NVIDIA to unveil new GeForce RTX 40-series graphics cards Jan.3

At yesterday's quarterly event, NVIDIA management admitted to being quite pleased with the market debut of the first two members of the Ada Lovelace gaming architecture in the form of GeForce RTX 4090 and GeForce RTX 4080 graphics cards, but is soon going to introduce new models in the family.
Now we found out that the next NVIDIA presentation will be held on January 3, at CES 2023.Source image: NVIDIAOn the eve of NVIDIA sent out the invitations to the press at a virtual event, which will be held during CES 2023 in Las Vegas, reports news resource PCMag.
The presentation will be broadcasted on January 3 at 8 am local time.
The only thing mentioned is NVIDIA's willingness to share information about \"cutting-edge innovations made possible by accelerated computing\".
You can watch the broadcast directly on the official NVIDIA website.It is possible that the event in early January, among other things, will allow NVIDIA to bring back the relevance of GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card with 12 GB of memory, whose announcement was hastily canceled earlier.
Most likely, this graphics solution will debut under another name, because earlier NVIDIA employees acknowledged the mistake of using the designation \"GeForce RTX 4080\" for two different graphics cards.
It is assumed that the said graphics card with 12 GB of memory can go under the name GeForce RTX 4070 Ti with a price lower than the initially planned $ 899.
The launch of AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX ($999) and Radeon RX 7900 XT ($899) next month forces NVIDIA to think about countermeasures, which would not undermine profitability of GeForce RTX 4090 and GeForce RTX 4080.
The appearance of a third video card in the family could well restore the balance of power.

NVIDIA says huge demand for RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 - the company is preparing many new GeForce RTX 40-series products

CFO Colette Kress took the opening remarks at the quarterly reporting conference NVIDIA called the past stages of debut of graphics cards with GPUs based on Ada Lovelace architecture extremely successful.
GeForce RTX 4090 has been sold out in many markets since mid-October, the GeForce RTX 4080 is already on sale, and in general, NVIDIA is ready to offer \"many new products\" with this gaming architecture.Image source: NVIDIAThe last promise was made by the founder and permanent head of NVIDIA Jensen Huang (Jensen Huang).
He stressed that now Ada Lovelace architecture carriers are positioned in the upper price segment.
GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards were released in large quantities, but this did not prevent customers from buying out their first batch in just minutes, as stated by the CEO of NVIDIA.
The market, he said, has received both the GeForce RTX 4090 and GeForce RTX 4080 very favorably, and therefore management is very enthusiastic about this debut.
In addition, it proves the strength, resilience and transparency of the gaming segment of the market, as summarized by the company's founder.In the third quarter of the current fiscal year, as explained by NVIDIA management in response to a related question from analysts at the quarterly event, the value equivalent of product inventory increased by $560 million sequentially.According to the company's CFO, this increase was only partly due to the need to accumulate a certain inventory of new architecture media: Ada Lovelace in the gaming segment and Hopper in c The networking segment, which is chiefly served by Mellanox products, also had a significant impact on the stock growth.
The company had to write off $702 mn of stocks, but the bulk of these losses were accounted for by A100 computing gas pedals.
Recall, the latter were intended for use in server systems by Chinese customers, but in the third quarter, after the new U.S.
sanctions the company hastily offered them a replacement in the form of a chip A800, whose performance is limited at the hardware level, and therefore avoids the U.S.
sanctions.
As a result, demand from Chinese customers switched to new \"alternative solutions\" and part of the stock of old A100s had to be written off.
As noted by NVIDIA executives at the quarterly event, the negative impact of sanctions in the third quarter was largely offset by the introduction of gas pedals A800 to the Chinese market, clearly adapted to the new U.S.
export control requirements.

GeForce RTX 4080 in real-world scenarios consumes much less than the claimed 320W

