Nvidia’s RTX 40 Series memory controller rumored to support GDDR7 memory speeds

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The leaks for next gen graphics cards are already heating up again, fortunately, around a time when current gen graphics card prices are finally cooling down. And while Intel and AMD have some upcoming products worth keeping your eyes on, Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 40 Series graphics cards are no doubt the crown jewel of next gen gaming hardware talk and speculation. This is because rumors suggest the Lovelace architecture powering these cards will yield another performance uplift in games similar to that of Ampere. Now, we have more leaked info on how Nvidia plans to achieve this lofty goal. According to Moore’s Law is Dead, the Nvidia RTX 40 Series memory controllers for top models could support GDDR7 memory speeds.

Fast onboard memory is necessary for GPUs to store data like textures and other 3D assets found in games. As one can surmise, having more video memory capacity and higher effective bandwidth speeds typically result in better gaming performance. It’s for this reason that we don’t simply refer to graphics hardware as GPUs, as there are many parts in a graphics card that can affect performance.

Nvidia’s next generation graphics cards will feature greatly improved processor specs, so it makes sense that equally better memory upgrades are due. According to the leak, Nvidia decided to design the memory controllers for top RTX 40 Series Lovelace cards to support GDDR7 memory in case it’s deemed necessary to compete with AMD’s highly-anticipated RDNA 3.

There’s still not much info out there on what to expect with GDDR7. JEDEC, a collective group of industry leaders that decides on various memory standards, has yet to finalize the spec range. However, Samsung did tease its own GDDR7 memory in development at a closed press