Jeremy has been writing about technology and PCs since the 90nm Netburst era (Google it!) and enjoys nothing more than a serious dissertation on the finer points of monitor input lag and overshoot followed by a forensic examination of advanced lithography. Or maybe he just likes machines that go “ping!” He also has a thing for tennis and cars.
As Nick explained, the reason why this is happening at all is thought to be a short supply of the GDDR6X graphics memory used by the existing RTX 4070. Indeed, Nvidia's announcement implies just that.
That's a fall of just 5%. Would that hit frame rates? Probably a little bit but typically frame rates aren't directly proportional to memory bandwidth. So, the likely impact would be in the very low single-digit percentiles. Not enough that you'd ever feel it, in other words.Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.
Overall, we suspect that your real-world gaming experience will be barely, if at all, impacted by this change. So, if prices are pushed down by this change, it's probably welcome, overall. Jeremy has been writing about technology and PCs since the 90nm Netburst era and enjoys nothing more than a serious dissertation on the finer points of monitor input lag and overshoot followed by a forensic examination of advanced lithography. Or maybe he just likes machines that go “ping!” He also has a thing for tennis and cars.
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