The power consumption of GeForce RTX 4080 in real-world scenarios was less than the claimed in its specifications.
The new GeForce RTX 4080 compared to previous-generation NVIDIA graphics cards, showing greater power efficiency with the new Ada Lovelace architecture, NVIDIA said in a press release.
For example, at the same maximum power consumption (Total Graphics Power, TGP), which is 320W, in real-world scenarios GeForce RTX 4080 consumption is much lower than the predecessor GeForce RTX 3080.Declared power consumption characteristics of graphics cards at NVIDIAIn typical workloads the power consumption GeForce RTX 3080 meets the declared 320W.
Conversely, the GeForce RTX 4080 averages 251W, or 78% of the advertised specification, according to NVIDIA.
It is also noteworthy that GeForce RTX 4080 is much more productive and efficient than the flagship GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, whose average gaming power consumption is 389W at the claimed maximum value of 450W.
22 gaming tests at 4K, 1440p and 1080p resolution, as well as video testing in video playback mode with AV1 codec gave GeForce RTX 4080 some conclusions about its high power efficiency.
Actual gaming power consumption of GeForce RTX 4080On Control, Cyberpunk 2077, Forza Horizon 5 and Guardians of the Galaxy Metro Exodus in 4K resolution with ray tracing and DLSS scaling enabled, the GeForce RTX 4080 consumed less than 300W.
The lowest consumption is observed at Full HD resolution.
Independent reviews of the new graphics card show similar results.

First gaming review of GeForce RTX 4080 - up to 19% faster than GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Two days left before the sales of GeForce RTX 4080 graphics gas pedal on Ada Lovelace architecture, and Chinese enthusiasts already started to publish first reviews of novelty in circumvention of NVIDIA ban.
For example, performance data was shared by Big Hardware Player user on Bilibili platform.
Previously, he was one of the first to publish reviews GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti generation Ampere.Image source: NVIDIAChinese enthusiast did not specify the manufacturer tested GeForce RTX 4080, but pointed out that the graphics card is equipped with a dual BIOS.
In one case, the maximum TDP of the novelty is set at a nominal value of 320 watts.
The second firmware increases the maximum TDP of the graphics card to 450W.
The second BIOS the Chinese enthusiast used to test the power efficiency.
Source images here and below: Bilibili / Big Hardware PlayerThe GeForce RTX 4080's gaming tests used Forza Horizon 5, Cyberpunk 2077, Borderland 3, Total War Troy and Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
Below is the average performance of the new gas pedal against the GeForce RTX 4090 and GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.
In gaming benchmarks, the GeForce RTX 4080 averaged 19% faster than the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and about 23% slower than the GeForce RTX 4090.
Note that GeForce RTX 4090 and GeForce RTX 3090 Ti were tested on a DDR5-6800 PC, whereas GeForce RTX 4080 were tested on a DDR5-6200 system.
However, in both cases the test platform was based on the flagship Intel Core i9-13900K processor.
GeForce RTX 4080 in Cyberpunk 2077 GeForce RTX 4080 in Forza Horizon 5 GeForce RTX 4080 in Shadow of the Tomb Raider In 3DMark the new GeForce RTX 4080 is 25% faster than GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and 21% slower than the new flagship GeForce RTX 40 series.
Performance of GeForce RTX 4080 in synthetic 3DMark testsThe most interesting detail of an early review of GeForce RTX 4080 graphics gas pedal were the results of energy efficiency measurements.
For this test Chinese reviewer used BIOS with inflated to 450W TDP value.
Power consumption of GeForce RTX 4080 in synthetic benchmarksTests showed that the card is close to its maximum performance already at 280W.
GeForce RTX 4080 gaming power consumptionGaming power consumption of GeForce RTX 4080 can be reduced even further, to nearly 260W.
Increased power consumption does not bring gas pedal significant performance boost, at least in tests in 4K resolution.Video review of GeForce RTX 4080 by Chinese enthusiast can be found here.
The video card will go on sale on November 16.

AMD explained why its Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT are better than the GeForce RTX 4080

