Friday, October 2nd 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Launch Postponed to October 29th

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AleksandarK
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When NVIDIA introduced its Ampere consumer graphics cards, they launched three models - the GeForce RTX 3070, RTX 3080, and RTX 3090 GPUs. Both the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 have seen the light of the day as they are now available for purchase, however, one card has remained. The GeForce RTX 3070 launch was originally planned for October 15th launch, but it has officially been postponed by NVIDIA. According to the company, the reason behind this sort of delay in the launch is the high demand expected. Production of the cards is ramping up quickly and the company is quickly stocking up the cards. Likely, NVIDIA AIBs are taking their time to stock up on cards, as the mid-range is usually in very high demand.

As a reminder, the GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card features 5888 CUDA cores running at a base frequency of 1.5 GHz and boost frequency of 1.73 GHz. Unlike the higher-end Ampere cards, the RTX 3070 uses older GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s. The GPU features a TDP of 220 W and will be offered in a range of variants by AIBs. You will be able to purchase the GPU on October 29th for the price of $499.
Source: NVIDIA

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121 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Launch Postponed to October 29th

#76
M2B
Shatun_BearI've heard AMD are going to match 2080 Ti performance with a 40CU card
What about the 80CU part? is it going to beat the 3080 by 50%?
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#77
ricperry1
Why isn't this delay assumed to be because they want to see capability and pricing of RDNA2 cards? I think they are considering a price adjustment and don't want to piss off the launch customers by reducing the price a couple of weeks after their initial sales.
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#78
Vayra86
ricperry1and don't want to piss off the launch customers
That's just wishful thinking on your part lol. They really don't care about launch customers, they're lemmings anyway. I vaguely remember the first Titan... lol. People oughta know better by now.
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#79
rtwjunkie
PC Gaming Enthusiast
Shatun_BearThe 3070 is “gimped” with a paltry 8GB memory
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Yeah, because it hurt the much more powerful 3080.:rolleyes:
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#80
Shatun_Bear
M2BWhat about the 80CU part? is it going to beat the 3080 by 50%?
Maybe '80-90%' according to early cherry-picked benchmarks with fiddled settings from everyone's favourite Digital Foundry.
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#81
SNESChalmers
Vya Domus8704/5888 = 1.47. The 3080 has 47% more shaders, I rounded it up to 50%. I worded it wrong it seems.



Of course it matters, shaders and bandwidth generate the performance.
You're both right on the numbers just mixed up the wording. 3080 has 47.8% more shaders than the 3070 = 3070 has 32.3% fewer shaders than the 3080.
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#82
Vya Domus
ricperry1Why isn't this delay assumed to be because they want to see capability and pricing of RDNA2 cards?
It's not that, they simply want to drive traffic away from AMD related articles.
dicktracyImagine actually thinking Nvidia will care about slow AMD graphics card lol!
Imagine posting this trash.
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#83
r9
EarthDogYOU should read more things.... the caps issue has all but been resolved by a driver, bud.
Reduced boost clocks is not a fix bud.
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#85
Fluffmeister
Should be a solid card for sure, and it will be nice that AMD finally show up after two years, especially after the first gen Navi shit show.
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#86
EarthDog
r9Reduced boost clocks is not a fix bud.
big picture, homey.
BoboOOZDevil's advocate here, I don't think this driver fix took 2 days, I'm pretty sure Nvidia were aware of it and were working on it for some time. It's only us who were aware of the problem only for 2 days. Remember, FE cards were crashing, too.
Yes, more ASS U M(ing).

