https://www.techpowerup.com/305678/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-updated-with-ad102-301-gpu There have already been rumors that NVIDIA plans to introduce new GPU variants to some of its RTX 40 series graphics cards, namely the RTX 4070 and the RTX 4080, but now, a fresh RTX 4090 Founders Edition has been spotted with an updated AD102-301 GPU. According to the previous reports, an updated GPU was needed in order to enable a new voltage comparator circuit on the board. The same reports suggested that it could result in cheaper boards, lower build cost, and thus a lower price, but so far, there are no significant price changes for the RTX 40 series.
While there were no reports that the GeForce RTX 4090 will be on the update path, an updated GeForce RTX 4090 has been shipped to Redditor "cavityserach123." The card in question keeps the same Device PCI ID in GPU-Z, but the Sub ID has been changed, suggesting that it won't be possible to flash it with the BIOS of the previous AD102-300 based RTX 4090.
It also appears that the maximum voltage has been lowered from 1.1 V, down to 1.07 V. Of course, this could be limited to Founders Edition cards, which will probably be confirmed at a later date once more of the AD102-301 based RTX 4090 graphics cards show up.
It is left to be seen if the new GPU variant brings any other significant changes, so hopefully, a decent review with the updated AD102-301 GPU will show up soon.
Personally I feel that so long as demand is high and supply is low I don't think prices will drop.