Reports about the RTX 4090 showing a significant bump in performance over the RTX 3090 have been doing the rounds for weeks now, and the latest information reemphasizes those earlier reports. Nvidia is expected to launch the RTX 4090 this summer, with the latest rumors suggesting it could happen as early as mid-July. However, with Nvidia yet to say anything officially on this matter, everything is in the realm of speculation.
Rumors also suggest that it will be priced at a whopping $1,899, which would be a significant markup over the RTX 3090, which has an MSRP of $1,499. That said, third-party designs from ASUS, EVGA and others will likely be significantly more expensive than the reference designs and should comfortably go past the $2,000 mark. For reference, third-party RTX 3090 cards already come in at over $2,000 thanks to the continuing GPU shortage, although recent reports suggest that graphics card prices are finally coming down to more reasonable levels, even selling at a discount in some cases.
In a tweet, prolific tipster Kopite7kimi reiterated earlier rumors that Nvidia's RTX 4090 will offer twice the performance of the RTX 3090 graphics card. They also shared an updated set of specifications for the forthcoming GPU, revealing that it will ship with only 126 streaming multiprocessors (SMs) enabled. The number is significantly lower than the 140-odd that was expected previously. The tweet also suggested that the card will come with 16,128 CUDA cores, 24GB of GDDR6X memory clocked at 21 Gbps, and 450 watts of TDP. The card was earlier expected to come with a 600W TDP.
RTX 4090 Ti Could Be Even More Powerful
It is worth noting that even with the fewer SMs and lower-than-expected power requirement, the tipster still expects the card to offer twice the 3D acceleration performance of its predecessor. That bodes well for the possible RTX 4090 Ti, which should come with more cores and a higher TDP, resulting in even faster performance.
It's not immediately clear how many RTX 4000-series cards Nvidia will launch this year, but rumors suggest that the lineup could include the RTX 4090, RTX 4080 and RTX 4070. If earlier generations are anything to go by, the company will also launch the RTX 4060 and the RTX 4050 at some stage, but probably not this year. Either way, the specifications shared by the tipster are still rumors at this stage and, as such, should be taken with a pinch of salt unless confirmed by Nvidia.
Source: kopite7kimi/Twitter