RTX 4070 Super may get an upgrade to 16GB VRAM

This week, rumours around a potential RTX 40 Super refresh came to light, pointing to an RTX 4080 Super, as well as Super versions of the RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4070. According to another source, the RTX 4070 Super may use the AD103 GPU and get a bump up to 16GB of VRAM. 

According to MEGAsizeGPU, the RTX 4070 Super will utilise the AD103 GPU and have 16GB of 256-bit memory. The most likely reason behind using the AD103 GPU could be to provide a larger memory bus (the AD104 GPU uses a 192-bit bus). If that's the case, this update seems to be more oriented towards increasing the card's memory capacity instead of raising the core count.

There might be two new cards in the future:
4070 D6: The same spec as 4070 but shrinks to GDDR6
4070 super: based on AD103, has a 256bit bandwidth and 16G Vram

— MEGAsizeGPU (@Zed__Wang) October 19, 2023

Furthermore, there are rumours that Nvidia is also working on an RTX 4070 with GDDR6 memory, which would be a memory bandwidth decrease from the GDDR6X-equipped versions. Based on the current lineup, this card would likely come close to the RTX 4060 Ti 16GB in terms of pricing. However, considering the increased core count of the RTX 4070, even if it had less VRAM and a narrower memory bus, it would probably perform better than the RTX 4060 Ti 16GB.

This is at least the third time that hardware leakers have claimed that Nvidia is working on a refresh for the RTX 40 series. So far, Nvidia has not announced anything officially and as we saw with RTX 30 Super rumours and cards like the RTX 3080 20GB, rumours, even those backed by evidence, don't always lead to a consumer product.

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