Rumor mill: Nvidia is rumored to have discontinued mass manufacturing of the RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4080 forward of what is believed to be the playing cards’ Tremendous-variant launch. Whereas this ought to be taken with a wholesome grain of salt, it is not the primary time we have heard claims that the RTX 4080 was being discontinued in favor of the Tremendous model.
The brand new rumor comes from Chinese language web site Board Channels (through VideoCardz). It is alleged that Nvidia introduced the discontinuation of the RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4080 to board companions, stopping mass manufacturing and implementing a listing cut-off.
It is essential to notice the distinction between a card being discontinued, which suggests it should not be manufactured in any respect, and stopping mass manufacturing, which can be non permanent as Nvidia focuses on different fashions – i.e., the Tremendous variants – that share some elements. Each phrases are talked about on Board Channels.
This is not the primary time we have heard Nvidia may discontinue a card in favor of its upcoming Tremendous variant. The identical rumor circulated final month relating to the RTX 4080. Chinese language retailers had been reportedly stocking up on the cardboard forward of the 4080 being changed by its Tremendous model, and producers had been stated to be rising shipments. That is the primary we have heard of the RTX 4070 Ti sharing the identical destiny, although.
The RTX 4080 launched precisely one yr in the past as we speak, whereas the RTX 4070 Ti solely arrived in the beginning of January. Killing them off or stopping mass manufacturing so shortly will seemingly annoy those that purchased one, together with this RTX 4070 Ti proprietor, however we have heard that the Tremendous variants may carry the identical price ticket as their vanilla counterparts, encouraging customers to go for the extra highly effective variations.
Nvidia has but to formally announce the Tremendous playing cards and even trace at their arrival. There have been rumors that Crew Inexperienced will unveil them at CES in January – the identical occasion the place it revealed the RTX 4070 Ti 11 months in the past. That declare seemed extra seemingly final week when the corporate confirmed that it was holding a Particular Tackle on January 8.
The RTX 4080 Tremendous is believed to characteristic the AD103-400 GPU with the total 10,240 cores and 16GB of GDDR6X VRAM alongside a 256-bit bus interface. The RTX 4070 Tremendous, in the meantime, is predicted to characteristic AD104-350 or AD103-175 SKU configurations with the identical 7,168 cores in each variations.
There have additionally been studies of an unlikely-sounding RTX 4070 Ti Tremendous being within the works. We even noticed alleged photographs of the packaging just a few weeks in the past.