<s>
The	O
GeForce	B-Device
40	I-Device
series	I-Device
is	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processing	I-Architecture
units	I-Architecture
developed	O
by	O
Nvidia	O
,	O
succeeding	O
the	O
GeForce	B-Device
30	I-Device
series	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
GPU	B-Architecture
Technology	O
Conference	O
(	O
GTC	O
)	O
2022	O
event	O
;	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
12	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
16	O
GB	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
16	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
RTX	B-Algorithm
4070	O
Ti	O
—	O
originally	O
announced	O
as	O
the	O
12	O
GB	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
—	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
5	O
,	O
2023	O
,	O
the	O
RTX	B-Algorithm
4070	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
13	O
,	O
2023	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
mobile	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
to	O
release	O
later	O
in	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cards	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Ada	B-General_Concept
Lovelace	I-General_Concept
architecture	O
and	O
feature	O
hardware-accelerated	O
raytracing	O
(	O
RTX	B-Algorithm
)	O
with	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
third-generation	O
RT	O
cores	O
and	O
fourth-generation	O
Tensor	B-Device
Cores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Architectural	O
highlights	O
of	O
the	O
Ada	B-General_Concept
Lovelace	I-General_Concept
architecture	O
include	O
the	O
following	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Double-precision	O
(	O
FP64	O
)	O
performance	O
of	O
the	O
Ada	B-General_Concept
Lovelace	I-General_Concept
chips	O
are	O
1/64	O
of	O
single-precision	O
(	O
FP32	O
)	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
12	O
GB	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
was	O
announced	O
,	O
numerous	O
outlets	O
,	O
prominent	O
YouTubers	O
,	O
reviewers	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
community	O
criticized	O
Nvidia	O
for	O
calling	O
it	O
an	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
instead	O
of	O
RTX	B-Algorithm
4070	O
,	O
given	O
previous	O
Nvidia	B-Architecture
GPU	I-Architecture
generations	O
and	O
the	O
large	O
gap	O
in	O
specifications	O
and	O
performance	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
16	O
GB	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
names	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
12GB	O
and	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
16GB	O
implied	O
that	O
the	O
only	O
difference	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
products	O
was	O
a	O
difference	O
in	O
VRAM	O
capacity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
unlike	O
other	O
cases	O
of	O
the	O
same-named	O
product	O
with	O
differing	O
memory	O
configurations	O
that	O
were	O
otherwise	O
very	O
close	O
in	O
performance	O
,	O
the	O
12GB	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
uses	O
a	O
completely	O
different	O
chip	O
and	O
configuration	O
:	O
among	O
other	O
differences	O
,	O
the	O
12	O
GB	O
4080	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
AD104	O
chip	O
,	O
was	O
to	O
feature	O
27%	O
fewer	O
CUDA	B-Architecture
cores	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
cut	O
down	O
192-bit	O
memory	O
bus	O
,	O
which	O
in	O
prior	O
generations	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
GeForce	B-Device
10	I-Device
,	O
20	O
,	O
30	O
series	O
)	O
had	O
been	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
xx60-class	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
made	O
the	O
card	O
up	O
to	O
30%	O
slower	O
than	O
the	O
16	O
GB	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
in	O
raw	O
performance	O
while	O
being	O
priced	O
significantly	O
higher	O
than	O
previous	O
xx70	O
cards	O
( $900	O
vs.	O
$500	O
for	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
3070	I-Device
,	O
approximately	O
80%	O
more	O
expensive	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
postponing	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
—	O
the	O
12	O
GB	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
,	O
with	O
the	O
16	O
GB	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
's	O
launch	O
remaining	O
unaffected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
3	O
,	O
2023	O
,	O
Nvidia	O
reintroduced	O
the	O
4080	O
12GB	O
as	O
the	O
RTX	B-Algorithm
4070	O
Ti	O
during	O
CES	O
2023	O
while	O
reducing	O
its	O
price	O
by	O
$100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
buyers	O
of	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
reported	O
that	O
the	O
12VHPWR	O
—	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
PCIe	O
Gen	O
5	O
or	O
16-pin	O
—	O
connectors	O
of	O
their	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
were	O
melting	O
,	O
which	O
sparked	O
several	O
theories	O
to	O
explain	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
have	O
offered	O
an	O
expedited	O
RMA	O
process	O
for	O
any	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
affected	O
by	O
the	O
melting	O
connectors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
's	O
performance	O
received	O
praise	O
from	O
reviewers	O
with	O
Tom	O
's	O
Hardware	O
saying	O
"	O
it	O
now	O
ranks	O
among	O
the	O
best	O
graphics	O
cards	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tom	O
Warren	O
in	O
a	O
review	O
for	O
The	O
Verge	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
is	O
"	O
a	O
beast	O
of	O
a	O
graphics	O
card	O
that	O
marks	O
a	O
new	O
era	O
for	O
PC	O
gaming	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
gaming	O
performance	O
,	O
PCWorlds	O
review	O
highlighted	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
