GeForce RTX 3080 Ti will be 12GB, cards are already in distribution

The information is evident from a shipment of graphics cards from MSI, which goes to the USA, Los Angeles. The shipment contains GeForce RTX 3080, GeForce RTX 3090, Radeon RX 580, GeForce GT 710 and one box of “GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X OC”. Physically produced cards flowing through the distribution can be considered definitive proof that Nvidia eventually decided to provide the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti with 12 GB of memory.

This also means the full width (384bit) of the bus, just like on the GeForce RTX 3090. Only the memory should be cosmetically slower, 19GHz instead of 19.5GHz. The new card will be similar to the current top model in the number of functional units. The number of stream processors and texturing units is expected to be the same or slightly lower, the number of ROPs the same. Basically, it will be a cosmetically slowed down GeForce RTX 3090 (say 2-3%) at an official price of around a thousand dollars. GeForce RTX 3080 has a price tag of $ 699, GeForce RTX 3090 $ 1499, Radeon RX 6800 XT $ 649, Radeon RX 6900 XT $ 999.

But take the official prices only as a formality, in reality it is not possible to expect that the available cards will even approach this amount. Until the supply of cards equals demand, card prices cannot be expected to return to official amounts. Nvidia expects that demand will be higher than supply throughout this year. As a new generation is planned for next year, it is quite possible that in the context of this year’s news, the official recommended price will not be reached throughout the era of their availability.

In addition to the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, a new version of the GeForce RTX 3060 with a “re-commissioned” mining limiter and the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti are expected in the near future. All of Nvidia’s innovations will likely have Ethereum cryptocurrency limiter implemented, reducing mining output to ~ 50%.

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