NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40-series Cards to Enter Production Next Month, Partners to Receive First Cards

[btarunr]

Amidst all the news of NVIDIA going slow with its GeForce RTX 40-series "Ada Lovelace" launch cycle to allow the market to absorb inventories of current-gen cards as demand from crypto-currency miners has crashed; and amidst related news that NVIDIA has delayed the production ramp of these GPUs with foundry-partner TSMC by at least a quarter (3 months), we're getting reports that production of these cards are sticking to the original launch timeline. This need not be a contradictory report, as it could be a case of NVIDIA moving forward with a limited production run in preparation to a launch.

Tech publication PRO Hi-Tech reports that one of their contacts among NVIDIA add-in-card (AIC) partners told them, that the AIC could receive the first RTX 40-series cards from NVIDIA "in less than a month" (mid/late August). This roughly aligns with the product development timeline reported by Igor's Lab, which put the final stages of hardware development by July 2022, with production validation testing in August, with video-BIOS source release, and start of mass-production toward the end of August. This would mean that prototypes of the cards are already in the hands of the AICs, and August could see them receive close-to-final hardware while they await the release of a working BIOS. With mass-production commencing toward the end of August or September, product launches could commence by Q4-2022.



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[ZoneDymo]

@btarunr
oh how I wished you jokingly put "miners" instead of partners in that title

 

[ratirt]

So no delay for 4000 series cards?

 

[nguyen]

RTX4000 arrive to warm up those winter nights eh

 

[watzupken]

Nvidia's plan to delay production is ultimately limited by AMD's RDNA3 launch. They can choose not to release, but if competitor starts out strong and first, they will be losing out some sales.

 

[anfazi54]

Hoping the partners isn't scalper

 

[ratirt]

Nvidia's plan to delay production is ultimately limited by AMD's RDNA3 launch. They can choose not to release, but if competitor starts out strong and first, they will be losing out some sales.

So apparently NV doesn't know what to do with all the mess and leftover cards. Nice.
Well I guess cards have to be released at planned time before delays since AMD is not waiting with anything. At least that is what the latest news say.

 

[Chrispy_]

If they're launching 4090 and 4080 variants first, then I'm not remotely interested.

Rumours of an 800W 4090Ti with 48GB VRAM are so completely overkill for me and pretty much everyone else on the damn planet that it's little more than a marketing stunt for the wealthy elites and Youtubers who get free samples.

Wake me up mid-2023 when there's a 4060Ti for under $450 that matches a current 3080 or something.

 

[Dristun]

RTX4000 arrive to warm up those winter nights eh

People in EU are probably not very excited about the power bills considering how much they went up, lol. Still, wonder how much for the 4080 and if it arrives this year or next.

 

[HD64G]

From most reports/leaks nVidia will only sell a high-end next-gen GPU in 2022. So, soft launch only and then a few thousand GPUs on sell. They need to clear the inventory from the majority of Ampere GPUs.

 

[swirl09]

So no delay for 4000 series cards?

I called BS on the delayed rumors, it honestly just seemed like a last stitch attempt to shift some RTX30 inventory.

Im sticking with the approx 2 year timeline.

 

[mahirzukic2]

From most reports/leaks nVidia will only sell a high-end next-gen GPU in 2022. So, soft launch only and then a few thousand GPUs on sell. They need to clear the inventory from the majority of Ampere GPUs.

If the customers see that new cards are coming, i.e. there's a launch (even a soft one with a few thousands of cards), they will wait until a healthy supply of the said cards is made.
Nobody would in their right mind buy an Ampere card if they know 40-series card is already here, only waiting for the supply.
There being too many Ampere cards is Nvidia's problem not clients'.

 

[Slizzo]

I called BS on the delayed rumors, it honestly just seemed like a last stitch attempt to shift some RTX30 inventory.

Im sticking with the approx 2 year timeline.

Yeah, investors wouldn't be happy with a delay of a year, much less being happy being delayed a few months. And as you said AMD still appears to be on track; NVIDIA needs to have something in market to compete at the same time or they've ceded this generation to AMD and will have their lunch eaten.

Not to mention Arc is still on the way, and will likely capture a good amount of the mid to lower end of the market. NVIDIA HAS to launch something this year.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

Watched a video JayzTwoCents posted where he said he had on good authority that they werent even going to be released for another year. So this is confusing.

 

[Assimilator]

Watched a video JayzTwoCents posted where he said he had on good authority that they werent even going to be released for another year. So this is confusing.

That's your fault for listening to a tech YouTuber who has no interest in being correct, just in getting views.

