NVIDIA removes the GeForce RTX 4080 12GB from upcoming launch

When NVIDIA announced the new Ada Lovelace cards, the two GeForce RTX 4080 variants were something of a talking point amongst hardware journalists and the PC community. Having two cards with similar names but really a wide gap in performance would have confused and maybe gotten some purchasers a little mad thinking they got a card that performs one way but in reality doesn't.

Thankfully, NVIDIA has listened to the community and decided to "unlaunch" the GeForce RTX 4080 12GB. So currently, only the RTX 4080 16GB is coming next month and I'm going to assume it'll just be called the GeForce RTX 4080 without the 16GB in the title.

I think it's better in the long run and I'm sure the GeForce RTX 4080 12GB will come back under a different name. Now, I'm predicting a bunch of people are going to yell at NVIDIA once that happens and point to it saying that's what they should've named it in the first place. It's going to be hard to avoid that, but in the end I feel this is a good move on them and I'm happy they at least listened on this one to people pointing out the problem with the card's designation.