Is it safer to wait for the GeForce RTX 50 Series or splurge on NVIDIA’s new collection of Ada gaming GPUs?
New rumors suggest that the latter may not be the worst idea, as performance estimates for the GeForce RTX 40 SUPER Series have appeared online, indicating some nice improvements over the existing series—or, at least, for certain models.
Here’s the performance claims from Wccftech’s sources, which, if true, would mean improved performance of anywhere from a paltry 3% to over 15% for the new GeForce RTX 4070 “Ti SUPER”:
- RTX 4080 SUPER vs RTX 4080: +3-5% Faster On Average
- RTX 4070 Ti SUPER vs RTX 4070 Ti: +15% Faster On Average
- RTX 4070 SUPER vs RTX 4070: +14% Faster On Average
And here are the supposed specs for each of the new SUPER models, which appear to use new GPUs:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
- AD103-400 GPU (PG139 SKU 355)
- 10,240 cores
- 320 TMUs
- 112 ROPs
- 64 MB of L2 cache
- 256-bit bus interface (16 GB GDDR6X memory?)
- 320-watt TGP, same as RTX 4080 Non-SUPER
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
- AD103-275 / AD102-175 GPU SKUs (PG141 SKU 323)
- 8,448 cores
- 48 MB of L2 cache
- 16 GB of GDDR6 memory (4 GB VRAM upgrade vs the RTX 4070 Ti Non-SUPER
- 256-bit bus interface
- 285 Watt TGP (same as the Non-SUPER variant)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
- AD104-350 or AD103-175 SKU (PG141 SKU 335)
- 7,168 cores
- 48 MB of L2 cache
- 12 GB GDDR6X memory
- 192-bit bus interface
- 220-watt TBP (20 watts higher than existing 4070)
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is also said to feature the newer Gen 5 power connector, unlike the current model, which may come with either an 8-pin or 16-pin connector.
NVIDIA is expected to announce its GeForce RTX 4080, GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, and GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER GPUs during its Special Address at CES 2024.
This address is set for January 8 at 8:00 a.m. PDT.
Discussion (3 replies)
Join Discussion →Well, the answer to that is the price of the super series and the release date of the 5000 series. If the 5080 isn’t showing up until Q4 2025, then a 4080 Super at 899 would be an amazing purchase.
A 5080 Q4 24 with a 1299 4080 super says just hold out
I've got a 3080Ti and I'm right on the cusp of feeling that upgrade bug. for some reason I thought the 5 series was coming out early 2024 so I'm a bit bummed about the Super. I know it's not going to be cheap enough to get the 4080 Super then the 5 series without feeling like I'm just wasting money. If I can afford to build a new computer when the 5080 drops I could probably justify it. I hate it when they don't make it easy.
I was fully intending to skip the 4000 series due to the silly pricing here in Europe but reading that the 5000 series might only launch in 2025 and seeing I could use the extra HP for my ultrawide I got a 4080 on "sale", now I just kinda hope the rumours are true :p