Nvidia would possibly finish RTX 4070 Ti and 4080 manufacturing forward of Tremendous variants’ CES launch

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 needs 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 (by way of 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 list cut-off.

It is essential to notice the distinction between a card being discontinued, which implies it can now not be manufactured in any respect, and stopping mass manufacturing, which can be momentary 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 would possibly discontinue a card in favor of its upcoming Tremendous variant. The identical rumor circulated final month regarding 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 right now, whereas the RTX 4070 Ti solely arrived at first of January. Killing them off or stopping mass manufacturing so rapidly will doubtless annoy those that purchased one, together with this RTX 4070 Ti proprietor, however we have heard that the Tremendous variants would possibly 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 Staff 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 appeared extra doubtless final week when the corporate confirmed that it was holding a Special Address on January 8.

The RTX 4080 Tremendous is believed to function 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 anticipated to function AD104-350 or AD103-175 SKU configurations with the identical 7,168 cores in each variations.

There have additionally been experiences of an unlikely-sounding RTX 4070 Ti Tremendous being within the works. We even noticed alleged photos of the packaging a number of weeks in the past.