Going by the latest rumors, Nvidia seems to have relented and might announce 16GB version for 4060 Ti GPU. Release date for the 4060 series leaks too.
Update: VideoCardz has come to know through it’s sources that RTX 4060 Ti 8GB is releasing on 24th May. With AMD’s offering, the Radeon RX 7600 releasing a day later.
Original story:
When Nvidia released it’s GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card, the reviews for the card were rather unexciting. It performed similar to the RTX 3080 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT.
Also, it is expensive and the performance uplift that it offers compared to the previous generation is just 30%, rather than 50% that Nvidia usually offered.
The next in the line for the release in the RTX 40 series is most likely going to be RTX 4060 and RTX 4060 Ti. Now it seems that we have some idea about their release dates.
RTX 4060 Series Coming Starting May
Well known Twitter based leaker MEGAsizeGPU has leaked the release dates for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 and 4060 Ti graphics cards.
There are four important things he has mentioned.
First, Nvidia is going to release two versions of RTX 4060 Ti. One with 8GB VRAM and another with 16GB VRAM.
Second, all three, RTX 4060, RTX 4060 Ti 8GB and RTX 4060 Ti 16GB will be announced in (the later part) of May, that is this month.
Third, when asked by @VideoCardZ, MEGAsizeGPU has clarified the dates further:
He mentions that while RTX 4060 Ti 8GB will be made available in May itself. However, both RTX 4060 and RTX 4060 16GB will be available to the public only two months later, in July.
Not only that, he also mentions that RTX 4050 might be delayed. Those unaware, earlier rumors suggest that RTX 4050 might have only 6GB of VRAM and was expected to release in June. But now as he is saying that it’s delayed, then that June release might not happen.
What This Means
First of all. It is known that these graphics cards are most likely going to be announced in COMPUTEX. It starts on 30th May and will run till 2nd June. However, till now we had no confirmation of release dates or date of availability for these cards, now we do.
The second important thing we are learning here is that the public’s criticism of Nvidia skimping out VRAM has made sure that Nvidia has to relent. Hence, Nvidia is possibly going to release a 16GB VRAM version of RTX 4060 Ti.
The second point is very important. A lot of people are finding out that 8GB VRAM is not enough in modern day games like Hogwarts Legacy and others. If that is not enough, then AMD too has taken on Nvidia by showing how AMD graphics cards with higher VRAM are better than Nvidia’s offerings.
So if Nvidia releases a 16GB version for RTX 4060 Ti, then it’s very much a welcome move. The problem is with pricing. Don’t expect RTX 4060 Ti to be cheaper than $499, a price which was reserved for the xx60 previously. However, unless confirmed, this is just a speculation. So let’s see how Nvidia prices all three of them.
A New RTX 4070 Version Coming With RTX 4080 GPU
Meanwhile, another well known Twitter based leaker @kopite7kimi is saying that Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 could have a version which uses GPUs made for RTX 4080. Something which does happen, but not so soon after their release.
Now it’s possible that RTX 4080 is not selling as much and hence Nvidia seems to be believing that another RTX 4070 version is required and Nvidia could use those extra produced RTX 4080 GPU chips to make them.
