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[Gearbest]Players who have been “tortured” by graphics cards for more than two years have finally seen the light. Last night, the much-anticipated RTX40 series finally met us. This time, Lao Huang did not squeeze out the toothpaste, but squeezed out the toothpaste. The performance improvements of the two new products, RTX 4080 and RTX 4090, are shocking. They are 2-4 times the performance of the 3080 and 3090 respectively.
In addition to the dramatic improvement in performance, the price has also increased. The official price of the RTX 4080 12G version is 7,199 yuan, the 16G version is 9,499 yuan, and the RTX 4090 24G is priced at 12,999 yuan. It seems okay, isn't it the price of a flagship phone, but don't forget, how much did 3080 cost back then…
Let’s first take a look at how far the performance of the RTX 40 series has been improved. The GPU is manufactured using the TSMC 4nm process. The Ada Lovelace architecture it uses is a third-generation light-tracing architecture that can contain up to 76 billion transistors. It uses TSMC's “4N” process technology and Micron Technology's G6X memory chip. The theoretical energy efficiency is doubled compared to the previous generation 8nm process, which means it has higher overclocking potential.
The new architecture is also equipped with an engine called Opacity Micromap, which can increase the performance of ray tracing Alpha-Test collection by about 2 times. The new Micro-Mesh engine can improve the richness of graphics without consuming more BVH construction and storage resources. Finally, the new Tensor Core adds the Hooper FP8 Transformer Engine to provide 1.4 petaFLOPS tensor processing performance.
There is a lot more that can be said technically, but it will take a long article to write and understand, and it will waste your time. All you need to know is that the gaming experience is definitely a ceiling level that you have never experienced before. There are no games that may make the RTX 40 series feel difficult.
Simply put, the performance of the RTX 4080 16GB version is 2 times that of the RTX 3080 Ti; the performance of the RTX 4080 12GB version is stronger than the previous generation RTX 3090 Ti flagship graphics card; RTX 4090 officially states that it is the world’s fastest gaming GPU, continuously running at more than 100FPS in 4K resolution games, and its performance in ray tracing games is improved compared to the RTX 3090 Ti can reach 4 times, and the performance improvement in raster games is also up to 2 times. The most important thing is that the power consumption is still 450W.
The performance is strong, and the price seems to be okay, but in terms of marketing, Laohuang and Apple have the same purpose. If you look closely, the RTX 4080 is divided into two versions: 16G and 12G, right? Do you think the difference is only 4GB? No, no, no, there is also a big gap in terms of GPU core, memory bandwidth, and power consumption. With a price difference of 2,300 yuan, I prefer to call the RTX 4080 12G version “4060 Ti”.
Like Apple, in order to set off the cost-effectiveness of high-end models, the following models have become victims of castration. NVIDIA is more ruthless than Apple in that it will not maintain the original price, but will increase the price until it skyrockets.
So the question is, the RTX 40 is so sharp, wouldn’t it be great to buy it?
That's true, but you should calculate whether you can accept the cost of replacing a graphics card. The RTX 40 series phones are estimated to start at 8,000 yuan in China. Compared with the price of 4,000 or 5,000 yuan in the past two years, many people still find it difficult. The good news is that the price of RTX 4090 is still relatively stable (12,999 yuan is still too expensive)….
Maybe many people who are not short of money feel that it doesn't matter, and some people will think about waiting for some so-called dessert card to be issued later, 4060 or 4070? It would be even better if it were priced at three or four thousand. But have you ever thought that the new 40 series has just been released and there will be no plans to release new cards in the short term?
In addition, there is a detail at the press conference that I don’t know if you noticed, that is, Huang actually put the selling price information of 40 series and 30 series graphics cards on the same PPT. Do you think Nvidia is going to clear out the 30 series inventory? If this is the case, then how could the so-called 4060 and 4070 be withdrawn in a short period of time? If it comes out, who will buy the 30 series?
If you want to issue a dessert card, it will most likely wait until the 30 series inventory is almost cleared. Judging from the current environment and the pricing of the 40 series, the price of the 4070 is estimated to be around 5,000 yuan, and the price of the 4060 is just over 4,000 yuan.
Why do I advise you not to buy it now? Let’s do the math first. I bought a 4090. If I want to take full advantage of its performance, do I need to replace a batch of new hardware, such as motherboard, memory, power supply, and cooling? It seems that the price of each item is not high, but it must be tens of thousands. Of course, if you are rich, just pretend I didn’t say anything.
For now, it is too difficult for many players. In the past two years, graphics cards have been priced at a premium and are hard to find. After finally reducing the price, they are still afraid of buying mining cards. And now Nvidia has launched a wave of price increases, making it even worse for players who already have difficulty. Fortunately, the development of the gaming industry is not as fast as expected. Previous graphics cards can still compete for a while. 30 series and even 20 series graphics cards are enough to cope with most 3A masterpieces on the market.
As for the Nvidia 40 series graphics cards, I suggest you don’t buy them unless you are rich and wealthy. Although the performance has been greatly improved, it really does not mean that its price/performance ratio has gone up. Let’s wait and see. Having said that, it is actually not Nvidia’s fault, nor is it ugly. The 40 series is indeed strong, but it was born at the wrong time.
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