Hopefully it comes with a ‘new’ competitive price, too
Nvidia this week quietly, and perhaps unintentionally, revealed the previously canceled RTX 4080 12GB would be reborn as the RTX 4070 TI.
The GPU-giant pulled the card shortly after its launch at GTC this fall, after facing backlash for launching two RTX 4080s based on entirely different GPU dies and sporting a hefty $300 price difference.
«The RTX 4080 12GB is a fantastic graphics card, but it’s not named right. Having two GPUs with the 4080 designation is confusing. So, we’re pressing the ‘unlaunch’ button,» a news release from October read.
Many had speculated the card would reappear, reborn as the 4070. And this week, Nvidia confirmed those suspicions after the RTX 4070 TI appeared on the company’s 40-series product page.
A glance over the specs reveals no real surprises here. The card boasts 7,680 CUDA cores, a 2.
