NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4070 GPUs are now starting to appear with cut-down AD103 dies as the Green Team uses their flawed bundle dies.

NVIDIA Decides to Use Unused AD103 Chips in GeForce RTX 4070 GPUs, -42.5% Core vs Full Die

Change detected Tech Power Up, who received a query from a reader about his GPU not showing up on GPU-Z, a request from the outlet. The variant in question was the MSI RTX 4070 Ventus 3X E 12 GB OC, one of the more mainstream models on the market. While testing the GPU, TechPowerUP noticed that it had a different GPU chip installed on the PCB, and instead of the AD104, found the larger AD103 on board, causing the GPU to not show up on GPU-Z.

Modifications to the onboard silicon mean you're looking at fewer shaders as the AD103-based GeForce RTX 4070 will require 46 shaders out of 80, -42.5% of the total units. Additionally, trimming the memory interface would also be necessary, and as shown in the updated GPU-Z screenshot, that was indeed the case. It's important to note that installing the AD103 GPU won't negatively affect overall performance, and the average user won't notice any changes unless they tinker with GPU-Z. The benchmarking tool has been updated to support the new configuration as well.

• AD103 GPU Complete Die: 10,240 cores / 80 SMs / 379mm2 dia / 100%
• AD103 RTX 4070 GPU: 5,888 cores / 46 SMs / 379mm2 dia / 57.5%
• AD104 RTX 4070 GPU: 5,888 cores / 46 SMs / 294mm2 dia / 76.6%

Although we are unaware if this move is an official one from NVIDIA or maybe done by a board partner, in this case, MSI's use of the AD103 is definitely for economic purposes as many AD103 There are GPUs that do not meet the requirements. For RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4080 GPUs.

Since the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is a relatively popular GPU on the market, it might be smart for an NVIDIA/AIB partner to consider this move, and we may see similar changes moving forward as Team Green has Preparations have started for The next generation of GPUs.

News Source: Tech Power Up