Everyone knows it is coming. However Nvidia’s RTX 4070 graphics card hasn’t really been introduced not to mention launched. And but it seems in a brand new official slide from Nvidia detailing latency efficiency in Counter-Strike 2 (opens in new tab) courtesy of its Reflex anti-lag know-how.
The no-longer-rumoured RTX 4070 is proven in opposition to the RTX 3060 (opens in new tab) and aged GTX 1060 (opens in new tab). Whereas body charges are what you’d actually wish to see for an total image of efficiency, latency is partially derived from body charge. So, this does represent the primary official, if infinitesimally slim, snapshot of the RTX 4070’s efficiency.
You may add that to the avalanche of ‘leaked’ data (opens in new tab), which at this level is giving a fairly clear indication of what to anticipate from the 4070.
In pure raster efficiency phrases, the rumours recommend the RTX 4070 will slot in at about the identical degree because the last-gen RTX 3080. However it can supposedly retail at $599, $100 lower than the RTX 3080’s MSRP, albeit the 3080 usually offered for multiples of that in a lot of its lifespan because of the GPU craze in the course of the pandemic.
We’re additionally anticipating the RTX 4070 to be fitted out with 12GB of VRAM, an additional 2GB over that primary 3080. If that’s the case, that could possibly be a useful improve given the hideous propensity of some current titles, together with The Final of Us, to vacuum up ludicrous quantities of video reminiscence (opens in new tab). That sport can hit 11GB of VRAM at 1080 Extremely settings. Ouch.
Anyway, why Nvidia selected to focus on an unannounced GPU within the Counter-Strike 2 Reflex efficiency slide is anybody’s guess. Arguably the equally unannounced RTX 4060 would have been a greater match given the opposite two GPUs have been each ’60 collection boards.
However possibly that was a step too far into Nvidia’s future plans. The consensus is presently that the RTX 4070 shall be launched later this month, with the RTX 4060 and its 4060 Ti sibling arriving in might.
No matter, the truth that Nvidia is joyful to stay the RTX 4070 in an official slide does slightly indicate the GPU is about to launch very, very quickly. This is hoping it is not less than pretty much as good because the rumours recommend.