Nvidia announces rebranded RTX 4070 Ti at CES 2023

Nvidia’s RTX 40 series isn’t without drama; Aside from the RTX 4090 melting power cable issue, the company has faced backlash over the announcement of two variants of the RTX 4080 with 12GB and XXGB of GDDR6X RAM, respectively.

Both gamers and the press complained that the branding was fuzzy, and there was also an argument that a graphics card with just 12 GB of VRAM could be considered an “80” model. Within a few weeks, Nvidia “launched” the graphics card without saying anything else about it.

That’s been the case until now, when Nvidia reintroduced the card as the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti, and it’s due out later this week for a more enticing $799 price tag.

This means the specs are exactly the same as the RTX 4080 12GB when originally announced in September 2022, with key features including 12GB of 21Gb/s GDDR6X RAM, a 192-bit 504Gb/s memory bus. with. maximum bandwidth and TDP 285W.

Interestingly, the 192-bit memory bus means the RTX 4070 Ti is actually 104 GB/s slower than the RTX 3070 Ti, although this is probably not as noticeable in everyday gaming with a claimed 3x performance boost.

Also consider support for DLSS 3, which uses artificial intelligence to create new frames in gameplay for up to 4x framerates, and even CPU-based games like Microsoft Flight Simulator can boost performance by 2x.

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There’s also good news for gamers with the announcement of the GeForce RTX 40 series for laptops in the form of the RTX 4090, RTX 4080, RTX 4070, RTX 4060, and RTX 4050.

The new chips provide not only performance boosts, but also battery efficiency: Nvidia claims a 3x efficiency boost and a 4x jump in what it considers “the most demanding applications.”

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It is also aimed at creative people with impressive performance in 3D rendering applications such as Blender as well as video editing applications such as Adobe Premiere. several months.

During the exhibition, not only new equipment was offered; Nvidia took the opportunity to showcase new RTX gameplay from upcoming titles including Witchfire, Warhaven, Throne and Liberty, as well as the hugely popular open-world zombie shooter in the vein of Division The Day Before, the latter confirmed for release on March 1, 2023.

Also in development is Nvidia’s GeForce Now game streaming cloud service: the RTX 4080 superpod promises to deliver 64 teraflops of power – 5x the Xbox Series X – to GeForce Now, along with support for DLSS 3 and Reflex 240Hz mode with a new 240 fps streaming option.

It will be part of the new GeForce Now Ultimate membership that will replace the RTX 3080 tier and will be available from late January with rollouts in Q1 2023. All existing RTX 3080 tier members will automatically receive the update, so you don’t have to do anything if you’re already a top tier subscriber.