Micron has revealed that it’s engaged on new super-fast GDDR6X video reminiscence, which will probably be powering the upcoming next-generation Nvidia GPUs, together with the rumored RTX 4090.

Whereas GDDR6X has been included within the ultra-high-end RTX 3090 Ti GPU at 21Gbps, it appears just like the RTX 4090, 4080, and 4070 will all use that velocity of GDDR6X, with the quantity and reminiscence bus being totally different between fashions.

So, rumors counsel the GeForce RTX 4070 will include 12GB of GDDR6X at 21 Gbps, together with a 192-bit reminiscence bus.

The GeForce RTX 4080 is rumored to have 16GB of GDDR6X at 21 Gbps, and a bigger 256-bit reminiscence bus.

The Flagship RTX 4090, then, might include 24GB of GDDR6X reminiscence at 21 Gbps and a 384-bit reminiscence bus.

These numbers alone counsel an enormous efficiency improve over the earlier technology of Nvidia GPUs – however plainly Micron is holding again its very quickest reminiscence for a thriller Nvidia GPU as an alternative.

Evaluation: What is that this thriller GPU?

The newest leaks have appeared on Twitter (see beneath), they usually counsel that not solely is Micron making 21 Gbps GDDR6X reminiscence – but in addition 24 Gbps GDDR6X reminiscence.

If true, this might be extremely quick reminiscence – and positively the quickest we’ve seen on a client GPU.

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However, if it’s not coming to the flagship RTX 4090, which many individuals assume would be the strongest of the RTX 4000 sequence ‘Lovelace’ GPUs. So, if it’s not going to look within the RTX 4090, the place will it present up?

Present rumors counsel that Nvidia is engaged on a thriller GPU, which might be a brand new entry it its line of Titan graphics playing cards. These are supremely highly effective GPUs that straddle the road between client gaming GPUs and professional-grade graphics playing cards, and showcase the perfect {hardware} Nvidia has made.

There hasn’t been a Titan because the RTX Titan again in 2018, which was constructed on Nvidia’s Turing structure.

There was no Titan launched through the RTX 3000 “Ampere” structure years, and many individuals assumed the RTX 3090 (after which RTX 3090 Ti) had changed it, with higher efficiency and lower cost.

Nonetheless, there are rumors that Nvidia goes to launch an extremely highly effective GPU with 48GB of GDDR6X reminiscence, which might run at these 24 Gbps speeds.

Such a GPU could be outrageously highly effective and would dwarf even the mighty RTX 4090 relating to energy.

Does that imply this thriller GPU might have made the RTX 4090 out of date already? In any case, many individuals planning to splurge on the RTX 4090 are doing so as a result of they need the perfect cutting-edge tech from Nvidia.

As a substitute, they might be tempted to go for this rather more highly effective GPU. Nonetheless, it’s price mentioning that these rumored specs counsel a GPU that may supply extra energy than anybody actually wants proper now. For enjoying PC video games, then, this spec could be a bit wasted, and also you’d find yourself paying for a GPU you don’t use to its full potential.

Then again, in case you’re a artistic skilled that wants some significantly heavy-duty graphics efficiency, this might be a fantastic funding. Alongside uncooked efficiency, the thriller GPU will seemingly be very costly – and with a rumored energy draw of 800W, you’d seemingly want a brand new PSU to deal with it – and that’s earlier than we even go into the affect operating this may need in your power payments.

So, whereas this thriller GPU is shaping as much as be fairly thrilling, we nonetheless assume the RTX 4090 would be the final gaming GPU in the long run.