Nvidia could be making a cut-down RTX 4090 GPU but you wont be able to buy it

Date:
Thu, 30 Nov 2023 16:21:37 +0000

Description:
Nvidia RTX 4090 D is rumored to be a considerably cut-down spin on the flagship Lovelace graphics card.

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Nvidia has a new version of its RTX 4090 graphics card in the works which
will be considerably cut-down in some way, or so rumor has it and the GPU is tied up with the situation in China.

The purported RTX 4090 D with the D referring to the Year of the Dragon,
most likely, bearing in mind this is a new flavor aimed at the Chinese market
was first reported on by Wccftech , and then a leaker on X brought us some follow-up information. 4090DAD102-250 November 30, 2023 See more

As spotted by Toms Hardware , leaker MEGAsizeGPU observes that the RTX 4090 D will purportedly be built around the AD102-250 chip, whereas the full-fat RTX 4090 is AD102-300 (and AD102-301). The latter 301 variant indicates a slight change, but a shift to a 250 chip suggests, of course, that this is going to be a seriously cut-down GPU.

Add your own seasoning to all this speculation, but the rumor makes sense in light of the US import ban preventing Nvidia selling the RTX 4090 (and other heavyweight AI cards) to China.

What Team Green could be doing here is making a flagship GPU variant thats just under the performance threshold whereby cards are blocked for export to China, dropping it by at least 10% or more to be safe.

What wed end up with, then, is a chip with fewer CUDA Cores, and possibly overclocking limits as well (to prevent enterprising folks from making up the core deficit by cranking up clocks via beefy cooling solutions). Analysis: Dont get excited about this theorized GPU

MEGAsizeGPU doesnt have any details of the exact spec of this RTX 4090 D, saying nothing is confirmed yet, so Nvidia could be deciding how to play this one still. Or it could just be a rumor thatll evaporate into nothing, of course, but it seems likely that Nvidia will want to keep sales flowing in a huge territory like China.

What Nvidia will need to make sure of, though, is that any such RTX 4090 D doesnt clash with the incoming RTX 4080 Super . (Although that graphics card, too, is only rumored at this point, but its very strongly rumored, and quite possibly set for a CES 2024 reveal and a potential spot on our list of the best GPUs ).

If youre thinking that the RTX 4090 D could be a compelling purchase, you might want to think again. As the Dragon name (and the aforementioned
Wccftech report) suggests, this is likely to be a graphics card only released in China, and moreover, itll likely be pitched at the same retail price as
the RTX 4090.

Again, because you cant buy the full-fat 4090 GPU in China any longer, that makes sense, and Nvidia will be able to charge a premium for the new cut-down flavor demand is through the roof currently for high-end graphics cards.
(And prices for the RTX 4090 have shot up outside of China , too, because of the stock pressures created by the plentiful inventory that has been shipped to Asia). You might also like The best cheap graphics cards for those on a budget Top gaming PCs: great rigs for serious PC gaming Best PC games: must-play titles you don't want to miss



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