Leak Source Claims Nvidia is Still Debating Final Specifications for 4070 GPU

With Nvidia looking likely set to officially kick off their new 40XX graphics cards with the launch of the 4090 this October (or November), it is somewhat surprising that this close to release we still don’t really know much about what we can expect from any of the upcoming GPU. – Oh sure, leaks have been there, but with them changing so often, at this point it seems that even Nvidia isn’t 100% committed yet as to exactly what specifications the full line-up will have.

And in something which seemingly adds to this theory, following a fresh Twitter post by leak source ‘@kopite7kimi‘ it seems that Nvidia is currently (or at least potentially) debating two different specifications for its 4070 GPU.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070

Now just to clear one point up pretty quickly, despite referencing four different SKUs, we are only truly looking at two different variants here. What do we know about these variants though? Well, the 340/341 is certainly the more potent of the two with it featuring around 500 more CUDA cores and 12GB of VRAM compared to the 336/337’s 10GB.

While it might, therefore, be tempting to suggest that the 340/341 might be representative of the 4070 Ti, the source seems pretty adamant that these are both currently being considered for the standard 4070 with a final decision yet to be made. And in this regard, don’t be too surprised that Nvidia hasn’t picked one yet.

Based on recent information it seems incredibly likely, if not probable, that the 4070 (and all other GPUs below this) will not be released until some point in early 2023. In other words, Nvidia has plenty of time on their hands here to ensure the line-up is as well balanced as possible and, arguably, far better laid out than the 30XX series which had more than a few strange configurations (the fact that the revised 3060 had more VRAM than the 3060 Ti for example).

What do you think though? – Let us know in the comments!