Nvidia announces the RTX 4090 and 4080 models with specs and prices

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After months of anticipation, Nvidia has finally unveiled its next-generation graphics cards with the RTX 4090 and 4080 as the debut models. These cards pack plenty of hardware improvements, much of which had already been leaked in the past. But now we’ve got official specs, prices, and a release date for Nvidia’s RTX 4090 and 4080 to delve into.

To kick things off, let’s look at the prices for Nvidia’s RTX 4090 and 4080. Firstly, the RTX 4090 comes in with a base price of $1,599 USD. In comparison, the RTX 3090 launched with a price starting at $1,499 USD, so we’ve got a jump of $100. The RTX 4080 comes in two versions with differing specs, as per usual for this class of card. The 12 GB model costs $899 USD, while the 16GB costs $1,199 USD. As always, these prices are pretty optimistic on Nvidia’s part, and we’ll likely see some varying prices from AIBs. The RTX 4090 launches first on October 12, while both versions of the RTX 4080 are due to release in November.

Just by looking at the specs for Nvidia’s RTX 4090 and comparing it to the 3090 Ti, this is a fairly big leap. Furthermore, these cards are using the long-rumored Ada Lovelace architecture which uses TSMC’s 4nm node. Additionally, the RTX 4090 uses three 8-pin connectors or a single 450W PCIe 5.0 cable. As rumored, the power consumption for the 4090 is the same as the 3090. But since it’s aiming to deliver twice the performance, that’s not a bad trade-off. Power consumption on the 4080 models is also largely the same as the 3080, with the 12GB card drawing less power with 285W. There are also 16,384 CUDA cores, which is a bit step up from the 3090 Ti’s 10,752. Some aspects here are disappointing, though. For example, the lack of DisplayPort 2.0 is a particular