NVIDIA has decided to cancel the November 2022 launch of the GeForce RTX 4080 12 GB. The company will relaunch the card under a different name, though it didn't announce the replacement name just yet. The naming of the RTX 4080 12 GB was cause for much controversy. With the RTX 40-series "Ada," NVIDIA debuted three SKUs—the already launched RTX 4090 which is in stores right now; the RTX 4080 16 GB, and the RTX 4080 12 GB. Memory size notwithstanding, the RTX 4080 12 GB is a vastly different graphics card from the RTX 4080 16 GB.

The RTX 4080 12 GB and RTX 4080 16 GB didn't even share the same silicon. While the 16 GB model is based on the larger "AD103" silicon, has 9,728 CUDA cores, and a 256-bit wide GDDR6X memory bus; the RTX 4080 12 GB is based on the smaller "AD104" silicon, has just 7,680 CUDA cores (21% fewer CUDA cores); and a meager 192-bit wide GDDR6X memory bus. This had the potential to confuse buyers, especially given the $900 price. With criticism spanning not just social media but also bad press, NVIDIA decided to pull the plug on the RTX 4080 12 GB. The company will likely re-brand it as a successor to the RTX 3070 Ti, although then it will have a hard time justifying its $900 price-tag. The RTX 4080 16 GB, however, is on track for a November 16 availability date, with a baseline price of $1,200.

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the Strix G35CA, a next-generation desktop gaming PC for Windows 11 powered by the latest 13th Gen Intel Core processors and up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 GPU. The motherboard is built on the all-new Intel Z790 chipset, a robust platform with DDR5, PCI Express (PCIe) 4.0 and WiFi 6E support, ensuring that the G35CA will be a high-performance gaming machine for years to come.

ROG Strix machines are built to power high-performance gaming experiences, and the ROG Strix G35CA is no exception—being powered by up to the 24 core 32 thread Intel Core i9-13900KF processor. Built using Intel's Raptor Lake architecture, the CPU uses a mix of high-powered performance cores and energy-friendly but powerful efficiency cores. This CPU is optimized for Windows 11 and can intelligently allocate tasks between the cores to maintain high performance without sacrificing power efficiency, giving users a seamless gaming experience. With maximum boost clocks of up to 5.8 GHz, this processor is the clear choice for gamers who demand the very best hardware.

Here's our first look at the "AD103" and "AD104" chips powering the GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB and RTX 4080 12 GB, respectively, thanks to Ryan Smith from Anandtech. These are the second- and third-largest implementations of the GeForce "Ada" graphics architecture, with the "AD102" powering the RTX 4090 being the largest. Both chips are built on the same TSMC 4N (4 nm EUV) silicon fabrication process as the AD102, but are significantly distant from it in specifications. For example, the AD102 has a staggering 80 percent more number-crunching machinery than the AD103, and a 50 percent wider memory interface. The sheer numbers at play here, enable NVIDIA to carve out dozens of SKUs based on the three chips alone, before we're shown the mid-range "AD106" in the future.

The AD103 die measures 378.6 mm², significantly smaller than the 608 mm² of the AD102, and it reflects in a much lower transistor count of 45.9 billion. The chip physically features 80 streaming multiprocessors (SM), which work out to 10,240 CUDA cores, 320 Tensor cores, 80 RT cores, and 320 TMUs. The chip is endowed with a healthy ROP count of 112, and has a 256-bit wide GDDR6X memory interface. The AD104 is smaller still, with a die-size of 294.5 mm², a transistor count of 35.8 billion, 60 SM, 7,680 CUDA cores, 240 Tensor cores, 60 RT cores, 240 TMUs, and 80 ROPs. Ryan Smith says that the RTX 4080 12 GB maxes out the AD104, which means its memory interface is physically just 192-bit wide.

At the heart of the GeForce RTX 4090 is the gigantic AD102 silicon, which we broadly detailed in an older article. Built on the 4 nm silicon fabrication process, this chip measures 608 mm² in die-area, and crams in 76.3 billion transistors. We now have our first look into the silicon-level block diagram of the AD102, including the introduction of several new components.

