Rumor: Nvidia RTX 40-Series Enters Testing Phase

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Of the two major beasts in the graphics card industry, Nvidia is typically considered the front-runner when compared to AMD. However, with Intel getting ready to launch its Arc desktop cards this summer, team green has a new rival to compete with. Alongside that, the market is looking towards the future and the new generation of GPUs is set to kick-off towards the latter parts of this year, and it's been suggested that Jensen Huang and co have already begun the testing phase of its next RTX series.

According to a recent report from PC Gamer, which references a tweet from known leaker kopite7kimi, Nvidia may have started testing the AD102, which forms part of the Amanda Lovelace architecture that's due to launch this year and could be getting used in the 40-series. The report goes on to say that the chip could power the likes of the 4090 and the 4080, which are expected to be the big launches for the company when the next generation arrives.

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As for when that will be, speculations suggest that Nvidia is looking to release the RTX 40 GPUs this September, with AMD saying its next architecture could be coming roughly around the same time. However, it needs to be stated that these are rumors only, but it would make sense for the company to begin testing its upcoming new graphics card range, especially if it hopes to launch them within the next five months or so.

The idea of Lovelace and RDNA 3 coming towards the end of 2021 will hopefully mean that availability will be much healthier, given that this GPU era has experienced severe shortages and hiked prices pretty much since it started in September 2020. With AMD and Nvidia prices expected to plummet, there's every reason to believe