Monday, February 8th 2021
"Indefinitely Postponed" RTX 3080 Ti Might See April Launch Carrying 12 GB GDDR6X Memory
A well-known leaker from NVIDIA cards past, Kopite7Kimi, has launched a rumor wherein the previously "indefinitely postponed" RTX 3080 Ti graphics card might see the light of day as early as April. Designed as an NVIDIA response to the price/performance offering from AMD's RX 6900 XT graphics card, the RTX 3080 Ti with an overkill 20 GB GDDR6X was rumored to have been in the works following the AMD launch. However, inventory difficulties related not only to wafer production from Samsung, but also GDDR6X supply from Micron and delays in the logistics channels meant that NVIDIA chose to shelve this graphics card release.
The new, reinterpreted RTX 3080 Ti graphics card is rumored to axe the 20 GB of GDDR6X memory in favor of a more tenable 12 GB - which some might argue is but a slight, but sufficient improvement from the RTX 3080's 10 GB. That memory amount, however, means that the card will have to carry a different, wider, 384-bit memory bus, which should mean improved memory performance, but also increased board costs. The RTX 3080 Ti is now rumored as carrying 80 enabled Streaming Multiprocessors (12 more than the RTX 3080's 68, and 2 less than the fully-enabled chip present in the RTX 3090.
Sources:
Kopite7kimi on Twitter, via Videocardz
The new, reinterpreted RTX 3080 Ti graphics card is rumored to axe the 20 GB of GDDR6X memory in favor of a more tenable 12 GB - which some might argue is but a slight, but sufficient improvement from the RTX 3080's 10 GB. That memory amount, however, means that the card will have to carry a different, wider, 384-bit memory bus, which should mean improved memory performance, but also increased board costs. The RTX 3080 Ti is now rumored as carrying 80 enabled Streaming Multiprocessors (12 more than the RTX 3080's 68, and 2 less than the fully-enabled chip present in the RTX 3090.
47 Comments on "Indefinitely Postponed" RTX 3080 Ti Might See April Launch Carrying 12 GB GDDR6X Memory
Clearly, this is a redesigned 3090.
I'm not surprised.
$999?
1) They were something I could actually buy
2) I bought them at MSRP, not double the MSRP
3) The performance/$ is way better, thanks to ridiculous pricing on Ampere
4) The performance/W is comparable, thanks to ridiculous power draw on Ampere
5) They have as much or more RAM than the equivalent Ampere.
6) I've had them for over a year already.
Plus, this latest edition of the 3080Ti seems consistent with the flagship MO of NVIDIA: just release a Titan class card for the high-end crowd, then release a x80 Ti a few months later for the enthusiast class.
And not just the VRAM, this happens with regular RAM too. If your modules are mismatched in size, the extra size is slower.
Hopefully the prices of it will stabilize in the not too distant future.$500 cheaper, keeps most of the 3090's performance, still a lot of VRAM remaining in the card, slightly lower power consumption(probably),...
That's enough points.
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