the assembler gigabytes has revealed some specifications of the entry RTX 4000 cards in a software update. The RTX 4070 will have 12GB RAMand the RTX 4060, 8GB.
Graphics cards have experienced a brutal price hike in the last two years. Before you could buy an RTX 2070 card for 400 euros and an RTX 2070Ti for 500 euros. Today you cannot buy its equivalent, the RTX 4070Ti, for less than 1,000 euros.
And that, a mid-range card. If you want an RTX 4080, it goes to 1,400 euros, and an RTX 4090, to 2,000 euros. A real madness.
So many users who could previously aspire to the high end, now have to settle for mid-range or low-end graphics cards.
Last January the RTX 4070Ti, which costs 950 euros for the cheapest model. It’s still not an affordable option. That is why many gamers are anxiously awaiting the new RTX 4070 and RTX 4060.
All about the RTX 4070 and RTX 4060
According to Videocardz account, gigabytes You have updated your Gigabyte Control Center software to version 23.03.02.01. This software is used with your motherboards and graphics cards to regulate fans, overclock, and other functions.
Analyzing the news, there is a reference to future RTX cards, with these data: RTX 4070 with 12 GB of memoryand RTX 4060 with 8 GB.
This memory is consistent with the power of the cards: the RTX 4060 to play at 1080pso 8 GB is enough, while the RTX 4070 allows you to play at 4Kand for that more than 8 GB is recommended.
These are all the data that are known up to the moment of the mid-range and entry-level of the RTX 4000:
The RTX 4070 could have 5,888 CUDA coresin front of the 4,352 of the RTX 4060Tiand the 3,072 of the RTX 4060.
The RTX 4070 would reach the 29 TFLOPscompared to the 40 TFLOPs of the RTX 4070Ti.
According to Gigabyte itself, the RTX 4070 the April 12th, and will go on sale a day later. input models RTX 4060Ti and RTC 4060 don’t wait until May at the earliest.
Unfortunately, we don’t know anything about the prices. But if the RX 4070Ti is now worth almost 1,000 euros, don’t expect the RTX 4070 lower than 750 or 800 euros. only the RTX 4060 They will be fairly affordable.