We’re almost there, my friends: the next generation of graphics cards is just around the corner. Intel recently introduced us to the Arc B580, but other than that, it seems like an eternity since a new GPU was released. However, there have actually been other releases this year; It’s just that they were all presented at the beginning of 2024, almost a year ago.
In January, Nvidia announced its mid-generation RTX Super update in the form of the RTX 4070 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super, and RTX 4080 Super. These featured performance increases and price drops over their predecessors, with the 4070 Ti Super benefiting from the chip of an RTX 4080, the RTX 4070 Super offering plenty of extra shading cores and the RTX 4080 Super dropping to a much more moderate value, but still expensive at $1,000.
AMD also had a few GPUs up its sleeve, but they didn’t really seem to hurt Nvidia’s dominance in the market. Especially considering the fact that the stellar RX 7900 GRE has been quite out of stock in most sales in the West since its regional launch. launch in February 2024.
There wasn’t much new in the budget finish on the market either, as the RTX 4070 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super, RTX 4080 Super, and RX 7900 GRE are high-end cards. On the less expensive side, we had the RX 7600
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE The RX 7900 GRE arrived in the Western market and was unfortunately largely unavailable even after it hit shelves, being more of a formula building card than a DIY GPU for much of its shelf life of the ad. Array But if you were lucky enough to find it somewhere in inventory and pick it up, you got a GPU with a fantastic cash price. It costs about the same as an RTX 4070 Super, plays a little better on average, and has more VRAM to boot. However, it lacks the stellar ray tracing functionality of the Nvidia card.
Read our Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900 GRE review.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super was the only updated RTX 40 series graphics card to play with an all-new GPU from its namesake. The RTX 4070 Ti Super has the AD103 GPU of the RTX 4080, this is, of course, a nerfed edition of the die. In terms of performance, it comes close to the RTX 4080 and RTX 4080 Super, and at a fraction of the cost. It’s also one of the top cards that appear in tons of gaming PCs released this year. It has been a real pillar, and for good reason.
Read our MSI RTX 4070 Ti Super Ventus 3X review.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SuperThe Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super was the most impressive update to the RTX 40-series line-up, and that’s because it added a whopping 1,280 CUDA cores to the RTX 4070’s 5,888. This gave it RTX 3080 Ti-level performance for just $599. Its only real competitors in this bracket come from AMD, and most gamers weren’t willing to sacrifice Nvidia’s ecosystem and ray tracing performance. It also helps that the RTX 4070 Super is probably the cheapest graphics card to truly handle 1440p resolution today in most games, even at high refresh rates.
Read our Nvidia RTX 4070 Super review.
The winner of the Best Graphics Card 2024 PC Gamer Hardware Award will be announced on New Year’s Eve. So remember to check back to find out which GPU takes the crown.
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