Nvidia Caught Off Guard Will 'unlaunch' The 12GB RTX 4080

There’s been loads of controversy surrounding the lately revealed Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 12GB model, and it appears that the corporate has lastly caved into the proverbial strain and made a surprising choice.

Nvidia introduced that it will be ‘unlaunching’ the 12GB RTX 4080. By the official publication, the explanation for the ‘unlaunching’ is that “the RTX 4080 12GB is an unbelievable graphics card, but it surely’s not named proper. Having two GPUs with the 4080 designations is complicated.”

The 16GB model of the graphics card remains to be geared for a November 16th launch, nevertheless, with the announcement stating that it’s “wonderful and on the monitor to please players all over the place.”

What occurred with the RTX 4080 12GB?

There was a lot of controversy surrounding the 12GB RTX 4080 and its specs, particularly contemplating the hefty beginning price ticket of $899. When in comparison with the 16GB model, we even discovered that the graphics playing cards used two different chips: the 16GB has the AD103 GPU chip whereas the 12GB makes use of the AD104 chip.

Not solely that however the 4080 has 2,048 fewer CUDA cores, much less cache reminiscence, and smaller bus width. Although we don’t have the cardboard to check proper now, this could almost certainly lead to an efficiency distinction of 20-25% between the 12GB and 16GB variations. That may be an enormous distinction for fashions with identical 4080 brandings. And there have been leaked benchmarks as effectively from Overclock3D which assist that proposed efficiency distinction.

This led to many believing the 12GB 4080 to be a 4070 in disguise, with an overinflated value level. Judging from each the lacklustre efficiency and the truth that Nvidia delayed its launch with a rebranding on the horizon, there’s loads of credit score to that principle. Hopefully, a mistake of this magnitude gained be occurring once more.