Wednesday, October 7th 2020
NVIDIA Could Launch GeForce RTX 3080 20GB and RTX 3070 16GB in December
NVIDIA could update the higher end of its GeForce RTX 30-series "Ampere" product stack with two new additions in December 2020. Sources tell VideoCardz that the company is preparing to launch a 20 GB variant of the GeForce RTX 3080, and a 16 GB variant of the RTX 3070. The RTX 3080 20 GB will come with double the memory of the RTX 3080 the company debuted last month, over the same 320-bit wide GDDR6X memory interface, possibly by using two 8 Gbit memory chips per 32-bit path (which is how the RTX 3090 achieves 24 GB, over its 384-bit memory bus). The RTX 3070 16 GB will likely use a similar approach, albeit with GDDR6 memory. Meanwhile, the mid-range "RTX 3060 Ti" could debut in November, following the late-October introduction of the RTX 3070 8 GB. Much of NVIDIA's product stack adjustments could be in preparation for AMD's late-October reveal of the Radeon RX 6000 RDNA2 series.
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VideoCardz
23 Comments on NVIDIA Could Launch GeForce RTX 3080 20GB and RTX 3070 16GB in December
The 3070 16GB won't necessarily have additional chips because unlike GDDR6X, GDDR6 is also available in 16Gb packages.
The 20GB interests me I've seen some nice things people have done with 8k textures in MSFS...but damn, the files are big.
Can't wait for the paper launch drivers from AMD.
Specs for 20GB has been ready since long before launch so why not let partners do 20GB at launch.
Find it somewhat disturbing the 20GB was not offered from the get go, specially since there are games that easily gobble up 10GB VRAM in 4K already.
3080 is a multi year investment and I bet 10GB will start to feel really cramped within the next couple of years if you want to max out GFX settings.
· Mostly-paper launch a GeForce RTX 3080 10GB model at a theoretical $700 MSRP, but actually produce just enough cards for reviewers and eBay scalpers selling them for $1400.
· Add $100 worth of GDDR6X to make the RTX 3080 20GB and price it at $1200 MSRP before we release a significant volume of GA102 GPUs.
· (MORE) Profit!
More than 250W is a hard nope for a daily driver and $700+ is way too far outside of the mainstream price point (which is $275 or so, taking an inflation-adjusted median and average over the last two decades)
Now the rumored 3070Ti with 16GB GDDR6 would probably be worth the extra $200 but it's supposedly cancelled now!
I'll get the 10GB 3080, when I can get my hands on it. If I can't get it before the 20GB version comes out, I'll consider it, if it's not more expensive than 100$. If it is, I prefer to sve that money and invest in a new GPU a few years from now. By then, we'll know if we really need the extra VRAM and there will be better GPUs.
Instead of making sure that there could be enough stock and not this BS where you cannot find cards anywhere expect being buying a lot of overprice on ebay and so on.