News New RTX 4070 Ti Super features recycled RTX 4090 silicon — Zotac RTX 4070 Ti Super Solid carries AD102 die under the giant cooler

[Admin]

Zotac has purportedly implemented Nvidia's flagship AD102 die in its latest RTX 4070 Ti Super Solid graphics card.

New RTX 4070 Ti Super features recycled RTX 4090 silicon — Zotac RTX 4070 Ti Super Solid carries AD102 die under the giant cooler : Read more

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

Imagine if it were like 20 years ago when "recycled GPUs" were often simply a removable BIOS lock.

 

[Sluggotg]

I am curious. What driver do you use? This has a gimped 4090 chipset but is called a 4070Ti. Specifically, if I go to Nvidia's site to download the latest driver.. which do you use? I guess you would only be able to use the drivers from Zotac?

It is nice to see they are getting some use out of these chips. It would be a waste to throw them out.

 

[MoxNix]

Imagine if it were like 20 years ago when "recycled GPUs" were often simply a removable BIOS lock.

Now they just burn out sections of the die and claim those parts of the die were defective.

 

[The Historical Fidelity]

Now they just burn out sections of the die and claim those parts of the die were defective.

Not really, if it was a good 102 die Nvidia would either put it in a H100 or sell it to AIBs as a 4090. It makes no sense to fake defective dies to sell them for less than they are worth. If 102 is being used in a 4070ti, then it truly has defects.

 

[Joseph_138]

Imagine if it were like 20 years ago when "recycled GPUs" were often simply a removable BIOS lock.

I have a Radeon 9500 non-Pro that unlocked to a 9700, and a HD 6950 that unlocked to a HD 6970. They try to avoid doing that, for that very reason. They will laser cut dies to make sure they can't be unlocked before they sell them as a lower priced part, but the yields on the cheaper chips are good enough now where they don't have to worry about not being able to meet demand.

 

[TechyInAZ]

I am curious. What driver do you use? This has a gimped 4090 chipset but is called a 4070Ti. Specifically, if I go to Nvidia's site to download the latest driver.. which do you use? I guess you would only be able to use the drivers from Zotac?

It is nice to see they are getting some use out of these chips. It would be a waste to throw them out.

There's nothing complicated with the drivers. You would use the same Nvidia drivers as always. The card still identifies as a RTX 4070 Ti Super.

Nvidia has been doing this for years with a plethora of GPUs over the past several generations.