News Nvidia Unveils RTX 4000, 5000 Workstation GPUs, Along with New Datacenter Card

Nvidia RTX 4000 20GB is the card the 4070 should have been.

The history of the x70 vs. x80 series and VRAM + memory bandwidth since the GTX 600 gen:

GTX 670 2GB 256-bit
GTX 680 2GB 256-bit

GTX 770 2GB 256-bit
GTX 780 3GB 384-bit

GTX 970 4GB (ahem 3.5GB) 256-bit
GTX 980 4GB 256-bit

GTX 1070 8GB 256-bit
GTX 1080 8GB 256-bit

RTX 2070 8GB 256-bit
RTX 2080 8GB 256-bit

RTX 3070 8GB 256-bit
RTX 3080 10GB/12GB 320-bit

RTX 4070 12GB 192-bit
RTX 4080 16GB 256-bit

RTX 4000 20GB 160-bit

Based on historical trend and three generations of the RTX x70 line being at 8GB VRAM, the RTX 4070 should have launched with a 256-bit bus and 16GB memory right alongside the 4080. I don't know what Nvidia is thinking these days, but they are confusing the consumer more and more with each new generation - and will there or will there not be a Ti series variant for mid-range? I wonder what they'll turn upside down with next year's RTX 5000-series!
 
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Phaaze88

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I don't know what Nvidia is thinking these days, but they are confusing the consumer...
Munny, and keeping shareholders happy? Those are the #1 goals of a publicly traded company, right?
A confused customer is more likely to overspend, so more money for them.
Arc and Radeon are currently playing catch up.