The AD102 features a PCI-Express 4.0 x16 host interface, and a 384-bit GDDR6X memory interface. The Gigathread Engine acts as a the main resource allocation component of the silicon. Ada introduces the Optical Flow Accelerator, a component crucial for DLSS 3 to generate entire frames without involving the graphics rendering machinery. The chip features double the number of media-encoding hardware engines as "Ampere," including hardware-accelerated AV1 encode/decode. Multiple accelerators mean that multiple streams of videos can be transcoded (helpful in a media production environment), or transcoding is performed at twice the FPS rate (each encoder takes turns at encoding a single frame).

The AD102 silicon on which NVIDIA's new flagship graphics card, the GeForce RTX 4090, is based, is a marvel of semiconductor engineering. Built on the 4 nm EUV (TSMC 4N) silicon fabrication process, the chip has a gargantuan transistor-count of 76.3 billion, a nearly 170% increase over the previous GA102, and a die-size of 608 mm², which is in fact smaller than the 628 mm² die-area of the GA102. This is thanks to TSMC 4N offering nearly thrice the transistor-density of the Samsung 8LPP node on which the GA102 is based.

The AD102 physically features 18,432 CUDA cores, 568 fourth-generation Tensor cores, and 142 third-generation RT cores. The streaming multiprocessors (SM) come with special components that enable the Shader Execution Reordering optimization, which has a significant performance impact on both raster- and ray traced graphics rendering performance. The silicon supports up to 24 GB of GDDR6X or up to 48 GB of GDDR6+ECC memory (the latter will be seen in the RTX Ada professional-visualization card), across a 384-bit wide memory bus. There are 568 TMUs, and a mammoth 192 ROPs on the silicon.

Amid the fog of rapid announcements and AIC graphics card launches, this little, interesting detail might have missed you, but the new GeForce RTX 4080 12 GB graphics card announced yesterday; features a memory bus-width of just 192-bit, which is half that of the RTX 3080 12 GB (384-bit). The card uses 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory, which at 192-bit bus-width, works out to just 504 GB/s bandwidth. In comparison, the RTX 3080 12 GB uses 19 Gbps GDDR6X memory, which at 384-bit bus width, produces 912 GB/s. In fact, even the original RTX 3080 with 10 GB of GDDR6X memory across a 320-bit bus, has 760 GB/s on tap.

The bigger RTX 4080 16 GB variant uses 256-bit memory bus, but faster 23 Gbps GDDR6X memory, producing 736 GB/s of memory bandwidth, which again, is less than that of the original 10 GB RTX 3080. It's only the RTX 4090 that has an unchanged amount of memory bandwidth over the previous generation—1008 GB/s, which is identical to that of the RTX 3090 Ti, and a tad higher than the 936 GB/s of the RTX 3090 (non-Ti). Of course, memory bandwidth is no way to compare the RTX 40-series from its predecessors, there are a dozen other factors that weigh into performance, and what matters is you're getting generationally more memory amounts with the RTX 4080-series. The RTX 4080 12 GB offers 20% more memory than the RTX 3080, and the RTX 4080 16 GB offers 33% more than the RTX 3080 12 GB. NVIDIA tends to deliver significant performance gains with each new generation, and we expect this to hold up.

NVIDIA today unveiled the GeForce RTX 40 Series of GPUs, designed to deliver revolutionary performance for gamers and creators, led by its new flagship, the RTX 4090 GPU, with up to 4x the performance of its predecessor. The world's first GPUs based on the new NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture, the RTX 40 Series delivers massive generational leaps in performance and efficiency, and represents a new era of real-time ray tracing and neural rendering, which uses AI to generate pixels.

"The age of RTX ray tracing and neural rendering is in full steam, and our new Ada Lovelace architecture takes it to the next level," said Jensen Huang, NVIDIA's founder and CEO, at the GeForce Beyond: Special Broadcast at GTC. "Ada provides a quantum leap for gamers and paves the way for creators of fully simulated worlds. With up to 4x the performance of the previous generation, Ada is setting a new standard for the industry," he said.

When we first got news about NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 4080 "Ada" coming in 12 GB and 16 GB variants, we knew there was more setting the two apart than just memory size and memory bus-width. Turns out there's a lot more. According to detailed specifications leaked to the web, while the 16 GB variant of the RTX 4080 is based on the same AD103, the second largest chip after the AD102; the 12 GB RTX 4080 is based on the smaller AD104 chip which has a physically narrower memory bus.

