After months of rumors and speculation, Nvidia has officially announced Super variants of its widely popular RTX 40 series line of desktop GPUs.
As part of its CES 2024 announcements, the company announced the first three RTX 40 Super series GPUs: the RTX 4080 Super, the RTX 4070 Ti Super, and the RTX 4070 Super. This marks the return of the Super line of RTX GPUs since its introduction in 2019.
Like other GPUs in the RTX 40 series, the Super variant graphics cards will use Ada Lovelace architecture, allowing these GPUs to support DLSS 3 and DLSS 3.5, in addition to the first and second generation of Nvidia's supersampling technologies.
Double the performance
Nvidia touts the RTX 4080 Super as being a faster GPU than its predecessor, delivering twice the performance of the RTX 3080 Ti graphics card, and is an ideal GPU for those looking for 4K gaming. The RTX 4070 Ti Super is for those who seek a high-end 1440p experience with 2.5 times the performance of the RTX 3070 Ti. In contrast, the RTX 4070 Super is a more mid-range 1440p with better bang for the buck.
All three GPUs will be released this month:
- The RTX 4070 Super will launch on January 17th, starting at $599.
- The RTX 4070 Ti Super is out on January 24th with a starting price of $799; unfortunately, it is the only GPU in these three that will not receive a Founder's Edition, so you will need to buy the GPU from an OEM like MSI or Gigabyte, as seen in the image above.
- The RTX 4080 Super will start at $999 and release on January 31st.
Nvidia plans to discontinue previous versions
Nvidia confirmed that all three RTX Super graphics cards will replace the non-Super counterparts: the RTX 4080, RTX 4070 Ti, and RTX 4070. Nvidia claims that its current flagship, the RTX 4090 is "substantially faster" than the new RTX 4080 Super GPU.
New graphics cards highlighted a slew of announcements coming to Nvidia's CES keynote. Additional news included DLSS support coming to the upcoming PC port of Horizon Forbidden West, the RTX Remix tool releasing in beta later this month, and the next two Activision Blizzard games coming to GeForce Now in the near future.
Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.
