Nvidia's RTX 4070 graphics card may be powered by more CUDA cores and video memory than previously rumored, according to the latest GPU Vine news.
The source is well-known hardware leaker Kopite7kimi, who shared the revised speculation for the RTX 4070 via Twitter.
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So the theory now, and it's still just a theoretical incarnation of the RTX 4070 of course, and we can't be sure Nvidia has gone with this setup, is that Team Green has decided to increase the amount of CUDA Core to 7,680 (in compared to the previously rumored 7168).
That's a good jump, and another update is supposed to be applied in that the graphics card is set to use 12GB of VRAM (21Gbps GDDR6X), rather than the long rumored 10GB payload. weather.
Kopite7kimi further claims that the RTX 4070 will consume 300W in terms of power consumption, a figure that hasn't really changed from the previous leak we did comparisons with – good news in theory, given that the alleged specs are more powerful. now.
Analysis: Is it time for AMD to really start worrying?
The RTX 4070 will be a more affordable model than the higher-end Nvidia cards (4080 and 4090) that reap big rewards, so to see it get a supposed power boost and a massive boost is exciting news for those who-be-buyers. of tomorrow. Although we are well aware of the dangers of the rumored spec changes, they may not be entirely correct as the leaker might have been misinformed. Also, as Nvidia finalizes RTX 4000 GPU specs across the line, what might be true now may still change before launch.
Suffice to say, as is usual with rumors, resist the urge to get carried away. But if this turns out to be the latest incarnation of the RTX 4070, many gamers will breathe a sigh of relief with just the 12GB VRAM setup. As the rumored graphics card was only 10GB, it was one of the biggest sources of frustration and disappointment in the entire RTX 4000 lineup, from what we've seen (well, that and the obvious concerns about power usage, in particular). toward the top of the range).
As for the VRAM issue, if you recall, the theory was that Nvidia was saving the 12GB loadout for the RTX 4070 Ti, and what seems to have happened now is that the company basically turned the RTX 4070 into the 4070 Ti. Not only by increasing video memory, but also by expanding the number of CUDA cores to use the full cores available on the AD104 GPU.
This could mean that the RTX 4070 is close to overtaking the current RTX 3090 Ti, because as Kopite7kimi tweets, the 3DMark TimeSpy Extreme score for the 4070 is now over 11. For the RTX 000 Ti, it could easily match the 4070. You. and now that's apparently the case for the Vanilla RTX 3090, except it doesn't have an expected 4070W power draw like the rumored 400 Ti (supposedly a much lower 4070W).
Don't underestimate how crucial this could be to the power of the RTX 4070 at the time, and how difficult this graphics card could be for AMD to manage, considering all the caveats we've already pointed out.
However, there is also another question: what can Nvidia do with the RTX 4070 Ti when it finally emerges? By this we mean that if the RTX 4070 uses the full version of the AD104 chip, then there's really nowhere to go, so Nvidia would have to use a stripped down AD103 for the 4070 Ti (it's the GPU that powers the RTX 4080, or so believe the vine).
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