It looks like NVIDIA is debuting the RTX 40-series with at least three models—RTX 4090 24 GB, RTX 4080 16 GB, and RTX 4080 12 GB. The RTX 4090 is the top-dog part, with the ASIC code "AD102-300-xx." It's endowed with 16,384 CUDA cores, a boost frequency of up to 2.52 GHz, 24 GB of 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory, and a typical graphics power (TGP) of 450 W, which is "configurable" up to 600 W. The RTX 4080 16 GB is based on the AD103-300-xx" comes with 9,728 CUDA cores, a boost frequency of 2.50 GHz, and 16 GB of 23 Gbps GDDR6X memory across a narrower memory bus than the one the RTX 4090 comes with. This card reportedly has a 340 W TGP configurable up to 516 W.

NVIDIA has a leaky tap to fix with the part of the supply chain that makes retail boxes for its next-gen graphics cards. After last weekend's leak of the ZOTAC RTX 4090, we now have one of the GIGABYTE RTX 4090 Gaming OC. It confirms the new typeface NVIDIA is using for the main branding of its RTX 40-series. The card itself features a mammoth triple-slot (possibly even quad-slot) cooling solution that's almost 1.5x what constitutes "full-height" for add-on cards. The box art also confirms 24 GB GDDR6X as the memory configuration of the RTX 4090. NVIDIA is expected to unveil the RTX 40-series next week at GTC; with retail availability from early-Q4 2022.

Two sets of possible specifications of the upcoming performance-segment NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 "Ada" graphics card has hit the rumor-mill, according to kopite7kimi, a reliable source with NVIDIA leaks. The first set of specs sees the card feature 12 GB of 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory (possibly over a 192-bit wide memory bus), as many as 7,680 CUDA cores, a typical board power of 285 W, and an internal SKU code of "PG141-SKU340/341." It makes sense for 12 GB of memory across a 192-bit memory bus to be a logical choice for NVIDIA (as opposed to the previous-gen RTX 3070 with its 8 GB of 14 Gbps GDDR6 across 256-bit); as it allows the company to achieve a 50% memory size increase gen-over-gen, while reducing the number of memory chips on the card from 8 to 6 (by using six 16 Gbit GDDR6X chips).

The second set of specs doing rounds is the "PG141-SKU336/337," consisting of 7,168 CUDA cores, 10 GB of 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory across what we're assuming could be a 160-bit wide memory bus (five memory chips), and 250 W typical board power. The same source also claims that the SKU340/341 could have a performance target of over 11000 points in Time Spy Extreme, while the SKU336/337 could be designed with at least 10000 points in mind. It's quite possible that the second configuration is that of the RTX 3060 Ti-successor SKU. Given NVIDIA's top-down approach to product launches, we could expect performance-segment SKUs only toward the end of 2022, or early-2023.

NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 40 series graphics cards are less than two months from the official launch. As we near the final specification draft, we are constantly getting updates from hardware leakers claiming that the specification is ever-changing. Today, @kopite7kimi has updated his GeForce RTX 4080 GPU predictions with some exciting changes. First off, the GPU memory will get an upgrade over the previously believed specification. Before, we thought that the SKU used GDDR6X running at 21 Gbps; however, now, it is assumed that it uses a 23 Gbps variant. Faster memory will definitely result in better overall performance, and we are yet to see what it can achieve with overclocking.

Next, another update for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 comes with the SKU's total board power (TBP). Previously we believed it came with a 420 Watt TBP; however, the sources of kopite7kimi claim that it has a 340 Watt TBP. This 60 Watt reduction is rather significant and could be attributed to NVIDIA's optimization to have the most efficient design possible.

Memory giant Micron Technology has commenced mass-production of 21 Gbps and 24 Gbps-rated GDDR6X memory chips that will be exclusively used by NVIDIA in its next-generation RTX 40-series "Ada" graphics cards. GDDR6X is a derivative of GDDR6 co-developed by NVIDIA and Micron, which leverages PAM4 signaling to increase data-rates. Depending on the graphics card model, NVIDIA will use 8 Gbit (1 GB) or 16 Gbit (2 GB) density memory chips. We're hearing that 21 Gbps will be the standard data-rate used by SKUs that succeed the RTX 3080 and RTX 3080 Ti; while 24 Gbps will be used by the faster RTX 3090/Ti successors. The part numbers of these memory chips are listed below.

NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 40 series Ada Lovelace graphics card lineup is slowly shaping up to be a significant performance uplift compared to the previous generation. Today, according to a well-known hardware leaker kopite7kimi, we are speculating that a mid-range AD104 SKU could match the performance of the last-generation flagship GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics card. The full AD104 SKU is set to feature 7680 FP32 CUDA cores, paired with 12 GB of 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory running on a 192-bit bus. Coming with a large TGP of 400 Watts, it should have a performance of the GA102-350-A1 SKU found in GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.

Regarding naming this complete AD104 SKU, it should end up as a GeForce RTX 4070 Ti model. Of course, we must wait and see what NVIDIA decides to do with the lineup and what the final models will look like.

An alleged technical drawing of the PCB of reference-design NVIDIA "Ada" AD102 silicon was leaked to the web, courtesy of Igor's Lab. It reveals a large GPU pad that's roughly the size of the GA102 (the size of the fiberglass substrate or package, only, not the die); surrounded by twelve memory chips, which are likely GDDR6X. There are also provision for at least 24 power phases, although not all of them are populated by sets of chokes and DrMOS in the final products (a few of them end up vacant).

We also spy the 16-pin ATX 3.0 power connector that's capable of delivering up to 600 W of power; and four display outputs, including a USB-C in lieu of a larger connector (such as DP or HDMI). A curious thing to note is that the card continues to have an NVLink connector. Multi-GPU is dead, which means the NVLink on the reference design will likely be rudimentary in the GeForce RTX product (unless used for implicit multi-GPU). The connector may play a bigger role in the professional-visualization graphics cards (RTX AD-series) based on this silicon.

NVIDIA's next-generation GeForce RTX 40 series of graphics cards, codenamed Ada Lovelace, is shaping up to be a powerful graphics card lineup. Allegedly, we can expect to see a mid-July launch of NVIDIA's newest gaming offerings, where customers can expect some impressive performance. According to a reliable hardware leaker, kopite7kimi, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card will feature AD102-300 GPU SKU. This model is equipped with 126 Streaming Multiprocessors (SMs), which brings the total number of FP32 CUDA cores to 16128. Compared to the full AD102 GPU with 144 SMs, this leads us to think that there will be an RTX 4090 Ti model following up later as well.

Paired with 24 GB of 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory, the RTX 4090 graphics card has a TDP of 450 Watts. While this number may appear as a very power-hungry design, bear in mind that the targeted performance improvement over the previous RTX 3090 model is expected to be a two-fold scale. Paired with TSMC's new N4 node and new architecture design, performance scaling should follow at the cost of higher TDPs. These claims are yet to be validated by real-world benchmarks of independent tech media, so please take all of this information with a grain of salt and wait for TechPowerUp reviews once the card arrives.

Only a week ago the first pictures of the ASUS x Noctua GeForce RTX 3080 card turned up on the web and now the card has been officially announced as the ASUS GeForce RTX 3080 Noctua OC Edition 10 GB GDDR6X. The card will have an OC and a Gaming mode with different boost clocks, where the Gaming mode allows the GPU to boost to 1785 MHz and the OC mode takes this further to 1815 MHz. The memory remains at stock clocks and uses 19 Gbps GDDR6X memory. ASUS claims it's the quietest card in its class, but doesn't mention any actual noise levels, although the card comes with a 0dB fan stop mode. It should be noted that the card takes up 4.1 slots and as such, it might not fit in all builds. No official pricing was provided.

With the release of Hopper, NVIDIA's cycle of new architecture releases is not yet over. Later this year, we expect to see next-generation gaming architecture codenamed Ada Lovelace. According to a well-known hardware leaker for NVIDIA products, @kopite7kimi, on Twitter, the green team is reportedly testing a potent variant of the upcoming AD102 SKU. As the leak indicates, we could see an Ada Lovelace AD102 SKU with a Total Graphics Power (TGP) of 900 Watts. While we don't know where this SKU is supposed to sit in the Ada Lovelace family, it could be the most powerful, Titan-like design making a comeback. Alternatively, this could be a GeForce RTX 4090 Ti SKU. It carries 48 GB of GDDR6X memory running at 24 Gbps speeds alongside monstrous TGP. Feeding the card are two 16-pin connectors.

Another confirmation from the leaker is that the upcoming RTX 4080 GPU uses the AD103 SKU variant, while the RTX 4090 uses AD102. For further information, we have to wait a few more months and see what NVIDIA decides to launch in the upcoming generation of gaming-oriented graphics cards.

