It looks like a lifetime since Nvidia’s second-gen RTX collection of graphics playing cards rolled out of the fab. Possibly it’s as a result of that was again in September of 2020, and for lots of various causes, these two intervening years would possibly as nicely have been a lifetime. However in the event you’ve been patiently ready for a brand new chip design, you gained’t want to attend for much longer: Nvidia has despatched out invites to a “GeForce Past Particular Broadcast,” the place we anticipate to see the RTX 4000 collection debuted.
The occasion will probably be held on Tuesday, September 2022 at Nvidia’s self-branded GPU Expertise Convention, higher often called GTC. CEO Jensen Huang, a well-known face for PC nerds in every single place, will probably be giving his traditional keynote presentation. Set your clocks for 11 a.m. Jap time or 8 a.m. Pacific if you wish to watch the livestream. After all PCWorld will deliver you the information and evaluation instantly, in the event you occur to have one thing higher to do through the announcement.
The invitation particularly options the GeForce RTX emblem, versus Nvidia’s varied different manufacturers, and tells us to be prepared for “the most recent breakthroughs in gaming, creating, and graphics know-how.” It’s about as near a affirmation as this stuff ever formally get.
Official particulars for next-gen RTX processors and playing cards are scarce, however we will glean a number of possible options from the announcement of the info center-focused “Hopper” GPU again in March. RTX 4xxx playing cards will nearly actually assist a PCIe 5.0 interface (not less than on the excessive finish), and the rumored “Lovelace” class of GPUs may also transfer to a extra environment friendly fabrication course of, both 5nm or 4nm (the RTX 3000 collection used 8nm). Different rumors recommend excessive bumps in core counts, warmth manufacturing, and energy consumption, presumably necessitating new energy provides or conversion rails.
If Nvidia follows its traditional launch course of, you’ll be able to anticipate high-end playing cards like a presumptive RTX 4090, 4080, and 4070 to be prepared earlier than the tip of the yr, with cheaper variants and upgraded “Ti” variants trickling in through the first half of 2023. That’s all hypothesis, in fact. Maybe extra crucially, we will hope that the lowered strain on the GPU market as variables like pandemic shortages, cryptocurrency {hardware} rushes, and unscrupulous scalpers imply you’ll really have the ability to purchase one in all these new playing cards with out promoting any arms and/or legs.