As promised, Nvidia has announced their newest line of 4000 series GPU cards, the RTX Super, promising more performance at a cheaper price. Here are the details, including release date and pricing, on the Nvidia RTX 4080 Super, 4070 Super, and 4070 Ti Super.
As part of their CES 2024 presentation, Nvidia has revealed new RTX Super GPUs for the 4000 Series line of cards. Here’s a breakdown of each card (via press release)
A 4K Monster: The GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
The GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER powers fully ray-traced games in 4K resolution. At 1.4x faster than the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti without DLSS Frame Generation, the RTX 4080 SUPER delivers blistering performance with traditional rasterization. With 836 AI TOPS, DLSS Frame Generation delivers an extra performance boost, making the RTX 4080 SUPER twice as fast as the RTX 3080 Ti. The RTX 4080 SUPER features more cores and faster memory for a performance edge. It will be available starting Jan. 31 from $999.
Precision Gaming: The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the ideal GPU for maxing out games at super-high frame rates at 1440p, and up to 4K. Compared to the RTX 4070 Ti, it has more cores, an increased frame buffer to 16GB, and a 256-bit memory bus, providing a significant memory bandwidth increase to 672 GB/sec. It is 1.6x faster than a RTX 3070 Ti and 2.5x with DLSS 3. The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER will be available starting Jan. 24 at $799.
Perfectly Balanced: The GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
The RTX 4070 SUPER arrives with 20% more cores than the RTX 4070, making it faster than an RTX 3090 at a fraction of the power. With DLSS 3, its lead stretches to 1.5x faster. It will be available starting Jan. 17 at $599.
Generally, these cards should offer more performance (2-5%) than their non-Super counterparts while also being cheaper. The RTX 4080 Super MSRP at $999, while the standard RTX 4080 retails at $1199, making it $200 cheaper with better performance.
They may still be expensive cards, but the price drop is a step in the right direction, offering a better price to performance than what early adopters originally got.
The price of the 4080 Super also puts it within the cost of AMD’s 7900 XTX, their high-end GPU that was in line with the original RTX 4080. Whether AMD plans on addressing that with a new card of their own or a price drop will remain to be seen, though we expect some form of reaction to remain competitive.
If you already own either an RTX 4070 or RTX 4080 and were wondering if the Super models would be worth the upgrade, likely not. Yes, they provide better performance than their base models, and despite not having any benchmarks to compare, it should be clear that the uplift in performance will be minimal, not making it worth the upgrade. You’d be better off waiting for the RTX 5000 cards, which are speculated to launch next year.
All three Super cards will be available for purchase starting January 31.