After much anticipation, GPU manufacturing giant NVIDIA has finally revealed their new RTX 40 series. The new lineup will soon replace the 30 series or the 3000 series to others as NVIDIA’s main line of graphic cards built not just for gaming but also for workstations.
The new line reveal was done early this week through a special livestream event by NVIDIA. The livestream shows the 2 flagship GPU models, or graphical processing units, also known as video cards, the RTX 4090 and RTX 4080. The RTX 4080 will come in 2 flavors, a 16GB and a 12GB variant although surprisingly there was no info on a Ti version. NVIDIA boasts up to twice the gaming performance for its 40-series cards by “harnessing DLSS 3 and new Ada innovations“. Aside from gaming, NVIDIA’s GPUs are also utilized in other computing work like 3D and video rendering. NVIDIA also says that the cards will provide up to twice the performance in such tasks and as well as in AI utilization.
The full specs of the NVIDIA RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 Founders edition cards are as follows:
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | NVIDIA RTX 4080 (16GB) | NVIDIA RTX 4080 (12GB) | |
| CUDA Core Count | 16384 | 9728 | 7680 |
| Boost Clock (Ghz) | 2.52 | 2.51 | 2.61 |
| Base Clock (Ghz) | 2.23 | 2.21 | 2.31 |
| Memory | 24 GB GDDR6X | 16 GB GDDR6X | 12 GB GDDR6X |
| Memory Interface Width | 382-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| RTX Cores | 3rd Generation | 3rd Generation | 3rd Generation |
| Tensor Cores | 4th Generation | 4th Generation | 4th Generation |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| DLSS Generation | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Maximum Digital Resolution | 7680×4320 | 7680×4320 | 7680×4320 |
| Display Connectors | HDMI, x3 Display Port | HDMI, x3 Display Port | HDMI, x3 Display Port |
| Multi Monitor Support | Up to 4 | Up to 4 | Up to 4 |
| Length | 304 mm | 304 mm | Varies by Manufacturer |
| Width | 137 mm | 137 mm | Varies by Manufacturer |
| Slot | 3-slot (61mm) | 3-slot (61mm) | Varies by Manufacturer |
| Maximum GPU Temperature (C) | 90 | 90 | 90 |
| Power Draw (W) | 450 | 320 | 285 |
| Minimum System Power (W) | 850 | 750 | 700 |
| Power Connectors | 3x PCIe 8-pin cables or 450W or greater PCIe Gen 5 Cable | 3x PCIe 8-pin cables or 450W or greater PCIe Gen 5 Cable | 3x PCIe 8-pin cables or 450W or greater PCIe Gen 5 Cable |
NVIDIA’s RTX 4090 will be available starting this October 12, 2022 with pricing to start at USD 1599, the RTX 4080 on the other hand will be coming in November with pricing to start at USD 899 for the 12GB variant and USD 1,199 for the 16GB version.