Sunday, April 18th 2021
Boxes Marked RTX 3080 Ti 12GB Seen Heading to Distributors
In what is more proof that a GeForce RTX 3080 Ti launch is around the corner, cartons marked "GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X 12G OC" were spotted on their way to distribution centers in the US, according to a photo leak by "Lok LOK" on Facebook, who reveals several pictures of such cartons with their shipping labels intact. The lot also included several other graphics cards, including the GT 710 and RX 580.
The Ventus 3X OC represents MSI's value-ended custom-design graphics cards based on a given GPU, while the top-end is covered by the Gaming and SUPRIM series. This leak reinforces the theory that the RTX 3080 Ti will max out the 384-bit GDDR6X interface of the GA102 silicon, arming it with 12 GB of memory—2 GB more than the RTX 3080, but half that of the RTX 3090. This SKU is expected to be NVIDIA's response to the Radeon RX 6900 XT. AMD, meanwhile, is getting its partners to release higher clocked versions of the RX 6900 XT based on the new "XTXH" variant of the Navi 21 silicon.
Sources:
VideoCardz, Lok LOK (Facebook)
The Ventus 3X OC represents MSI's value-ended custom-design graphics cards based on a given GPU, while the top-end is covered by the Gaming and SUPRIM series. This leak reinforces the theory that the RTX 3080 Ti will max out the 384-bit GDDR6X interface of the GA102 silicon, arming it with 12 GB of memory—2 GB more than the RTX 3080, but half that of the RTX 3090. This SKU is expected to be NVIDIA's response to the Radeon RX 6900 XT. AMD, meanwhile, is getting its partners to release higher clocked versions of the RX 6900 XT based on the new "XTXH" variant of the Navi 21 silicon.
66 Comments on Boxes Marked RTX 3080 Ti 12GB Seen Heading to Distributors
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The words state that you in fact care for the topic you are discussing.
Keep this on topic.
It's more profitable for AMD and Nvidia to only make low-volume, high-profit parts, creating an artificial supply constraint. It's not their fault, it's how free-market capitalism works.
Neither AMD nor Nvidia currently has a low end part in production for the sub-$250 market where data shows that 95% of historic consumer and business users actually buy cards. Part of the problem is wealth inequality, too - since the rich have so much more disposable income than the average that they don't even care what the price is. If Nvidia made an RTX 3095 with tweaked clocks for $4999 you absolutely know that they'd all get bought up immediately, too.
I'll add, you as a moderator should not be using condescending language like this.
"Merriam-Webster treats the phrases couldn't care less and could care less as synonymous, both meaning "not concerned or interested at all." "Couldn't care less" is the older and more obvious phrase grammatically, but it has been confused for so long that both are now defined. Additionally, the example sentence "it's impossible that could care less" is the same as the intended meaning."
www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/could-couldnt-care-less
I could care less means they haven't maxed out the uncaring aspect.
I think Nvidia in particular, and AMD to a lesser extent, might have a bit of a problem in a couple of years if the desktop PC market gets eviscerated.
The next gen chips showing up in laptops first is just going to make that worse. IIRC the desktop segment lost 4-5% of overall client PC market share in 2020 putting it around 17%. Lose that kind of share again, and desktop will become almost irrelevant. OFC, they now own ARM, so...
I really don't think merriam webster needs an introduction.
As for an actual contribution to the discussion: If my GTX 970 goes out, I'll just use integrated graphics and wait. It should be enough to play many games, just not many of the new ones. I should be able to say "I'm going to build a new PC" and add everything I want to the cart that same day. Games these days aren't all that great to begin with. And if some of them are, then they are worth waiting for. Besides, there's so many games that have been made, it's hard to imagine becoming bored when playing only the classics.