Arguably the equally unannounced RTX 4060 would have been a greater match given the opposite two GPUs have been each ’60 sequence boards.
However perhaps that was a step too far into Nvidia’s future plans. The consensus is at present that the RTX 4070 can be launched later this month, with the RTX 4060 and its 4060 Ti sibling arriving in might.
No matter, the truth that Nvidia is blissful to stay the RTX 4070 in an official slide does reasonably suggest the GPU is ready to launch very, very quickly. This is hoping it is no less than nearly as good because the rumours recommend.
