Asus Dual GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 hits U.S. e-tailers but is more expensive than some GDDR6X models
Posted by imaginary_num6er@reddit | hardware | View on Reddit | 14 comments
imKaku@reddit
This naming scheme is just not better for anyone but Nvidia, I've not seen any benchmarks yet but hopefully it's not too big of a change.
Strazdas1@reddit
Well, at least they named it pretty clearly, which is what we were asking them to do.
GARGEAN@reddit
It will be extremely small practical change by all accounts, but the move is still quite shitty.
PostExtreme7699@reddit
It'll be interesting see the power draw on this cards. I always suspected gddr6x is hot garbage.
VengeX@reddit
Yeah, what I was thinking too. It is the reason I chose the 3070 over 3070Ti.
nero10579@reddit
Nah 3070 is just cheaper and a better deal anyways
From-UoM@reddit
Its totally possible the gddr6 will use slightly less power and since tdp is the same, the power saved will be directed back to the GPU which will cause slightly higher boost clocks.
So this would even out the results for both variants.
Sopel97@reddit
and since the power budget is fixed it may increase performance
YeshYyyK@reddit
https://old.reddit.com/r/sffpc/comments/12ne6d7/a_comparison_of_gpu_sizevolume_and_tdp/
wish OEMs could reuse cooler designs from years ago to make them smaller
Omniwar@reddit
I just swapped to a backup GTX 970 while my 3080 is out for RMA and it's pretty funny how terrible the volumetric thermal efficiency is on the 970. The 970 is a Gigabyte Windforce 3X, a whopping 1.35L to cool 148W TDP and easily dead last in your list of cooling efficiency. Card is almost 300mm long!
I saw your first post and agree that it would be nice to see smaller GPUs for those who want them - just wanted to share the mildly relevant anecdote. Of course back then you could get ITX-specific models like the Asus Mini which don't have modern equivalents.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-970-maxwell,3941-5.html
YeshYyyK@reddit
yeah I think the ITX cards kinda started with pascal, I'm not sure if there were as good options for Maxwell
There was the Fury Nano / AMD options tho
RedTuesdayMusic@reddit
Is this the SKU with the SSD slot? Been waiting for a gpu with that solution that doesn't have obsolete 8GB VRAM
tupseh@reddit
This is the sku where the gddr6x memory was swapped out for cheaper vanilla gddr6 memory, except they forgot to pass the savings onto us. Btw, that ssd card isn't the same as having more vram, not even close.
WhyCry_@reddit
Here's the original link, TH 'forgot' to share it https://videocardz.com/newz/first-geforce-rtx-4070-gddr6-debuts-on-newegg-at-same-price-as-gddr6x-variant