Tuesday, October 27th 2020
NVIDIA Allegedly Already Preparing an RTX 3080 Ti Graphics Card
This generation's GPU release is shaping up to be one of the most interesting in late years; for some good reasons, and bad reasons alike. We've heard - keep in mind, not seen - NVIDIA back down from multiple graphics card releases (the double VRAM versions of RTX 3070 and 3080 come to mind); postponing the RTX 3070 until after they have gleaned exactly what AMD will be offering with their RX 6000 series; preparing to launch an RTX 3060 Ti with no announcement whatsoever and before the RTX 3060 is ever launched; and now, apparently, the company is readying a response to AMD's as-of-yet-unannounced RX 6000 series in the form of the RTX 3080 Ti.
Recent performance leaks have placed an unclear AMD GPU (and apparently, not even the fastest Big Navi chip at that) at the same performance level as NVIDIA's RTX 3080, which is a tremendous increase in performance for the red team, coming from years of only being able to effectively compete in the midrange offerings. Now, Kopite7kimi, a known leaker with a proven track record, has claimed that NVIDIA is already prepping a new GA102-based graphics card, sitting in performance between the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090. He lists identifies the GPU as GA102-250-A1, 9984FP32, 384bits GD6X - let's call it the RTX 3080 Ti. If those details are correct, this is yet another product demanding the same 628 mm² GA102 GPU be available for it - in a scenario with inadequate availability of the RTX 3080, 3090, and likely 3070 Ti graphics cards already, should that later one actually materialize. The memory bus on this prospective RTX 3080 Ti is apparently inheriting the same design as the RTX 3090, with a 384-bit solution (compared to the RTX 3080's 320 bit), and likely 12 GB of GDDR6X memory.
Sources:
Kopite7kimi @ Twitter, via Videocardz
Recent performance leaks have placed an unclear AMD GPU (and apparently, not even the fastest Big Navi chip at that) at the same performance level as NVIDIA's RTX 3080, which is a tremendous increase in performance for the red team, coming from years of only being able to effectively compete in the midrange offerings. Now, Kopite7kimi, a known leaker with a proven track record, has claimed that NVIDIA is already prepping a new GA102-based graphics card, sitting in performance between the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090. He lists identifies the GPU as GA102-250-A1, 9984FP32, 384bits GD6X - let's call it the RTX 3080 Ti. If those details are correct, this is yet another product demanding the same 628 mm² GA102 GPU be available for it - in a scenario with inadequate availability of the RTX 3080, 3090, and likely 3070 Ti graphics cards already, should that later one actually materialize. The memory bus on this prospective RTX 3080 Ti is apparently inheriting the same design as the RTX 3090, with a 384-bit solution (compared to the RTX 3080's 320 bit), and likely 12 GB of GDDR6X memory.
77 Comments on NVIDIA Allegedly Already Preparing an RTX 3080 Ti Graphics Card
Now I just hope for good price. 999 usd would be nice. 1200 usd might be to much I will pay. Time will tell.
I really hope RDNA2 undercuts 3080 price wise. That would mean everything needs to come down in pricing. AKA 3080TI to $699, 3080 to $599 and probably 3070 into $400 range. I'm gonna go with AMD this time around, just to help the underdog. AMD is really giving us awesome products lately. One has to reward the effort.
If this 3080Ti is priced around 1000~1100$ and beats the 3080 10GB by 5% (middle point from 3090) then it will make it more easy for AMD to price the higher 6000 and alleged 3080 10GB beater close to 900~1000$.
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I hope not...
The AMD underdog is quite amusing :) Kudos for that :)
12GB 3080 with 78 SMs and if they don't adjust pricing to compete with AMD then I guess it would be another $200 for the higher-yield silicon and extra couple of GDDR6X modules.
AMD is not an underdog.
Change my mind.I don't know. The leaks say between 3080 and 3090. So it will be cut down 3090 but with more sm's. Actually 3090 is a cut down version of the chip anyway.
Hmm.
Another year or two of Intel screwing up should mean that even the most heavily coerced enterprise clients and OEMs can't ignore their dominance any longer.
Just to add. Market share for AMD (CPU) from 2018 Q3 till 2020 Q3 went up by 18%. It is oscillating at around 37%. Meaning it is growing. Still underdog ? Thoughts?
Question. When AMD will not become an underdog in your eyes? When it reaches 50% or more? The odds are it will for sure so do we have to wait till it does?Of course I remember. Good times.