Summary
PC gamers looking to upgrade their processing speed and graphics capabilities should keep an eye on January 8, as news regardingNVIDIA’s latest graphics card line is expected to be FULLY revealed. NVIDIA has been teasing the upcoming GeForce RTX SUPER series, and they’re expected to be at CES.
Although the actual cards will not reportedly be on sale until January 17, it seemsNVIDIAplans to reveal details, including full specifications and price points, on January 8 during a special address at 2024’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Until then, NVIDIA continues to tease PC gamers by posting images of the new products via their social media.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 SUPER Series Details
According toVideocardz, the SUPER series will feature three RTX cards: the RTX 4070 SUPER, the RTX 4070 SUPER Ti, and the RTX 4080 SUPER. The 4070 SUPER will be available for purchase beginning on June 08, 2025, the 4070 Ti SUPER on January 24, and the 4080 SUPER on January 31. Currently, unconfirmed rumors indicate that the base versions of the 4080 and 4070 Ti will no longer be sold, with their SUPER variants replacing them entirely, but thebase RTX 4070, which sells for $599, will remain available.
The three cards in the SUPER series are designed to offer greater processing power and faster speeds without increasing energy consumption; two out of the three retain the same thermal design power (TDP) as their non-SUPER counterparts, with only the 4070 having a slight increase. With their boosts in memory capacity, speed, and CUDA cores, the GeForce SUPER cards are designed to compete with theRadeon RX 7000 seriesproduced by AMD.
NVIDIA GeForce RT 4080 SUPER
The 4080 SUPER is the highest-powered of the three cards and is currently estimated to sell for the highest price point. Notably, it does not offer increased memory capacity compared to theRTX 4080, instead remaining at 16GB. What it does feature, however, is a dramatic increase in CUDA cores, with 10240 compared to its predecessor’s 9728. The card also features a speed boost, but a relatively small one; the 4080’s 22.4 Gbps becomes a full 23 Gbps with the SUPER.
RTX 4080
16GB
256-bit
736 GB/s
717 GB/s
2295 MHz
2205 MHz
2550 MHz
2505 MHz
10240
9728
NVIDIA GeForce RT 4070 Ti SUPER
The 4070 Ti SUPER is most notable in that itdoesfeature a dramatic memory capacity upgrade. It equals the 4080 with 16 GB of memory, while the original 4070 Ti featured only 12 GB. Like the 4080 SUPER, it will offer an increase in CUDA cores, boasting nearly one thousand more than the 4070 Ti it is replacing. It also upgrades thebase 4070 Ti’smemory bus from 192-bit to 256-bit, equal to the 4080 and 4080 SUPER. Like the 4080 SUPER, the 4070 Ti SUPER will offer these benefits without a concurrent increase in power consumption.
12GB
192-bit
672 GB/s
504 GB/s
2340 MHz
2310 MHz
2610 MHz
8448
7680
NVIDIA GeForce RT 4070 SUPER
The first of the three cards to be released, the 4070 SUPER continues the trend of increasing CUDA cores; it offers a total of 7168, when theoriginal RTX 4070featured only 5888. There is no increase in memory or memory bus, both of which remain at 12GB and 192-bit respectively. However, its base clock does get a significant boost of 60 MHz, coming in at a total of 1980 MHz. Notably, the 4070 SUPER is the only card of the three to have an increase in TDP, although it is a small one - 220W compared to 200W in the base version.
RTX 4070
1980 MHz
1920 MHz
2475 MHz
7168
5888
How Much Will The RTX SUPER Series Cards Cost?
While the full stats of thethree RTX SUPER series cardsare generally known due to Videocardz at this time, one thing that remains a mystery is exactly how much they will cost. Currently, a base 4070 card retails for $599, a 4070 Ti for $799, and a 4080 for $1199. Initial thought was that the SUPER cards would be more expensive than their base counterparts, but the opposite may in fact be the case.
Although nothing will likely be confirmed until the January 8 address, rumors currently indicate that the cards might be sold at lower price points designed to compete with thecheaper Radeon RX series. If the rumors are true, the 4070 SUPER could cost $599, the same as the base 4070, while the 4070 Ti will retail for between $799 and $899 and the 4080 for $999. In this case, the 4070 Ti would be the only card to cost slightly more than its base version, although it also represents the largest performance upgrade with its significant memory and speed boosts in addition to increased CUDA cores.
The SUPER Series Could Represent Continuing Success For Nvidia
Despite both theGeForce 4070 and 4060seeing an increase in popularity among Steam users, the series still remains only the 14th most popular graphics card among them, with cards from the GeForce 3000 and 1000 series still scoring higher. As a result, PC gamers who purchased or received a 4070 over the holiday season might be disappointed that the SUPER is coming out so soon, while others might appreciate the chance to upgrade sooner than expected.
Still, the announcement of the SUPER cards' details and price points on January 8 will represent a strong portion of the 2024 CES event. Other events on the schedule during the 4-day Las Vegas-based show include presentations and exhibits by AMD,Bandai Namco, Hisense, Intel Corporation, and many others in the gaming space. In addition, CES will feature seminars on accessibility in gaming and the role of AI in gaming in the future. It is definitely likely that the Geforce SUPER series will be only one of many exciting announcements that gamers should keep an eye on during this technology-centric event.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition
Benefiting from NVIDIA’s Ampere technology, the GeForce RTX 3090 is one of the first graphics cards capable of pushing 60 fps or higher at 8k resolutions. With more ray tracing and tensor cores, the RTX 3090 is a beast of a GPU for anything from gaming to intensive video editing. The 24 GB of memory in this graphics card allows professionals to reach their creative peaks, while NVLink maximizes the combined horsepower of CPU and GPUs.
