The newest rumor hitting the pc realm is that NVidia could also be engaged on a pair of RTX 4080 GPUs with as much as 16GB of RAM.
The discuss is that there might be a 12GB model and a 16GB model, which echoes the same path that NVidia adopted with the GTX1060, solely with 6GB and 3GB RAM variations.
The hypothesis is being fueled by a tweet from GPU watcher Zed Wang (aka MEGAsizeGPU) on Twitter, who has been laying out particulars of a 10layed PCB RTX4080 12G GPU, and a 12-layer PCB 16GB RTX4080.
However the chief distinction is that each variations of the RTX 4080 might be launched on the identical time, and that’s giving PC watchers an enormous case of doubt that the rumor is legit.
Wang additionally mentioned that the 4080 12G mannequin could have a very totally different design, except for fewer layers within the PCB.
However TechRadar speculates that this might very nicely be sizzling air since Zed Wang isn’t probably the most trusted PC supply on Twitter.
However then Wang acquired assist from a extra well-known PC watcher named Kopite7Kimi, who agreed that the leak was not solely potential however added that the 16GB RTX4080 was truly designated as a extra highly effective RTX 4090 mannequin earlier than being renamed. The GPU additionally had an AD103 chip, quite than a much less highly effective AD102.
Tech Radar says that in actuality, the leakers might have picked up on examined prototypes attempting out totally different designs at numerous factors in improvement and that more than likely, it will likely be the 16GB RTX4080 that can make it to market, by itself.
This makes extra sense contemplating a lower-end 4080 would cannibalize gross sales from the higher-performing one on account of a cheaper price tag.
Others commenting within the tweet thread additionally level out {that a} 12GB variant has bother dealing with 4K video at increased body charges, so that would additionally level to the 16GB being the perfect alternative for popping out.
“Finally that is one massive guessing recreation proper now,” states Darren Allen of TR, “however what we are able to hope for by way of the RTX 4080 is that nonetheless, this GPU seems, it might arrive earlier than too lengthy.”
However the 12GB mannequin may additionally come out later as a much less highly effective RTX 4070, however even that’s a part of a large guessing recreation that rumors typically are.
Nonetheless, a current picture of a completed mannequin RTX 4080 states {that a} November to an early 2023 window for its launch is feasible, so there isn’t for much longer to attend.
One factor is definite, the cutting-edge will get sooner and extra highly effective, so it’s only a matter of time earlier than the most recent and biggest will hit the market. So whether or not it’s an RTX4080 or 4090, and even one thing fully totally different, the RTX 4 Sequence is coming. It’s only a matter of when.
[source: Tech Radar]
