A new leak has spotted three GeForce RTX 4070 variants with 10 GB, 12 GB and 16 GB of video memory. The list, found on Gigabyte’s website, doesn’t reveal anything else about the graphics cards.
The RTX 3000 series was notorious for multiple, confusingly-specced graphics cards with seemingly pointless variants. While public outrage successfully incentivized Nvidia to “unlaunch” and then relaunch the GeForce RTX 4080 12 GB as the RTX 4070 Ti, its non-Ti sibling might not be so lucky. Videocardz has stumbled upon three GeForce RTX 4070 versions.
Gigabyte’s website says the GeForce RTX 4070 will come in three flavours with 10 GB, 12 GB and 16 GB VRAM. It is in line with a leak from last year that talked about multiple boards. Leaks prophesized 12 GB of video memory on a 192-bit bus, identical to the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. However, the main distinction between the two SKUs will be the GPU, with the GeForce RTX 4070 using a heavily cut-down AD104-250/251.
It is pertinent to note that the information is not sourced from a public-facing website and could include information about models that never made it past the EVT stage. That said, Nvidia’s history suggests it has no qualms about launching the same graphics card with different video memory, and the mid-range GeForce RTX 4070 would be the ideal SKU to test the waters. Nvidia could also launch one GeForce RTX 4070 variant in April and leave the other two as mid-cycle refreshes.
Anil Ganti – Senior Tech Writer – 1274 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2019
I’ve been an avid PC gamer since the age of 8. My passion for gaming eventually pushed me towards general tech, and I got my first writing gig at the age of 19. I have a degree in mechanical engineering and have worked in the manufacturing industry and a few other publications like Wccftech before joining Notebookcheck in November 2019. I cover a variety of topics including smartphones, gaming, and computer hardware.
Anil Ganti, 2023-02-20 (Update: 2023-02-20)
