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Rumored RTX 40 Series Super Cards

By: Tech Guru

The tech news is back because Christmas is ho ho over, and that’s it! The rumored RTX 40 series super cards are all but confirmed for a CES 2024 announcement after the internet sprouted more leaks than an English garden. That’s what they call a “yard.” Yeah, reliable leaker Momom Moore got up bright and early Christmas morning to send us convincing renders of an Asus 470 Super. After that, various retailers listed multiple MSI 470 Super and 470 TI Super Cards just before the Eurasian Economic Commission leaked over 30 upcoming models from Gigabyte.

The cat’s not just out of the bag, it’s angry about being trapped in that bag and it’s taking it out on the sectional. Really, the only thing we don’t know about these cards are their prices, so a CES announcement could be Nvidia’s chance to redeem its abysmal price-to-performance this GPU generation by readjusting the ratio for some of the company’s worst offenders.

I mean, it’s great that the 470 TI Super will reportedly have more VRAM, Cuda cores, and memory bus width than its uncapped version, but if it’s not competitively priced compared to, say, AMD’s RX 7900 XT, who’s going to care? Maybe Jensen Huang’s mom? I hear she’s very supportive. Likewise, the 4070 non-TI Super needs to compete with the 7800 XT’s roughly $550 price tag, and the 4080 Super, well, apparently it’s barely different than the normal 480. But if Nvidia simply keeps the price the same, at this point, I’ll give them a gold star.

I mean, an A for effort. They tried. You did okay, kid. And no other GPUs were leaked today. That is what I would say if the Eurasian Economic Commission didn’t also post listings for three unannounced AMD Radeon cards, one of which is the previously rumored RX 7600 XT, said to debut late next month. Notably, however, there will not be an AMD reference model, according to both VideoCardz and Taiwanese Outlet BenchLife. But it’s likely there will be both a 10GB and 12GB version of the 7600 XT, according to earlier leaks from September and also from the Eurasian Economic Commission. By the way, they just can’t seem to catch a break. Could you find a Dutch boy to stick their thumb in this thing? Different commission.

As stated up top, there were two other unannounced Radeon cards listed by a certain economic commission, naming names, a 7600 non-XT and a 7800 non-XT were also both mentioned. But don’t get too excited, BenchLife sources say there are no plans for any 7700 SL 7800 non-XTs right now. The 7800 is probably the least likely, since there is only a $50 pricing difference between the 7700 XT and the 7800 XT, so it’d be hard to fit a card in there. Like putting a wiener in an uncut bun, compared to the $200 separation betwixt the 7600 and the 7700 XT. Maybe there’s enough room for two cards in there, but it’d be tighter than my pants after turkey dinner yesterday.

Nvidia officially launched the China-exclusive 490D, the cut-down version of the 4090 non-D. It stands for D’s Nuts, meant to comply with the US export restrictions. It’s kind of like the 4090 non-D post-circumcision. And since its launch, we now have access to a full breakdown of the D’s specs, thanks to Nvidia’s Chinese website. While the 490D features the same boost clock as the unlettered version, its base clock has increased from about 2.24 GHz to 2.28. However, that’s the only number that goes up. Portal D’s TDP is 25 watts lower than its older brother, but why would it need that power? Massive cuts were made to the card’s core counts. It only has 14,592 CUDA cores and 456 tensor cores, compared to the 16,384 cores and 512 tensor cores on the original.

Look at how the mighty have fallen. The card costs more than $1,800 because, of course, it does. But it’s going to sell. Demand in China is so high, it’s like the cantaloupe scene in The Godfather. Now it’s time for quick bits brought to you by AnyDesk, makers of the anonymous remote desktop application that works for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome OS, and even Raspberry Pi.

During the off-season, Santa’s elves work in the back making quick bits, occasionally they perform the odd back-alley root canal, but we don’t like to judge. They have dreams. Last week, Microsoft launched its new Android app, Co-Pilot, making this their second AI chatbot app, the third official chatbot app based on OpenAI’s GPT models, and about the billionth Microsoft product called Co-Pilot. The revamped interface proclaims Co-Pilot in large, bold letters, followed by a tiny, faint “with Bing” underneath. With Bing, it seems that on some level, Microsoft has accepted that we’re never going to accept Bing as our real dad and has decided to introduce us to their new boyfriend Co-Pilot, who is just Bing wearing glasses and a fake mustache.

Russian security firm Kasperski has announced the discovery of a previously unknown and since patched vulnerability in all Apple hardware. The exploit, known as Operation Triangulation, uses a malicious iMessage attachment that takes over the device without ever being clicked on. It then transmits microphone recordings, photos, geolocation, and other sensitive data to attacker-controlled servers. Ironically, part of Kaspersky’s drive to find this exploit is that it’s been used against them repeatedly over the last four years.

In two weeks, LG will be officially debuting a small two-legged AI robot with a permanently shell-shocked expression intended to act as a pet-sitter and home security guard. The bot will be able to recognize objects, pets, people, and even facial expressions like disappointment. Something you’ll feel when your new security droid catches your dog pooping on the carpet but has no way to intervene because LG never gave it hands.

According to NBC News, an American intelligence assessment has found that the Chinese spy balloon – a perfectly innocent meteorological device from earlier this year – was using an American Internet provider for data transmission. The unnamed ISP has apparently denied these allegations, “based on its own investigation and discussions.” I don’t understand why an ISP would want to be associated with a scientific study undertaken by a totally normal weather balloon.

And researchers are spotting beavers from space to save California from drought. I just really wanted to emphasize that beaver scientists have been working with Google engineers for several years now to train a neural network to find beaver habitats and dams in satellite imagery. I never knew beavers could be scientists. Because beavers naturally provide important ecological services like water storage and fire prevention. This information can help guide the reintroduction of beavers in places like California, whose two main exports are currently almonds and smoke.

You’ll look smoking hot if you come back on Monday for more Tech News. I mean, you’re also pretty hot today, but Monday just hits differently.