In addition to the announcement of a new graphics driver with Black Myth: Wukong Support and GeForce NOW upgrades, Nvidia today released a new version of the RTX 4070 graphics card. The GPU was quietly revealed in the release notes for the latest driver, which is hardly surprising considering how few changes it contains.

You may remember that Nvidia released the RTX 4070 SUPER in January 2024, but the regular RTX 4070 remained in production. Now there is a third variant of the RTX 4070 that is almost identical to the original model. The only difference between the two is the memory standard. The new RTX 4070 has “extra-fast” GDDR6 memory, while the old model has GDDR6X memory. Other specifications are unchanged:

Nvidia says the new model features “extra-fast” GDDR6 memory that is designed to deliver performance close to that of its GDDR6X model. Real-world testing will show the performance difference, but Nvidia claims the new model “delivers similar performance in games and applications.” When asked why it is making a new RTX 4070 model with GDDR6 memory, Nvidia cites the need to improve supply and availability given the strong demand for these graphics cards.

To improve supply and availability and meet strong demand, we are introducing the GeForce RTX 4070 with extra-fast GDDR6 memory. All other specifications remain the same, offering similar performance in games and applications.

You can expect the first RTX 4070 GDDR6 models from Nvidia’s partners in early September. Although the graphics card won’t be on the market for a few weeks, its support is already available in the latest WHQL Game Ready driver 560.94.

You can find out more about the RTX 4070 GPU family here.