Two days before the launch of the GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card, AMD has decided to try and divert the attention of its potential customers and turn it towards its newly introduced Radeon RX 7900 series graphics cards based on the new RDNA 3 architecture.
AMD noted the details, which should, in its opinion, should convince PC owners to opt for its gas pedals.Image source: AMDI AMD had already confirmed earlier that the main competitor of graphics cards Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT will be just the model GeForce RTX 4080.
Thus, the GeForce RTX 4090 will remain the fastest gaming graphics card, at least for the foreseeable future.
Radeon RX 7900 XTX, RX 7900 XT and GeForce RTX 4080 specificationsThe Radeon RX 7900 XTX has a VRM power subsystem with 20 phases, three more than the GeForce RTX 4080 in the Founders Edition benchmark.
The AMD Radeon RX 7900AMD graphics card board also draws attention to the fact that its new graphics cards are more compact than its competitor.
They are shorter and thinner than the GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition.
In addition, unlike GeForce RTX 40-series cards, Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT gas pedals are equipped with DisplayPort 2.1 and USB Type-C connectors.
AMD once again reminds that unlike the competitor its new graphics cards do not require any adapters and new power connectors.
They are equipped with two regular 8-pin PCIe power connectors, making them fully compatible with most power supplies.It is also fair to say that in the $900-1200 price range AMD graphics cards will offer more video memory.
The Radeon RX 7900 XTX gets 24GB of GDDR6 and the Radeon RX 7900 XT gets 20GB of GDDR6.
The flagship GeForce RTX 4090 has 24 GB of faster GDDR6X memory on board, but its recommended price is $1600.
The GeForce RTX 4080, on the other hand, has \"only\" 16 GB of GDDR6X at a recommended price of $1200.
Unfortunately, neither AMD nor NVIDIA are yet ready to directly compare the performance of their gas pedals against each other.
Since the GeForce RTX 4080 is not yet available, AMD is comparing its RDNA 3 architecture-based graphics cards against its own flagship Radeon RX 6950 XT gas pedal from last generation.
Raster performance of the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XTThe company has shared two graphics.
According to them, the raster performance of new generation graphics cards in games when using 4K resolution is up to 67% higher than the Radeon RX 6950 XT, and the performance of the light tracing technology in the new graphics cards up to 82% higher than the Radeon flagship on the RDNA 2 architecture.
Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT ray tracing performanceTill the launch of Radeon RX 7900 XTX and Radeon RX 7900 XT are still a month away.
Their release is scheduled for December 13.

Different versions of GeForce RTX 4080 showed up at the U.S.store with price tags from $1199 to $1550

One of the largest U.S.
consumer electronics retailers MicroCenter revealed retail prices for different versions of GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card, which should go on sale next week.
This was pointed out by VideoCardz.Image source: ASUSThere are 13 versions of GeForce RTX 4080 in the store.
Their prices range from the recommended $1199 to $1550.
Most of the cards are priced higher than the recommended price.
The most expensive options are solutions from ASUS.
For example, the flagship GeForce RTX 4080 ROG Strix OC is priced at $1550, which is $350 more than the recommended price tag and only $50 cheaper than the reference version of the flagship GeForce RTX 4090.A more affordable option is the GeForce RTX 4080 TUF Gaming version.
With factory overclocking GPU card is priced at $1500.
At the same time the version without factory overclocking costs $300 less, that is recommended $1199.99.
According to the VideoCardz portal, NVIDIA has \"insistently asked\" its partners to have at least one gas pedal in their product range at the recommended price.
Image source: MicroCenterFlagship variants MSI GeForce RTX 4080 Suprim X and Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4080 Aorus Master are priced respectively $150 and $200 more than the recommended price.
At least four variants will be available for the recommended price.
These, as mentioned above, are ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 TUF Gaming models, as well as PNY GeForce RTX 4080 XLR8 Verto, Zotac GeForce RTX 4080 Trinity and Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4080 Eagle - all without factory GPU overclocking.Curiously enough, none of these cards will be available to buy online.
You will have to go to a store to get them.
The GeForce RTX 4080 is scheduled to go on sale on November 16.