Micron Technology, Inc., today announced the volume production of its new 16Gb GDDR6X memory, which is now shipping in the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics card. The latest GDDR6X memory, available only from Micron, features twice the capacity and up to 15% higher performance over the previous 8Gb version. These additional capabilities mean end users can experience razor-sharp visuals, higher frame rates and outstanding performance in memory-intensive applications like gaming and content creation. Today Micron extends its performance leadership by providing a new graphics memory with 16Gb capacity and running at an industry-best 21 Gb/s in the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. With a performance roadmap up to 24 Gb/s, GDDR6X is ready for data-hungry applications of the future. Additionally, Micron's innovative use of PAM4 signal techniques in GDDR6X make it more power efficient than any of the GDDR6 products publicly available.

"The industry-leading capabilities of Micron's GDDR6X memory help bring new levels of realism and performance to the most demanding applications," said Mark Montierth, vice president and general manager of High-Performance Memory and Networking at Micron. "Micron is once again at the forefront of the memory innovation powering today's highest bandwidth solutions and built with the advanced process and interface technology to enable continued graphics performance leadership."

PNY announced today the expansion of NVIDIA GeForce RTX XLR8 Gaming family of GPUs with the latest PNY XLR8 Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics card and PNY XLR8 Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Overclocked graphics card. Designed for the most demanding gamers, content creators and data scientists, the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti features a record-breaking 10,752 CUDA cores, and boasts 78 RT-TFLOPs, 40 Shader-TFLOPs and 320 Tensor-TFLOPs of power. And it's packed with 24 GB of the fastest 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory, providing 1 TB/s of memory bandwidth.

The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti overclocked and standard models deliver the ultimate performance craved by gamers, powered by the NVIDIA Ampere architecture, to rip through 4K gaming and AI tasks. Built with 24 GB of super-fast GDDR6X memory, enhanced RT Cores and Tensor Cores, and new streaming multiprocessors for an incredible gaming experience. With faster memory and more CUDA cores than the non-Ti GPU, the RTX 3090 Ti is a powerhouse offering more performance without compromise for gamers and content creators to get the most out of their system.

GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd, a leading manufacturer of premium gaming hardware, today announced the latest and most high-end GeForce RTX 3090 Ti series graphics cards powered by NVIDIA Ampere architecture—AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 24G and GeForce RTX 3090 Ti GAMING OC 24G. Designed for the most demanding gamers, content creators and data scientists, the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti features a record-breaking 10,752 CUDA cores, and boasts 78 RT-TFLOPs, 40 Shader-TFLOPs and 320 Tensor-TFLOPs of power. And It's packed with 24 GB of the fastest 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory, providing 1 TB/s of memory bandwidth.

With the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics cards coming out, the thermal solution of the graphics cards plays an important role due to the requirement of higher wattage which is necessary to unleash the full computing performance of the cards. GIGABYTE provides both WATERFORCE and WINDFORCE thermal solutions, both meet the diverse requirements and needs of the graphics cards for the users. AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE graphics card is designed for users that are looking for the best-of-class performance and quiet experience from a liquid-cooled graphics card. It comes with a pre-installed liquid cooling solution which is designed for optimal and stable operation. GAMING OC graphics card, a classical and popular graphics card from GIGABYTE, focuses on performance and stability making it suitable to many different target groups. Both series cards can conduct deep AI computing and heavy-duty 3D creation.

ZOTAC Technology Limited, a global manufacturer of innovation, is proud to announce the advent of the new flagship series of ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 30 line up. ZOTAC GAMING unleashes the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti AMP Extreme Holo bringing together the new ultimate with unparalleled colossal performance. Designed for the most demanding gamers, content creators and data scientists, the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti features a record breaking 10,752 CUDA cores, and boasts 78 RT TFLOPs, 40 Shader TFLOPs and 320 Tensor TFLOPs of power. And It's packed with 24 GB of the fastest 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory, providing 1 TB/s of memory bandwidth, and new cutting edge AI features including NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex, and NVIDIA Broadcast technologies.

