Monday, August 17th 2020
Rumor: GeForce RTX 3090 Pricing to Arrive Around the $2,000 Mark
A user on ChipHell going by the alias Alienxzy posted a screenshot taken from an alleged insider account with information regarding plans for next-gen RTX 3090 as fabricated by NVIDIA's AIB partner Colorful. According to the original information, posted on ChipHell as a screenshot, Colorful will be releasing two high-end versions of the RTX 3090 graphics card, in the form of the Vulcan (air-cooled) and Neptune (hybrid cooling) models. According to it, and when the text is parsed through a translator, the tentative pricing for NVIDIA's next-gen is slated at CNY 13,999 (online selling) for the Vulcan X OC, and CNY 12,999 (again online selling) for the Neptune. These translate to roughly $2,000 for the high-end Vulcan X OC and (strangely, for a hybrid, water-cooled version) $1875 for the Neptune. Another pricing of CNY 12,000 is mentioned for the Vulcan ($1,730), so that might actually be the real pricing (and makes more sense compared to the Neptune).
Some more information is present on the rumor-mill-powering post, such as a 5 V RGB capability that pairs the graphics cards' lighting with that of the motherboard (and vice-versa), as well as improved in-card display for the Vulcan X; meanwhile, sales of the Neptune graphics card for the previous generation were reportedly low, which is why its pricing is reportedly being revised close to its introduction, which will be in the same ballpark of the Vulcan X OC. If true, this should set the pricing trend for NVIDIA's expected top offering in the RTX 3000 series, and it's creeping ever higher - the cost to have a generation's best performer is becoming more and more (insert descriptor here). Even considering NVIDIA's all but guaranteed Founders' Edition, we're looking at a steep pricing landscape. Do please note the rumor tag on the title of the news post, as this isn't confirmed information in any way or form. Images below for the Vulcan X and Neptune are merely representative of current generation's offerings.
Sources:
ChipHell, via TPU Forums user @ xkm1948
Some more information is present on the rumor-mill-powering post, such as a 5 V RGB capability that pairs the graphics cards' lighting with that of the motherboard (and vice-versa), as well as improved in-card display for the Vulcan X; meanwhile, sales of the Neptune graphics card for the previous generation were reportedly low, which is why its pricing is reportedly being revised close to its introduction, which will be in the same ballpark of the Vulcan X OC. If true, this should set the pricing trend for NVIDIA's expected top offering in the RTX 3000 series, and it's creeping ever higher - the cost to have a generation's best performer is becoming more and more (insert descriptor here). Even considering NVIDIA's all but guaranteed Founders' Edition, we're looking at a steep pricing landscape. Do please note the rumor tag on the title of the news post, as this isn't confirmed information in any way or form. Images below for the Vulcan X and Neptune are merely representative of current generation's offerings.
219 Comments on Rumor: GeForce RTX 3090 Pricing to Arrive Around the $2,000 Mark
There you go, you didn't believe me when I said that's how it works. :)
FYI, I don't buy into hype of any kind. I took me till now to purchase an RTX card. ;)
Can you imagine the number of 1080tis(actually , like the 8800 a legend card) that sold relative to the 2080Ti(meh for the money)?.
They can set whatever price they want yes but the market Will and Is reacting.
There's rumours of two other new discrete GPU maker's now and Intel are on the job as we speak.
More money=more performance/20% at that.
Market=Reacted.
Looking at the lower segments, 1080ti performance can soon be had for under 400 bucks, most likely. Above that you have 2080S for 500-ish. I'm not sure how that isn't progress, despite the fact top end cards keep increasing their lead and get a price hike to match. That was the case with 2080ti, it is the case now, and it has ALWAYS been the case for the halo product(s). What's new?
Besides, its an x90 so stop whining, you get a higher number for your money :D
Or... just don't buy it, you know. I must say the current stack leak that looks most credible, isn't exactly the most mouth watering to me. Even completely disregarding pricing.. and lots of info still missing.They never wanted to sell many 2080ti's because they didn't have any. They had substantial delays, a bad batch and overall not the greatest of yields if you consider the humongous size of the die. You and I both know the thing wasn't readily available not because people bought them like hotcakes, but simply because there weren't any. Same story as Radeon VII really, or Vega early days. New tech, big chip, its always the same story.
This 3090 is very similar and the price tag also underlines Navi hasn't got anything on it, unless ppl believe AMD will price something along these lines... Not even remotely close, I think.
They (NV) now need a big die on a new node (!) and they'll likely feed on the failed Titan Ampere's (Titania? :p) for it. That's not gonna be a huge stack of gpus, and on top of that, they'll need to source new top-end memory for it as well.
Eek, the horror!
They're goal was to retain top spot only, but it's not mine/ our fault Nvidia couldn't make an 80 series card that was good enough to sell and actually possible to manufacture in numbers.
They set the naming scheme,the design and node.
And though I understand and mostly agree with your points it's certainly not true to say they don't want to sell many.
In an ideal situation and world they would have been very happy to sell four times the amount of 2080ti's.