Might Nvidia be planning to launch a number of variations of its upcoming GeForce RTX 5070? Doubtlessly, if current claims are to be believed – nevertheless it’s laborious to see the place it is going to match into Nvidia’s RTX 5000 lineup.
Tom at Moore’s Legislation is Lifeless lately talked about in a livestream on Patreon that he has heard rumors that counsel Nvidia is likely to be planning to launch an 18GB model of its hotly-anticipated RTX 5070 graphics card – the bottom model of which is anticipated to launch with 12GB of VRAM as normal.
Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5070, whose launch date is likely to be introduced at CES in January, is anticipated to make use of GDDR7 reminiscence, one of many first playing cards to make use of the newest era of GPU VRAM. If the rumor is true, Nvidia might be planning to launch an 18GB model beneath its ‘Tremendous’ label, presumably at a later date. This is not totally stunning; it wouldn’t be the primary time Nvidia has launched a extra highly effective or enhanced model of an current graphics card with the Tremendous branding.
How worthwhile is that this improve, actually?
You’d be proper in pondering that utilizing GDDR7 reminiscence, which is anticipated to supply an over 30% enhance in efficiency alone, gives a worthwhile sufficient enchancment over current-gen graphics playing cards. The purported 18GB model would seemingly additional enhance this efficiency, utilizing quicker reminiscence modules.
Nonetheless, some prospects may query simply how worthwhile shopping for this rumored Tremendous variant might be. It’s going to have extra VRAM, and is anticipated to enhance efficiency by 5-10%, however is that actually obligatory?
The 12GB mannequin is anticipated to value round $600 to $700, and the RTX 5070 18GB may value round $800. Would you pay a potential further $100-200 for a 5-10% enchancment in efficiency?
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If we examine the RTX 4070 Ti Tremendous in opposition to its non-Tremendous variants, the Tremendous provided 5% quicker rasterization (how nicely a GPU handles rendering scenes by changing 3D fashions into 2D photos) and 5-10% quicker raytracing in comparison with the non-Tremendous variants. As such, it is cheap for us to imagine that the identical will likely be true right here; features maxing out at 10% won’t be price an additional hundred bucks or extra for a lot of video games.
Nevertheless, there is a crucial caveat to make right here. PC video games are more and more demanding increasingly VRAM as fashions and textures grow to be extra detailed, so in case you’re seeking to play the very newest video games, that further 6GB may make a big distinction (a minimum of, by way of future-proofing your PC). 12GB continues to be an honest quantity, although, so it seemingly will not be a problem for many video games.
So let’s simply wait and see if any of those rumors develop into true. A Tremendous variant of the RTX 5070 would not precisely be a shock, except Nvidia decides to launch it alongside the unique mannequin – that may be an actual curveball from Group Inexperienced!