(I am too)
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#87
Nkd
I don't think its just demand. That might have something to do with it. Given that it is on par with 2080ti and likely little slower in 4k. Still a great deal but I think it has more to do with them not showing true cards to AMD. I just don't think they want AMD to be able to put up comparison charts on their launch lol. Seems likely the reason along with low stock.
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#88
Unregistered
Dyatlov A”You will be able to purchase the GPU on October 29th for the price of $499.“

No, we won’t :(
Not only it's a lie only in the US you can get (in theory) for that price.
#89
renz496
kapone32Or is it that Nvidia's mindshare allows them to set insane premiums?
That is one thing. But nvidia also able to build their card cheaper. even TPU aware about this since years ago. and they also talk about this in recent saphire RX5600 pulse review.
stimpy88nGreedia are very worried about AMD, aren't they! So much so that they blame the pushed back launch of the 3070 on their customers... Nothing to do with that they have no idea how to price or market this card yet...

nGreedia's marketing are truly customer hating scum.
They worried everytime AMD launching new GPU.
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#90
Bwaze
Both the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 have seen the light of the day as they are now available for purchase...
Love the sarcasm here...
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#91
watzupken
r9Reduced boost clocks is not a fix bud.
While I am no Nvidia fan, but in their defence, Nvidia never guaranteed a boost above the boost clock they advertised. So say if your card can boost its clock speed in the high 1800 to 1900, these clocks are above and beyond the advertised boost clock speed. The fix if I am not wrong somewhat drops the max boost clock, but should still be comfortably ahead of the advertised numbers.
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#92
Bwaze
Do the reviewers warn us that their results are atypical since their cards boost 10 - 15% above "guaranteed boost clock" and that users might experience more than 10% lower performance? No?
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#93
olstyle
Dante UchihaDoes anyone here believe these numbers?
Only "normal" game in there is Borderlands. And surprise, surprise, there the 2080Ti is ahead.
Those numbers are not inherently wrong, but the selected applications are of course cherry picked.
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#94
INSTG8R
Vanguard Beta Tester
This segment is the “bread and butter” so it’s important to get it right the first time. Yep I own a Navi, yep we know how that began life.
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#95
rtwjunkie
PC Gaming Enthusiast
BwazeDo the reviewers warn us that their results are atypical since their cards boost 10 - 15% above "guaranteed boost clock" and that users might experience more than 10% lower performance? No?
Yes, some do. W1zzard has many times noted this in his GPU reviews, ever since the 900 series.
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#96
springs113
INSTG8RThis segment is the “bread and butter” so it’s important to get it right the first time. Yep I own a Navi, yep we know how that began life.
Yea, mine ran great at launch and is still chugging along. A lot of these driver complaints at least the ones i read...ppl didn't even as much as uninstall the old drivers b4 installing the new ones.

As far as this thread goes, rdna1 matched Turings IPC, it seems Nvidia regressed this time around and definitely knows AMD is bringing that heat. Two weeks later will not improve yields that much. Someone here started maybe Nvidia knew about the problems, 2days for a fix to be sent out is mightily a quick response.
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#97
Dux
was planing on buying RTX 3080, but thanks to shortage i can see reselers increased prices. You lost me Nvidia with your BS. This next gen will be AMD.
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#98
INSTG8R
Vanguard Beta Tester
springs113Yea, mine ran great at launch and is still chugging along. A lot of these driver complaints at least the ones i read...ppl didn't even as much as uninstall the old drivers b4 installing the new ones.

As far as this thread goes, rdna1 matched Turings IPC, it seems Nvidia regressed this time around and definitely knows AMD is bringing that heat. Two weeks later will not improve yields that much. Someone here started maybe Nvidia knew about the problems, 2days for a fix to be sent out is mightily a quick response.
Never had a single show stopping issue if so that wasn’t addressed quickly. I mean I test Beta drivers and can still say that...
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#99
deu
If you cant act > React. Everything Nvidia is doing right now says that they know that AMD is bringing the guns and that they are scared. Its been a long time since Nvidia have acted this way, so looking forward to AMDs launch, to see how it preasures nvidias prices even futher :)
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#100
watzupken
BwazeDo the reviewers warn us that their results are atypical since their cards boost 10 - 15% above "guaranteed boost clock" and that users might experience more than 10% lower performance? No?
If none of the reviewers mentioned this, how would you know then? This practice has been around for a long time, and it’s nothing surprising.
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