According to reports, NVIDIA RTX 4090 D "Dragon" will defeat US sanctions in China.

A great sigh of relief is in order for all of China's hardware lovers and high-end PC gamers! According to a recent story, Nvidia may be anticipating the release of a slightly nerfed version of their flagship GPU, the RTX 4090, which was outlawed in China.

Why did the US sanctions impact China's ability to purchase RTX 4090? As you can see, the RTX 4090 is capable of AI processing and is quite powerful. The Biden-led US administration opposes China's and other nations' success in AI innovation.

Because it is excessively powerful, a gaming graphics card is prohibited in China. It seems like Nvidia has a secret up its sleeve to fix this issue. According to a recent rumor from industry publication WCCFTech, Nvidia is returning its flagship gaming GPU to China! As previously stated, it is anticipated that this new GPU would completely comply with US Sanctions and be a nerfed version .

nvidia rtx 4090 being repurposed for ai compute in chinese factories — Numerous RTX 4090 devices were "rebuilt" into specialized AI compute graphics cards after the US sanctions | Picture courtesy of Chiphell Forums and Baidu

As stated in the article, it may be known as the Nvidia Geforce RTX 4090 D, where the D stands for "Dragon". The new retail packaging will prominently display this label. There won't be any price reductions for this China-only GPU; instead, it will likely retail for 12,999 CN¥, or around $1834 in US dollars. As a side note, the RTX 4090 was introduced with a $1599 MSRP last year, but due to the sanctions, costs are now as high as $2000 in the US market. It has been rumored that Colorful, Asus, and other current AIB brand partners will be selling the new Nvidia RTX 4090 D "Dragon" GPU.According to the report, Nvidia's next RTX 4090 D is aimed at the consumer segment, not the AI area. Now, let's discuss performance. Regretfully, the AI compute limitation may result in lower performance on the upcoming RTX 4090 model for China. The benefits of VRAM will, presumably, nonetheless remain. Impressively, the RTX 4090 has 24GB of GDDR6X visual memory.A lower figure is essentially required for the RTX 4090 D, which is being launched solely in China, in terms of its Total Processing Performance (TPP). The US government uses this statistic to decide whether or not to approve the shipment of graphics cards to China. Hopefully, there will be formal word on this shortly. For the time being, things might change, so take everything with a grain of salt.On the other hand, @MEGAsizeGPU, a hardware leaker on X (previously Twitter), just made a statement on this subject. He brought up the anticipated internal GPU processor for the upcoming China-only RTX 4090 D "Dragon." Additionally, this X user answered a thread inquiring about the specifications of this GPU. According to him, the RTX 4090 D's exact characteristics have not been confirmed yet.

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AD102-250— MEGAsizeGPU (@Zed__Wang) November 30, 2023

What does this indicate, AD102-250 ? The AD102-300 chip is internally used by the original Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 GPU. However, the AD103-300 chip is used by the RTX 4080. In essence, the RTX 4090 D's internal GPU chip will be slightly altered (lower) in order to meet US sanction criteria for a "legal GPU" that may be sent to China.How much of a performance hit do you anticipate for Nvidia's China-only RTX 4080 D "Dragon"? This reminds you of the mining frenzy that occurred when Nvidia introduced LHR versions so that gamers could get a good graphics card without having to compete with miners for the whole stock. Please share your opinions in the comments section below.