Saturday, September 19th 2020
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NVIDIA Readies RTX 3060 8GB and RTX 3080 20GB Models
A GIGABYTE webpage meant for redeeming the RTX 30-series Watch Dogs Legion + GeForce NOW bundle, lists out eligible graphics cards for the offer, including a large selection of those based on unannounced RTX 30-series GPUs. Among these are references to a "GeForce RTX 3060" with 8 GB of memory, and more interestingly, a 20 GB variant of the RTX 3080. The list also confirms the RTX 3070S with 16 GB of memory.
The RTX 3080 launched last week comes with 10 GB of memory across a 320-bit memory interface, using 8 Gbit memory chips, while the RTX 3090 achieves its 24 GB memory amount by piggy-backing two of these chips per 32-bit channel (chips on either side of the PCB). It's conceivable that the the RTX 3080 20 GB will adopt the same method. There exists a vast price-gap between the RTX 3080 10 GB and the RTX 3090, which NVIDIA could look to fill with the 20 GB variant of the RTX 3080. The question on whether you should wait for the 20 GB variant of the RTX 3080 or pick up th 10 GB variant right now, will depend on the performance gap between the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090. We'll answer this question next week.
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The RTX 3080 launched last week comes with 10 GB of memory across a 320-bit memory interface, using 8 Gbit memory chips, while the RTX 3090 achieves its 24 GB memory amount by piggy-backing two of these chips per 32-bit channel (chips on either side of the PCB). It's conceivable that the the RTX 3080 20 GB will adopt the same method. There exists a vast price-gap between the RTX 3080 10 GB and the RTX 3090, which NVIDIA could look to fill with the 20 GB variant of the RTX 3080. The question on whether you should wait for the 20 GB variant of the RTX 3080 or pick up th 10 GB variant right now, will depend on the performance gap between the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090. We'll answer this question next week.
157 Comments on NVIDIA Readies RTX 3060 8GB and RTX 3080 20GB Models
So I expect RTX 40-series "Hopper" to have 2 TB ~ 8 TB variants.
AMD announces Radeon Pro SSG: A GPU with 1TB of SSD
While it may not seem much this will reduce a lot of CPU overhead & free it for more FPS.
or at least give us a date a price now.
that we can make a decision.
Btw, the image also lists two 3080 Super SKUs that the news post doesn't mention.
Edit: Speaking of which, am I the only one who finds it funny how many more cuda cores the 3080 has compared to any 20 series chip, and still doesn't offer comparably more performance? I mean, the efficiency of single cuda cores must have dropped considerably with Ampere.
Moving the storage to be attached to GPU does not really make sense for desktop/gaming use case. More bandwidth through compression and some type of QoS scheme to prioritize data as needed should be enough and this is where it really seems to be moving towards.
(a real release date, not a paper launch, please)
:pimp:
Give it a month or two and who knows, Turing cards may start tumbling or AMD could knock it out the park. Personally i'm just being sensible and buying a PS5 for the same cost as what one of these overpriced GPU's cost.
Nvidia buyer's cycle: "I NEED IT RIGHT NOW, GIMME GIMME" [New product launches] "SHIT, I SHOULD'VE WAITED FOR THE BETTER VERSION"