GeForce RTX 4080 compared to RTX 4090 in games - flagship is up to 38.8 % faster

Overclocking the GPU of GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card with an increase in power consumption limit by only 10 W over the reference value increases the performance by up to 9 %.
This is evidenced by a recent leak, which refers to the portal VideoCardz.
In addition to that appeared in the web data on the gaming performance of new items.Image source: VideoCardzThe video card GeForce RTX 4080 tested in synthetic tests 3DMark in three modes: with standard CPU frequency and power consumption, with increased power consumption limit, as well as with increased and frequency, and the limit of consumption.
Results of GeForce RTX 4080 without overclocking (left), with overclocking (center) and with manual overclocking (right) in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme In 3DMark Time Spy Extreme scenario video card performance increased by up to 9%, and in 3DMark Port Royal - to 7%.Results of GeForce RTX 4080 in 3DMark Speed Way and 3DMark Port Royal after manual overclocking The first independent gaming tests GeForce RTX 4080 also appeared on the web.
Recall that the results of laboratory test gaming performance of graphics cards earlier shared by NVIDIA itself.
GeForce RTX 4080 in Cyberpunk 2077 with ray tracing enabled at 4K and 1440p resolution.
Image source here and below: MEGAsizeGPUThe latest GeForce RTX 4080 performance data was shared by one of the users of Chinese forum Chiphell.
The test was conducted in Forza Horizon 5, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Borderlands 3 and Shadow of the Tomb Raider games.
A Ryzen 7 7600X CPU-based PC was used for testing.
GeForce RTX 4080 in Forza Horizon 5 GeForce RTX 4080 in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 GeForce RTX 4080 in Borderlands 3 GeForce RTX 4080 in Shadow of the Tomb RaiderAnother user of the same forum provided performance data on the flagship graphics card GeForce RTX 4090 on an Intel Core i9-12900F-based PC.
With caveats to platform differences, this allows us to compare the two gas pedals in the same games.
The GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms the GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card by between 7.9 and 38.8 percent: Forza Horizon 5 - 147 FPS vs 127 FPS (+15.7 percent);Shadow of the Tomb Raider - 179 FPS vs 129 FPS (+38.8 percent);Red Dead Redemption 2 - 129 FPS vs 99 FPS (+30.3 percent);Cyberpunk 2077 - 111 FPS vs 83 FPS (+33.7 percent);Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 137 FPS vs 127 FPS (+7.9 percent).
The GeForce RTX 4080 will be available for sale on November 16.
The card is equipped with AD103 graphics processor with 9728 CUDA cores and 16 GB of GDDR6X memory.

Gigabyte introduced six versions of GeForce RTX 4080 with different cooling systems

Gigabyte has introduced six versions of its own Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Xtreme Waterforce WB, Aorus RTX 4080 Xtreme Waterforce, Aorus RTX 4080 Master, RTX 4080 Gaming, RTX 4080 Aero and RTX 4080 Eagle graphics cards at once.
Image source: GigabyteThe Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Xtreme Waterforce WB version is designed for those who are going to use graphics cards in a PC with a custom liquid cooling system.
The gas pedal is equipped with a full-coverage waterblock, which allows you to connect the video card to the circuit of liquid cooling.For the GPU of this version is specified factory GPU overclocking to 2565 MHz.
Recall that the reference maximum frequency of the graphics chip in GeForce RTX 4080 is 2505 MHz.
The dimensions of the Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Xtreme Waterforce WB version are 235 × 169 × 29 mm.The key feature of the Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Xtreme Waterforce is a maintenance-free liquid cooling system with an external radiator of 360 mm.
It is cooled by three 120mm fans with ARGB illumination.
The length of the hoses connecting the liquid cooler to the radiator is 460mm.
Like the Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Xtreme Waterforce WB model, the Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Xtreme Waterforce GPU runs at 2565 MHz.
Dimensions of the gas pedal (excluding the radiator) - 236 × 146 × 40 mm.Model Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Master is equipped with a massive air cooling system with three fans with a diameter of 110 mm.
The size of the gas pedal is 357 × 163 × 75 mm.
The new graphics processor has been factory overclocked and runs at a frequency of 2550 MHz.
The graphics card has a small LCD, which displays various information about the state of the graphics card.
In addition, it can display various animated images.The size of the RTX 4080 Gaming OC version is 342 × 150 × 75 mm.
The graphics chip of the novelty works at a frequency of up to 2535 MHz.
The gas pedal is equipped with a slightly simpler air cooling system.
However, it is still very massive, and it includes three fans.
The latter have the function of full stop when there is no load on the graphics subsystem.
The company notes that the fans use a lubricant based on graphene nanoparticles, which doubles their lifespan.GeForce RTX 4080 Aero variant is very similar to the Gaming OC model, but there is nothing extra and pretentious in its appearance.
In minimalistic design the only thing that stands out is RGB backlighting, and the video card itself is made in white.
The cooling system is similar to the previous model.
The size of Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4080 Aero graphics card is 342 × 150 × 75 mm.
The graphics processor runs at a frequency of 2535 MHz, which is 30 MHz higher than the reference value.The GeForce RTX 4080 Eagle will be available with a small factory overclock and without it.
In the first case, the maximum GPU frequency is claimed to be 2520 MHz.
The graphics card has got the most simple cooling system.
The size of the gas pedal is 342 × 150 × 70 mm.The company notes that all novelties are equipped with a dual BIOS, and their set of external connectors include three DisplayPort 1.4a and one HDMI 2.1.
For all of the presented graphics cards manufacturer recommends using power supply unit with a capacity of 850 watts.
Each video card comes with a power adapter from four 8-pin connectors to one 12+4-pin connector.