Utilizing the iconic and robust IceStorm 2.0 cooling system, the AMP Extreme Holo is built to deliver the most powerful cooling performance. The triple 100 mm fans with 11 blade d esign guarantee the coolest possible airflow, while a direct pass thru airflow enables stronger heat dissipation for maximum noise and thermal performance. A behemoth aluminium heatsink with 20% increased thickness fully enfolds the 8 copper heatpipes, combined with a vapor chamber to ensure full coverage of the GPU surface area for efficiently transferring heat generated from the cores to the heat sink. Additionally, the 3090 Ti AMP Extreme Holo is the first ZOTAC GAMING graphics card to feature the all-new PCIe Gen5 12+4-pin power connector standard, enabling more power delivery with just a single cable. It is also built for unparalleled stability with the 18+3 power phases spreading the load so not a single power phase is overworked and building up too much heat.

As the leading brand in enthusiastic graphics market, Gainward proudly presents the new GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Phantom Series. Designed for the most demanding gamers, content creators and data scientists, the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti features a record-breaking 10,752 CUDA cores, and boasts 78 RT-TFLOPs, 40 Shader-TFLOPs and 320 Tensor-TFLOPs of power. And It's packed with 24 GB of the fastest 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory, providing 1 TB/s of memory bandwidth.

The Phantom cooler follows the original elegant design philosophy but upgrades the thermal structure. Thanks to the Metal Plate Kit and Patented U-Type Heat Pipe technology, the Phantom cooler offers unbeatable thermal performance as well as low acoustic level under heavy loaded gaming environment. The Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Phantom Series comes with "Golden Sample," the factory over-clocked version. It effortlessly brings extra high frame rates even for the most demanding PC games and powers the graphics experiences at all resolutions.

Palit Microsystems Ltd, the leading graphics card manufacturer, today launched the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti GameRock Series powered by the NVIDIA Ampere architecture. Designed for the most demanding gamers, content creators and data scientists, the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti features a record-breaking 10,752 CUDA cores, and boasts 78 RT-TFLOPs, 40 Shader-TFLOPs and 320 Tensor-TFLOPs of power. And it's packed with 24 GB of the fastest 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory, providing 1 TB/s of memory bandwidth.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3090 Ti GameRock is built for enthusiast gamers and creators who desire to have the ultimate gaming experience and the most efficient multimedia performance. The model not only features 90% ARGB lighting area, but also presents beastly thermal design with Triple A Die Casting Plate Kits and Patented Double-U Heat Pipes for optimized cooling solution.

Colorful Technology Company Limited, a professional manufacturer of graphics cards, motherboards, all-in-one gaming and multimedia solutions, and high-performance storage, presents its lineup of GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics cards - NVIDIA's latest and fastest gaming graphics cards to date. COLORFUL will initially launch a trio of models under the Vulcan, Neptune, and NB EX Series.

The COLORFUL iGame GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Vulcan features a triple-fan design with a hollow back panel for pass-through airflow. The Vulcan model also sports a display for monitoring and customization. On the other hand, the COLORFUL iGame GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Neptune uses liquid cooling technology to deliver extreme cooling for extreme performance. Lastly, the COLORFUL GeForce RTX 3090Ti NB EX is fitted with a black and red themed triple-fan cooler design.

After the data center-oriented Hopper architecture launch, NVIDIA is slowly preparing to transition the consumer section to new, gaming-focused designs codenamed Ada Lovelace. For starters, the source claims that NVIDIA is using the upcoming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti GPU as a test run for the next-generation Ada Lovelace AD102 GPU. Thanks to the authorities over at Igor's Lab, we have some additional information about the upcoming lineup. We have a sneak peek of a few features regarding the top-end GeForce RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 GPU SKUs. According to Igor's claims, NVIDIA is testing the PCIe Gen5 power connector and wants to see how it fares with the biggest GA102 SKU - GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.

Additionally, we find that the AD102 GPU is supposed to be pin-compatible with GA102. This means that the number of pins located on GA102 is the same as what we are going to see on AD102. There are 12 places for memory modules on the AD102 reference design board, resulting in up to 24 GB of GDDR6X memory. As much as 24 voltage converters surround the GPU, NVIDIA will likely implement uP9512 SKU. It can drive eight phases, resulting in three voltage converters per phase, ensuring proper power delivery. The total board power (TBP) is likely rated at up to 600 Watts, meaning that the GPU, memory, and power delivery combined output 600 Watts of heat. Igor notes that board partners will bundle 12+4 (12VHPWR) to four 8-pin (PCIe old) converters to enable PSU compatibility.