Friday, October 14th 2022
NVIDIA Cancels GeForce RTX 4080 12GB, To Relaunch it With a Different Name
NVIDIA has decided to cancel the November 2022 launch of the GeForce RTX 4080 12 GB. The company will relaunch the card under a different name, though it didn't announce the replacement name just yet. The naming of the RTX 4080 12 GB was cause for much controversy. With the RTX 40-series "Ada," NVIDIA debuted three SKUs—the already launched RTX 4090 which is in stores right now; the RTX 4080 16 GB, and the RTX 4080 12 GB. Memory size notwithstanding, the RTX 4080 12 GB is a vastly different graphics card from the RTX 4080 16 GB.
The RTX 4080 12 GB and RTX 4080 16 GB didn't even share the same silicon. While the 16 GB model is based on the larger "AD103" silicon, has 9,728 CUDA cores, and a 256-bit wide GDDR6X memory bus; the RTX 4080 12 GB is based on the smaller "AD104" silicon, has just 7,680 CUDA cores (21% fewer CUDA cores); and a meager 192-bit wide GDDR6X memory bus. This had the potential to confuse buyers, especially given the $900 price. With criticism spanning not just social media but also bad press, NVIDIA decided to pull the plug on the RTX 4080 12 GB. The company will likely re-brand it as a successor to the RTX 3070 Ti, although then it will have a hard time justifying its $900 price-tag. The RTX 4080 16 GB, however, is on track for a November 16 availability date, with a baseline price of $1,200.
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The RTX 4080 12 GB and RTX 4080 16 GB didn't even share the same silicon. While the 16 GB model is based on the larger "AD103" silicon, has 9,728 CUDA cores, and a 256-bit wide GDDR6X memory bus; the RTX 4080 12 GB is based on the smaller "AD104" silicon, has just 7,680 CUDA cores (21% fewer CUDA cores); and a meager 192-bit wide GDDR6X memory bus. This had the potential to confuse buyers, especially given the $900 price. With criticism spanning not just social media but also bad press, NVIDIA decided to pull the plug on the RTX 4080 12 GB. The company will likely re-brand it as a successor to the RTX 3070 Ti, although then it will have a hard time justifying its $900 price-tag. The RTX 4080 16 GB, however, is on track for a November 16 availability date, with a baseline price of $1,200.
423 Comments on NVIDIA Cancels GeForce RTX 4080 12GB, To Relaunch it With a Different Name
So why not the RTS 4080.
Liking and enjoying certain nvidia products does not require a departure from objectivity.
Objectively, the 4080 12gb was (set to be) an outright garbage product, and like I said, I haven't seen a single person defend it, and I'd be ultra surprised to see anyone on TPU defend it, given the user base here, especially the vocal ones.
With 5xxx series, AMD top was mid-tier gpus so compere it to next-gen enthusiast tier is dubious.
Don't wanna list them but there are some:
- cheats in 3DMark Nvidia accused of cheating in 3DMark 03 - GameSpot
- lower image quality - cheating in textures resolution resulting in higher performance to maintain competitiveness with ATi and AMD Radeon Question: Is nvidia cheating on image quality? Can someone confirm this? : Amd (reddit.com)
- nvidia partner program - illegal way to cut AMD from partnership with select OEMs GeForce Partner Program - Wikipedia
- GTX 970 3.5 GB marketed as 4 GB Nvidia settles class-action lawsuit over GTX 970 VRAM | KitGuru
- EVGA leaves nvidia EVGA Quits NVIDIA | Electronic Design
- XFX leaves nvidia XFX officially stops doing Nvidia (fudzilla.com)
- RTX 3080 10 GB controversy and cheating RTX 3080 VRAM usage warnings and the issue with VRAM pool sizes: the compromise of 4K gaming | ResetEra
I have 0 doubts Nvidia has its share of issues, just that as someone who had both GPUs, my experience with Nvidia was far better.
just like Nvidia lost a customer with your issues, AMD lost a customer, me, with their drivers.This is very disappointing take.
So my opinion is probably false because can't be verified and is thus a myth, but your opinion that AMD is OK is the truth. Your post is anonymous too and someone causally reading you will believe AMD has 0 drivers issues no ?
I stated my experience with AMD, period. It's not universal, pretty sure many have great experience with AMD, I didn't.
Which customer is going to pick AMD a third time after being disappointed by the first two times ?
EDIT: This 4080 12 GB will most likely be named the 4070 or 4070 TI which it should of been to begin with.
4070.That is also the possible cause why Ngreedia charge 4080 16gb with $1200 for this gen.But why didn't they rename the 16 GB card as RTX 4080 Ti? While leaving the 12 GB as the vanilla RTX 4080? :confused: