NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB is said to be just ahead of AMD’s Radeon RX 7600 – at the release date

There have been rumors about NVIDIA’s plans to officially unveil the GeForce RTX 4060 graphics cards in May for some time now. However, it was unclear exactly when until now. According to a trusted source referenced by VideoCardz, NVIDIA is now said to intend for board partners (AIC) to start selling the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB as early as May 24, 2023, while Founders Edition testing is expected as early as May 23. However, it is important to always be careful with such leaks, because it apparently gets even thicker.

This constellation is quite piquant because the launch of the AMD Radeon RX 7600 is expected for May 24th at the same time, so NVIDIA could obviously undercut the launch of the Radeon RX 7600 by one day on the one hand, in order to then disturb the launch of AMD’s MBA card (made by AMD) with all the AIC cards on the other hand. And if all that wasn’t colorful enough, AMD could then follow up with board partner cards on May 25 for their part. In the worst case, customers can then expect three successive turbulent days, where no one even knows where up and down is anymore in the end.

That’s because according to information from VideoCardz and Igor’s contacts at the AIC, SI and distributors, only the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB is likely to launch on May 24, 2023. The more basic GeForce RTX 4060 8GB is not expected to be available until the first half of July, while the more expensive GeForce RTX 4060 16GB is not expected to launch until the second half of July, according to available information. Thus, more than two months have passed since the official announcement until the latter variant is finally available.

Specifications of the Nvidia RTX 40 series

*Rumor, not confirmed by NVIDIA

NVIDIA and their partners might be planning to launch the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB sooner, according to this unofficial information. This timing would also allow the card to be initially priced higher while avoiding direct competition between the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB and GeForce RTX 4070 12GB. Gamers looking for a mainstream NVIDIA graphics card in the May-July timeframe, but unwilling to invest in a GeForce RTX 4070, would then only have that one option of an Ada Lovelace card. However, it is important to note that NVIDIA has not yet announced its official plans for the launch of the GeForce RTX 4060, and all information and plans are subject to change.

On top of that, the availability of the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, which is in the influx, has to be put with a question mark. As far as it has been reported so far, the initial numbers are significantly lower than those of the GeForce RTX 4070 12GB. That is quite understandable, because the current overstocks, especially for the GeForce RTX 4070, are definitely a warning that the market meanwhile reacts differently than the manufacturers would like.

Source: TomsHardware, own (Igor)