 

[ppn]

Watched a video JayzTwoCents posted where he said he had on good authority that they werent even going to be released for another year. So this is confusing.

And if he's wrong people will be reminding him to death that he mislead his followers to buy the overpriced cards, when 4070/4080 was just around the corner. Nvidia is on a 2 year cycle since forever, maybe 900's were late 1000- early, but this is the year now. 2022.

In a way this is also a safe bet since 4070 is going to be late and 160 bit bus, what a joke, we are left with 3080/12 as the only sensible choice, limited offer, don't buy it above 799 though, 4080 could cost the same and 50% faster.. But people would be buying those anyway, no matter what Jay said.

 

[CyberCT]

The 3080 12GB is the best mid - high range value this generation. Most are sold out now but EVGA still has a few available (AIO version) and Newegg has some ... at sub $800 with mail in rebate. About 6% faster than the 10 GB version, with 2 GB additional too ... for $0 - $40 more.

 

[medi01]

Watched a video JayzTwoCents posted where he said he had on good authority that they werent even going to be released for another year. So this is confusing.

AMDs 7000 series are expected end of Oct - mid Nov.
And look fairly scary (process node bump gives 20% more eff if it is 5N and 30% if it is 5NP):

https://twitter.com/x/status/1523724732553641985

NV brushing that off with "let me delay things by 1 year" is hard to imagine.

 

[HD64G]

If the customers see that new cards are coming, i.e. there's a launch (even a soft one with a few thousands of cards), they will wait until a healthy supply of the said cards is made.
Nobody would in their right mind buy an Ampere card if they know 40-series card is already here, only waiting for the supply.
There being too many Ampere cards is Nvidia's problem not clients'.

If we are talking about PC customers that calculate the value of their buys, then the RTX 4060 & 4070 are most possible to go on sale in 6 months or more, so if those people find a good price in the next 2-3 months they could buy this gen of GPUs. Or go for next gen AMD that might arrive in September, even the RX7600-7700 tier.

 

[MentalAcetylide]

RTX4000 arrive to warm up those winter nights eh

It will certainly warm up a small room, even in winter, to the point that you'll need to open a window.

Hoping the partners isn't scalper

heh, we're being scalped as we speak/type. War in Ukraine? Oh, we gotta jack up the price of everything just because. Can't let a good crisis go to waste; especially when we have two of them back to back: the pandemic & a war!

One thing is for sure, if they don't keep their prices reasonable, merchants/resellers won't be selling a lot of those 4080 & 4090 series cards. Previously, we had crypto mining, shortages, and the expectation of profit from sales(i.e. scalping) & mining driving the card sales/prices. However, this time around, there's not a whole lot that will encourage people to shell out extra money for a 4080 or 4090 card as they will be complete overkill for gaming.

 

[Icon Charlie]

That's your fault for listening to a tech YouTuber who has no interest in being correct, just in getting views.

I agree. People should have the common sense to lot listen to this guy. IHMO he's nothing more than shilling to his subscriber base to make money. His recent information was incredibly biased to Ngreedia about buying their card for 1 week when we all know that there was no real decreases at all during that time period.

His credibility of late is suspect. He is on my blacklist as I give warning to my clients on him.

 

[Tomgang]

I am waiting for the RTX 4080, as that is the card I am considering. But since I have a rtx 3080, I am in no hurry to get a rtx 4080. Also do to all these bad news about the world economic situation and risk of losing job in a not so near future, I might end up backing down on rtx 4080 in the end. So much can change every day the last few months.

But no matter what, I am looking forward to see reviews and the official power consumptions numbers.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

That's your fault for listening to a tech YouTuber who has no interest in being correct, just in getting views.

You are grossly incorrect and if you believe that, you are either naive or an idiot. Why would he bury himself like that and put his reputation on the line by saying such if he hasnt heard that from his board partners?

 

[R0H1T]

Why would he bury himself like that and put his reputation on the line by saying such if he hasnt heard that from his board partners?

What reputation? YTers can just make another "I'm sorry I doubted Intel/Nvidia/AMD" to gain another million views!
If they had any shred of integrity they wouldn't be using clickbait tiles or BS thumbnails with such frequency

As far as I'm concerned they're no better than politicians, or slimy businesses, these days & there are no exceptions!

Wake me up mid-2023 when there's a 4060Ti for under $450 that matches a current 3080 or something.

With those (somewhat reasonable) expectations I hope you've got your cryochamber ready, you probably won't be waking up anytime soon

 

[BorisDG]

Can't wait for RTX 4090, because current prices of 3000 are pretty tempting, but I know I will sorry if I buy RTX 3080 Ti or RTX 3090. Let's hope for decent prices and availability.