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I don't disagree with you, but the article shows the 4070 is still set at 12GB?
by iwanttocomment 2y ago
I don't disagree with you, but the article shows the 4070 is still set at 12GB?
- talldayo 2y agoYep, there are a number of different 12gb Nvidia cards; 3060ti and 2060 also had 12gb options. But I think those are gap filler cards, at least in Nvidia's lineup. They're intended to fill the "budget 4k" market that needs enough memory to run high-res displays (or LLMs/crypto miners) but not the compute to fully saturate it. A sort of consolation prize for people that can't afford the 2080-tier cards but want a similarly large memory pool. A lot of outlets see those cards and end up dunking on the XX70 models just because "memory lower" and I think they miss the point. There are a lot of users, particularly 1080p and 1440p users, that do want less memory that can run faster. As time goes on, I expect Nvidia to phase out 4gb cards for an 8gb minimum, with 16gb midrange (XX60ti, XX70) cards and probably 32gb flagship (XX80/XX90/Titan RTX) styled cards. Again though, it's anyone's guess.
- archi42 2y agoUh, even the 3080ti had 12GB RAM; in that generation only the 3090 had more (24GB). The 2080 had 8GB. Just a nitpick; the guess is sound (though I would expect 4GB to stay for the office PC market), and obviously only time will tell what they'll really be doing. OTOH don't underestimate the power of artificial market segmentation - "oh, you want 16GB VRAM? Too bad, get a xx60 instead of a xx50. After all it's just 25% more expensive!".