The GeForce RTX 4090, a flagship gaming GPU based on the Ada architecture that NVIDIA launched for $1,599 in 2022, will be ending its run fairly soon, according to a new report out of China that claims production of the GPU is scheduled to end next month, in October 2024. The GeForce RTX 4090D, a variant of the GPU that NVIDIA designed specifically for China to comply with export regulations, is also reportedly being discontinued on that date, presumably to make way for its GeForce RTX 50 Series “Blackwell” counterparts.
From a report (machine translated):
- “…according to sources such as China’s AIB, production of the GeForce RTX 4090 is scheduled to end in October 2024.”
- “…although it has not been finalized, NVIDIA plans to discontinue production of the GeForce RTX 4090 and the China-exclusive GeForce RTX 4090 D around October 2024.”
- “…it is expected that the remaining inventory will be sold after November 2024, and sales will be handed over to the GeForce RTX 5090 and GeForce RTX 5090 D, which are scheduled to be released after 2025.”
- “…the GeForce RTX 4090 is popular not only for gaming but also for AI purposes, so it is not certain that there will be any inventory left until the RTX 5090 is released.”
A promo for the GPU from NVIDIA:
NVIDIA told prospective customers of the GeForce RTX 4090 at launch:
If you equip your system with this beast of a GPU, you’ll get 16,384 CUDA Cores, 1,321 Tensor-TFLOPs, 191 RT-TFLOPs, and 83 Shader-TFLOPs of power, supported by 24GB of G6X VRAM.
In games, you’ll have the performance to play at the absolute highest settings at 4K, at high frame rates. And the power to play fully ray-traced games with the highest levels of fidelity, realism and immersion.
Today’s ray-traced games see their performance increase by up to 2X compared to the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. And tomorrow’s RTX titles, such as Cyberpunk 2077, Portal with RTX and NVIDIA Racer RTX, leveraging DLSS 3, SER and other Ada innovations, run up to 4X faster!