Now it can buy the NVIDIA RTX 4070 and many are considering buying the new graphics card to install it in their PCs in order to enjoy better graphics and frame rates on their PCs. However, this is not a recommended purchase for everyone and before you jump into the pool, let us tell you if it is really worth taking the leap or waiting to buy a better option.
The update times of a graphics card have lengthened over time and the time is long gone when from one generation to the next we bought a new model to replace the previous one. Now we do it as frequently as with a video game console, this being one of the main points of the price increase. However, in the jump from the RTX 30 to the RTX 40 there is a limiting factor that makes many consider making the jump.
Should you buy the new NVIDIA RTX 4070?
If we start to observe all the analyzes and impressions about the new NVIDIA RTX 4070 found online, we will see that there are a number of common points, which can be summarized in the following two points: same performance as an RTX 3080, but with the advantage of having an additional 2 GB of video memory. All this seasoned to a much lower consumption and a price 100 euros lower than that of the graphics card of the previous generation.
So to begin with, if you have the opportunity to get, or are a user of, a 12 GB RTX 3080, an RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3090 or RTX 3090 Ti, then you will not need to buy an RTX 4070 to upgrade your PC. . Although NVIDIA will try to sell the motorcycle with the generation of frames via interpolation of the same included in DLSS 3, which is only compatible with the new generation, the jump is not justified.
A different issue is if you are a user of one of the graphics cards with 8 GB of memory or less, this capacity will soon become a problem and we are already finding games that do not perform as they should due to lack of VRAM and that have appeared in recent months. Although it seems paradoxical, it is more advisable to upgrade if you have an RTX 3060 (Ti) or an 8 GB RTX 3070 than a 12 GB RTX 3060. Not due to the fact that the GPU of your card has fallen short, but due to lack of video memory.
The business of reballing in graphics cards could boom
There is still a large inventory of RTX 30s with 8 GB of memory and 256-bit bus. These graphics cards will end up on the second-hand market in a short time, if they haven’t already, in order to finance the purchase of a card with better specifications, but above all more video memory. Which is an opportunity for certain businesses to get them repaired and resell them as more powerful models.
And this is not a novelty, the mining cards operated the GPU with an undervolting that prevented it from burning, on the other hand, the memories did go up in turns, so to recover said graphics cards, you end up replacing the VRAM. Well, by reballing you can change the 1 GB GDDR6 memory chips for 2 GB. So do not be surprised to see in a few weeks or months models of the old RTX 30 with twice the memory on unofficial channels or by little-known brands.
Obviously, these brands cannot offer the after-sales support of established brands, no matter how much they promise. They will simply take the opportunity to release such modified models. In any case, we recommend you buy the RTX 4070, before those models, since its GPU is superior to that of the previous generation and you will have a model with the true guarantee of a manufacturer and not of simple modders.
