famous leaker @Yuko Kitty has released the first images of the printed circuit board for Nvidia’s upcoming GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition graphics card and the company’s AD103 graphics processor. The GeForce RTX 4080 FE’s PCB is similar to the GeForce RTX 4090 FE’s PCB, but there are significant differences between the two designs.
Just like Nvidia’s Founders Edition graphics card designs are similar, the company’s printed circuit board design also uses a similar cooling system. The GeForce RTX 4080 FE and GeForce RTX 4090 FE PCB designs are also similar, with both boards using the same 12VHPWR auxiliary power connector. However, the RTX 4080 FE has fewer power stages and capacitors as the former board is rated at 320W graphics power while the RTX 4090 FE draws up to 450W. Also, the AD103 GPU features a 256-bit memory interface while the AD102 processor features a 384-bit memory bus, so the RTX 4080 FE will not make much use of Micron’s GDDR6X memory chips.
Based on the Ada Lovelace architecture, the AD103 GPU is considerably smaller than the AD102 processor. This is especially true because the AD103 packs 45.9 billion transistors and has a die size of 378.6 mm^2, while the AD102 consists of 76.3 billion transistors and has a die size of 608.5 mm^2. Not surprising. The AD103 chip is relatively small and does not have a metal frame on the sides.
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Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition has yet to be revealed, so officially @Yuko Kitty CPU and EKWB stickers had to be applied to the board to hide certain details that could identify the card’s provenance. This, of course, hides the number of power phases the GeForce RTX 4080 FE has, but with the product set to launch next week, we’ll know this information soon.
In addition to sharing pictures of the GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition and AD103, the leaker also released the 14,100 point 3DMark TimeSpy Extreme benchmark result. This is in line with his other RTX 4080 performance leaks. Performance numbers like this are good enough to make Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4080 one of the best graphics cards for gaming sets available this year, but AMD’s new RX 7900 graphics card It will be interesting to see how it will compete when it comes out in mid-December. .
