Nvidia RTX 4090 Ti reportedly canned due to sky-high power consumption
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It has been rumored for some time that Nvidia will follow up its ultra-powerful RTX 4090 with a even more powerful RTX 4090 Ti – but there are now rumors that the company has been a little too ambitious with its next flagship GPU.
According to a YouTube video of Moore’s Law is Dead (which you can watch below), the rumored Nvidia RTX 4090 Ti may just be a new RTX Titan Ada. In the past, Titan GPUs weren’t banned graphics cards aimed more at creative professionals than gamers, and with a price tag to match.
We haven’t seen a Titan card since 2018’s RTX Titan, which is based on Nvidia’s RTX 2000-series ‘Turing’ architecture, so a new Titan coming soon wouldn’t be completely out of the question.
However, according to Moore’s Law is Dead, new rumors suggest that we may not see the new GPU anytime soon, regardless of whether it goes by the name RTX 4090 Ti or RTX Titan Ada.
Analysis: too ambitious?
The reason the new GPU is being discontinued — or at least put on hold indefinitely — is because it seems like it’s just too ambitious. According to Moore’s Law is Dead, a respected source has claimed that the new GPU would have a TDP (Thermal Design Power – essentially the card’s power requirement) of about 600 to 700 watts. While that’s lower than some rumours, that’s still a massive power draw that would be too much for all but the most powerful and expensive PSUs (Power Supply Units).
The new GPU would also have the full AD102 chip, rather than a shortened version found in the RTX 4090, and would require two 16-pin power connectors.
The new GPU would also occupy four slots in a case, making it significantly larger than the RTX 4090 – which is already a massive graphics card. This can make it difficult for many people to even install it on their PC, even if they have a suitable PSU.
In fact, the GPU can be so large that instead of connecting it to a motherboard, the motherboard is connected to the GPU.
Perhaps most disturbingly, according to Moore’s Law is Dead, the new GPU was so demanding that it tripped circuit breakers and damaged power supplies — and even itself.
So it looks like the RTX 4090 Ti or RTX Titan Ada won’t be out anytime soon – at least until Nvidia tackles these issues. It is also suggested that Nvidia could wait for GDDR6 video memory with a capacity of 27 Gbps or even GDDR7 before the release.
Will the wait be worth it? Right now we can’t really see the appeal of a super expensive (and powerful) RTX 4090 Ti. The RTX 4090 is about to launch, and that will provide a lot more power than most gamers need right now, so an even more powerful GPU won’t be on many people’s ‘must buy’ lists.
However, if this upcoming GPU is an RTX Titan, then there’s more reason for it to exist – for its business and creative uses – but no company will want to invest in GPUs that eventually melt. We like to see companies like Nvidia be ambitious, but it also needs to consider the needs of its consumers.
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