's	O
benefits	O
for	O
content	O
creators	O
and	O
streamers	O
with	O
its	O
24GB	O
VRAM	O
and	O
AV1	B-Application
encoding	O
ability	O
and	O
was	O
positive	O
towards	O
the	O
Founders	O
Edition	O
's	O
quiet	O
operation	O
and	O
cooling	O
ability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Analysis	O
by	O
TechSpot	O
found	O
that	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
's	O
value	O
at	O
1440p	O
was	O
worse	O
than	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
3090	I-Device
Ti	I-Device
and	O
that	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
did	O
not	O
make	O
much	O
sense	O
for	O
1440p	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
limited	O
by	O
CPU	O
bottlenecks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	O
consumption	O
was	O
another	O
point	O
of	O
criticism	O
for	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
has	O
a	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
of	O
450W	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
350W	O
of	O
its	O
last	O
generation	O
equivalent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Jarred	O
Walton	O
of	O
Tom	O
's	O
Hardware	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
has	O
the	O
same	O
450W	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
as	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
3090	I-Device
Ti	I-Device
while	O
delivering	O
much	O
higher	O
performance	O
with	O
that	O
power	O
consumption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aftermarket	O
AIB	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
variants	O
received	O
criticism	O
in	O
particular	O
for	O
their	O
massive	O
cooler	O
sizes	O
with	O
some	O
models	O
being	O
4	O
PCIe	O
slots	O
tall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
made	O
it	O
difficult	O
to	O
fit	O
an	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
into	O
many	O
mainstream	O
PC	O
cases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
YouTube	O
reviewer	O
JayzTwoCents	O
showed	O
an	O
Asus	O
ROG	O
Strix	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
model	O
being	O
comparable	O
in	O
size	O
to	O
an	O
entire	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
comparison	O
showed	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
Founders	O
Edition	O
next	O
to	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X	I-Device
for	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
theorized	O
that	O
a	O
reason	O
for	O
the	O
massive	O
coolers	O
on	O
some	O
models	O
is	O
that	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
up	O
to	O
600W	O
before	O
it	O
was	O
reduced	O
to	O
its	O
official	O
450W	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
received	O
more	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
TechSpot	O
gave	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
score	O
of	O
80/100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Antony	O
Leather	O
of	O
Forbes	O
found	O
that	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
consistently	O
performed	O
better	O
than	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
3090	I-Device
Ti	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GPU	B-Architecture
's	O
power	O
efficiency	O
was	O
positively	O
received	O
with	O
Digital	O
Trends	O
finding	O
that	O
the	O
GPU	B-Architecture
had	O
an	O
average	O
power	O
draw	O
of	O
271W	O
despite	O
its	O
rated	O
320W	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
's	O
$1199	O
price	O
received	O
criticism	O
for	O
its	O
dramatic	O
increase	O
from	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
3080	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
review	O
for	O
RockPaperShotgun	O
,	O
James	O
Archer	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
"	O
produces	O
sizeable	O
gains	O
on	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
3080	I-Device
,	O
though	O
they	O
're	O
not	O
exactly	O
proportional	O
to	O
the	O
price	O
rise	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Asus	O
ROG	O
Strix	O
AIB	O
model	O
they	O
reviewed	O
came	O
in	O
at	O
$1550	O
which	O
is	O
$50	O
less	O
than	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
Founders	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tom	O
Warren	O
of	O
The	O
Verge	O
recommended	O
waiting	O
to	O
see	O
what	O
AMD	O
could	O
deliver	O
in	O
performance	O
and	O
value	O
with	O
their	O
RDNA	O
3	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMD	O
's	O
direct	O
competitor	O
,	O
the	O
Radeon	B-Device
RX	B-Device
7900	I-Device
XTX	I-Device
,	O
comes	O
in	O
at	O
$999	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
$1199	O
price	O
of	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
received	O
criticism	O
for	O
reusing	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
's	O
massive	O
4-slot	O
coolers	O
which	O
are	O
not	O
required	O
to	O
cool	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
's	O
320W	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RTX	B-Device
3080	I-Device
and	O
RTX	B-Device
3080	I-Device
Ti	I-Device
with	O
their	O
respective	O
320W	O
and	O
350W	O
TDPs	O
maintained	O
2-slot	O
coolers	O
while	O
the	O
320W	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
has	O
a	O
3-slot	O
cooler	O
on	O
the	O
Founders	O
Edition	O
and	O
4-slots	O
on	O
many	O
AIB	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
sales	O
were	O
weak	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4090	I-Device
,	O
which	O
had	O
sold	O
out	O
during	O
its	O
launch	O
a	O
month	O
earlier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
global	O
cost	O
of	O
living	O
crisis	O
and	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
4080	I-Device
's	O
generational	O
pricing	O
increase	O
have	O
been	O
suggested	O
as	O
contributing	O
factors	O
for	O
poor	O
sales	O
numbers	O
.	O
</s>
