GeForce RTX 4080 Ti coming
EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR,
we’re expecting Nvidia to release the GeForce RTX 4080 Ti. The regular RTX 4080, while awesome, was deemed too expensive, with a launch price of $1,199. It was expected to follow the established pricing pattern for GeForce cards, and significantly undercut the top-dog RTX 4090 (which launched at $1,599). The previous generation’s RTX 3080 started at $699, so even allowing for inflation, it was an unexpected move. It also generated an uncomfortable gap in performance, with the RTX 4080 having 9,728 shaders, while its big brother 4090 had a 16,384 count for not much more money. This made the the 4080 look particularly poor value, and left a huge performance gap in the 4000-series range.