8GB graphics cards are already struggling with modern games, so it's not a coincidence that there's been a slow but steady transition to 12GB in recent years. 8GB accounts for almost one-third (29.37%) of the Steam gamer population. However, 12GB (15.22%) and 16GB (18.26%) will continue to grow.
Given that we're still in the thick of the memory shortage, it came as a surprise that Nvidia would give the GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile a memory upgrade. Then again, there is always a motive behind every decision, and Nvidia is probably preparing for mobile RDNA 4.
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Notton It is most likely a listing error. Asus have since been updated and removed the 12GB 5070 mobile. There is no way Nvidia would sell a 12GB 5070 mobile, when they have a 12GB 5070Ti mobile. There is zero incentive to undercut their own product stack, especially when 3GB GDDR7 chips are in extremely short supply and could go into a more expensive RTX Pro 5000. Reply
bit_user Notton said: There is zero incentive to undercut their own product stack, especially when 3GB GDDR7 chips are in extremely short supply Are they? Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron are all now shipping them. Notton said: and could go into a more expensive RTX Pro 5000. Is there a big enough market for those, that they'd eat up all of the 24 Gb GDDR7 supply? I'm not sure… Reply
Notton bit_user said: Are they? Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron are all now shipping them. Is there a big enough market for those, that they'd eat up all of the 24 Gb GDDR7 supply? I'm not sure… Because, let's be real here. It's Nvidia If they had a chance to make you buy something more expensive, they'd name it the 4070 Ti, not the 4070 12GB, and leave it to the consumers to figure out if it's the 128-bit or 192-bit model. Reply
Pierce2623 Well the 5070m is actually a 5060ti. So it’s not “restoring” it to 12GB. If it actually exists, it’s a completely new configuration using 24Gbit chips on a 128 bit bus. Who writes the GPU articles since Jarred Walton is gone? Jarred actually knew GPUs…. Reply
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