The Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti, née RTX 4080 12GB, has now been formally introduced at Nvidia’s CES Particular Deal with (opens in new tab) in information that may come as a shock to no-one. Such is the leaky GPU business that we would already had each the $799 launch value and the January 5 launch date (opens in new tab) unveiled.
However now Nvidia has proven off a number of extra of its personal efficiency metrics, promising this third-tier Ada GPU will “max out your 1440p gaming monitor,” so sayeth Nvidia’s Jeff Fisher. Nvidia’s numbers present the cardboard outperforming the RTX 3090 Ti by fairly a way, nevertheless it’s in all probability price noting the numbers are prone to be taken beneath the perfect case situations with DLSS 3 and Body Technology thrown in for good measure.
I might counsel ready for some unbiased numbers earlier than leaping to any efficiency conclusions. I’ve a sense you will not have to attend too lengthy…
We already know a good quantity in regards to the RTX 4070 Ti, particularly on condition that Nvidia had beforehand introduced it because the RTX 4080 12GB on the tail finish of 2022 earlier than subsequently unlaunching it (opens in new tab) given the consternation about having two disparate GPUs beneath the very same title.
The RTX 4070 Ti then has the identical spec, makes use of the identical AD104 GPU, however now comes with a $100 lower cost tag. That is possible solely going to make each the RTX 4080 16GB (opens in new tab) at $1,200+ and the RX 7900 XT (opens in new tab) at $899 much more unpalatable than they already are.
With this anticipated an identical spec which means the RTX 4070 Ti goes to come back with fewer CUDA cores than the RTX 3080 10GB, a reminiscence system extra akin to the RTX 3060, and a GPU that is solely somewhat larger than the one inside an RTX 3050.
If it is something like the prevailing RTX 40-series playing cards then will probably be counting on a mix of excessive clock speeds and a surfeit of L2 cache to push it forward of the upper spec earlier gen GPUs.
One unhappy factor to notice is that Nvidia remains to be not providing any hope to mainstream avid gamers by way of any GPU releases extra tailor-made in direction of a smart price range. Certain, the $799 price ticket is decrease than AMD’s new playing cards, and the unique value it was listed at beneath the previous RTX 4080 12GB badge, nevertheless it’s nonetheless an enormous sum of money for a single part.
On that entrance Fisher explains that “the RTX 30-series continues to be the perfect GPU for mainstream avid gamers,” with out even a touch of the unhappiness to which that phrasing shall be obtained.