Sunday, September 11th 2022
NVIDIA Readies GeForce RTX 3060 8GB and RTX 3060 Ti G6X
NVIDIA is readying two new performance-segment graphics card SKUs to help it clear out inventory in the market-segment, as well as better position itself against the likes of the Intel Arc A770 and AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT. These include the GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB, and the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti G6X. The RTX 3060 originally launched with 12 GB of GDDR6 memory across a 192-bit wide memory interface. The new RTX 3060 8 GB SKU is positioned below it, with a third of its memory sub-system pulled out—8 GB of GDDR6 across a 128-bit wide memory bus. This memory ticks at 15 Gbps (240 GB/s memory bandwidth). At this point we don't know if the CUDA core count is changed from the original RTX 3060 (3,584 CUDA cores).
The second SKU is the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti G6X. The original RTX 3060 Ti had launched with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory running at 14 Gbps (448 GB/s bandwidth). The new SKU has the same amount of memory at 8 GB, but with much faster GDDR6X memory that probably ticks at 19 Gbps (608 GB/s bandwidth). Again, we don't know if the CUDA core count has changed from the original's 4,864 CUDA cores. According to the source of this story, MEGAsizeGPU, NVIDIA could launch these two SKUs in October, which would put it just in time for shopping seasons like Cyber Monday. NVIDIA's next-gen RTX 40-series launch will take a "top-down" sequence, with the high-end SKUs launching first. It could either be late-2022 or early-2023 for NVIDIA to launch performance-segment SKUs, giving these two SKUs some time in market.
Sources:
MEGAsizeGPU (Twitter), VideoCardz
The second SKU is the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti G6X. The original RTX 3060 Ti had launched with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory running at 14 Gbps (448 GB/s bandwidth). The new SKU has the same amount of memory at 8 GB, but with much faster GDDR6X memory that probably ticks at 19 Gbps (608 GB/s bandwidth). Again, we don't know if the CUDA core count has changed from the original's 4,864 CUDA cores. According to the source of this story, MEGAsizeGPU, NVIDIA could launch these two SKUs in October, which would put it just in time for shopping seasons like Cyber Monday. NVIDIA's next-gen RTX 40-series launch will take a "top-down" sequence, with the high-end SKUs launching first. It could either be late-2022 or early-2023 for NVIDIA to launch performance-segment SKUs, giving these two SKUs some time in market.
50 Comments on NVIDIA Readies GeForce RTX 3060 8GB and RTX 3060 Ti G6X
This is sad. The entire midrange market is effectively abandoned while they slug it out with $2000 halo products.
This is why we needed Intel to succeed with ARC :mad:
wccftech.com/roundup/amd-radeon-rx-7600-xt/
They'll have to come back down to earth when reality meets "reality distortion field" :nutkick:
AMD has already from time to time offers like the below for entry level models, so I'm really curious to see at what SRPs these upcoming GPUs will come!
RX 6600 $239
RX 6600 XT $299
RX 6700. $359
RX 6700 XT $399
RX 6800 XT $579
People seem to be under the impression that more market competitors = more competition but that's not always the case. Both memory manufacturers and display manufacturers have been sued int the past for behaving in a cartel like manner despite having 3+ players in the market. In fact there are many US markets with 2-3 big players that essentially consort to fix pricing as the number of competitors has rapidly decreased since the 1980s.
The problem lies in the fact that companies can price around each other so as to avoid a price war while maximizing profits. Perfect example is AMD's pricing of 6000 series GPUs. A bit cheaper but not enough to change consumer perception of the pricing of any GPU tier. AMD ultimately re-enforced Turing's pricing increases because it increases their gross margin and grooms customers to accept the higher prices.
Remember when people praised Ampere for it's pricing right after launch? That's a perfect example of effective grooming by Nvidia. People should not be thankful for companies to return halfway to normal pricing. In fact they should be appalled, especially looking at Nvidia's profits and gross margin. The ironic part is hardly anyone saw said "good" pricing as the pandemic quickly swept in shortly thereafter.
Midrange and low end cards were abandoned pretty much since the RX 500 and 10xx series. If lower end cards were to launch much later while providing less than ideal improvements over last gen cards I would not be surprised. AMD certainly has the capability to release lower-end cards sooner due to it using chiplets with RDNA3 but it will almost certainly go for maximum profits.
To me, this extreme drive for profits has really deflated a lot of fun out of PC gaming. Launches aren't a moment of excitement but an experiment to see in which ways a company will attempt to further take advantage of customers.
What a deal, in 2023 we will get what is essentially a 2018 era RTX 2070 for $380, what a steal :rolleyes:
Pure "midrange" lunacy.
Seriously though, Big N has been pulling this crap for a while now and its one of the reasons I genuinely dislike them.
They dont lower prices "cuz they dont compete on price", instead they deliberately confuse consumers, create E-waste or destroy choice.
This was crap before and its crap still, shame on you Nvidia.
Both Jay and MLID are certified bullshit parrots. Whatever generates clicks for their ad revenue. Its true when they're on shelves...