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NVIDIA is set to release a low-strength edition of the GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card, particularly for the Chinese market, in order to comply with U. S. export rules. U. S. Airlines, as reported via The Verge. The RTX 4090D already has a product page on the company’s Chinese site. It is an online page and has fewer CUDA cores than its cousin of the same name. It also has a lower power intake of 425W than 450W.
Most of the other specs remain the same between the two versions, however, the reduced number of CUDA cores and lower force intake result in a 5% relief in speed in gaming and art applications, according to Reuters. Even with the drop in performance, NVIDIA still claims that the 4090D is a “leap forward in performance, efficiency, and AI-enforced graphics. “
This is all due to US export restrictions on high-end computer chips shipped to China and Russia, in an attempt to curb both nations from developing technology that could be used in applications like weapons making and surveillance. These rules were announced back in 2022 but officially put into place this year, leaving manufacturers like NVIDIA scrambling to find a solution that met the needs of both Chinese consumers and US regulators.
We knew that the company was going to make new chips specifically for the vast Chinese market, as restrictions prevented it from selling the original RTX 4090 and a slew of AI-related GPUs. NVIDIA claims that the updated GPU “has been designed to fully comply with U. S. government export controls” and added that it has “collaborated extensively with the U. S. government” on the development of the chip.
The RTX 4090D will be available in China sometime in January, priced at 12,999 yen, or around US$1,836. This is expected to help reduce the demand for rugged graphics cards in the country, as the aforementioned restrictions are said to have led to factories being reoriented to focus on AI accelerators rather than the banned RTX 4090.