Nvidia has launched its RTX 4080 Super GPUs today, and Asus is ready with an update to last year’s RTX 4080 Noctua Edition. The Super model includes a four slot cooler with 120mm Noctua fans on top. Asus hasn’t confirmed pricing just yet, but given the $450 premium on the previous RTX 4080 model it’s probably going to be a lot more than the $999 starting price of the RTX 4080 Super.
Nvidia powers most of the AI projects from Microsoft, OpenAI, Amazon, and Meta, but they’re also trying to lessen their dependence on its limited supply. The New York Times explains they want to make switching between Nvidia chips and others (including their own) “as simple” as possible.
As The Verge reported, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is interested in building chips. Microsoft’s AI-focused chip Maia 100 is expected to arrive this year, and Amazon announced the latest version of its Trainium chip.
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Nvidia’s second RTX 40-series Super card isn’t as impressive as its first.
In his review, Tom Warren calls the first RTX 40-series Super card from Nvidia “one that I would seriously consider for a 1440p PC build,” and if you’ve been waiting for a PC gaming upgrade that won’t destroy your budget, this might be the one.
Along with a new Game Ready driver, 4070 Super hardware is now available at stores like Amazon, Best Buy, B&H, and Newegg for $599.99 and up, depending on the card.
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Nvidia delivers more performance for the same price point inside a great 1440p GPU.
Nvidia’s Chat with RTX lets you train your own local chatbot with your own files for free, no cloud required. Seconds after I fed it the Epic v. Google legal complaint PDF, I got decent answers to questions like “What does Epic Games want” and “Which laws does Epic allege Google violated?”
But it also confidently hallucinated that Framework’s Nirav Patel is The Verge’s CEO after ingesting this YouTube transcript, LOL. Maybe I’ll just use it as memory aid for reams of old notepad files?
Monday was quite the whirlwind! Let’s take a step back and recap all of the fun surprises:
• Apple dropped the launch date for the Vision Pro.
• Samsung’s Ballie AI robot now doubles as a projector.
• MSI has a new Steam Deck competitor called the Claw.
• Nvidia revealed its RTX 4080 Super and RTX 4070 Ti Super.
There’s still more to come! Stay tuned to The Verge for more CES coverage from the show floor.
Nvidia only just announced its new RTX 40-series Super GPUs today at CES, but we’ve already got our hands on one. The RTX 4070 Super launches on January 17th at the same $599 price point as the original, but there are more CUDA cores to power 1440p gaming. It looks very similar to the RTX 4070, but Nvidia has picked a slightly darker shade of alloy frame.
RTX Remix, which lets modders update older games with visual upgrades like ray tracing and Nvidia’s DLSS, launches on January 22nd in open beta. It made Portal look incredible, and it’s being used to build a community-developed remaster of Half-Life 2.
