Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti rumors are coming in speedy now, and the most up-to-date from the grapevine is that this purported graphics card is established to start on May 26 – with the RTX 3070 Ti to observe warm on its heels.
We wouldn’t get carried away, although, as we have listened to purported start timeframes for the 3080 Ti in advance of – we’ll come back again to that, but 1st off, let’s chew over the refreshing rumor alone.
The term from Hong Kong-primarily based tech web site HKEPC, as noticed by renown hardware leaker @momomo_us on Twitter, is that the 3080 Ti will get there on May 26 in accordance to Taiwanese graphics card makers. The RTX 3070 Ti will then observe quite swiftly in early June (large piles of salt all-spherical, by natural means).
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 確認 26/5 上市 GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 緊接 6 月初發售 – HKEPChttps://t.co/uVRKPf3wMW3080 Ti : 26 May3070 Ti : early JuneApril 23, 2021
Having said that, past rumors have pointed to the 3080 Ti launching in May, so this does match up with what we have listened to from the rumor mill by now.
The specs outlined in this new rumor also marry with what we have listened to about the RTX 3080 Ti in the earlier, particularly that it will have 10,240 CUDA cores, 12GB of GDDR6X video memory and a 384-little bit memory bus.
As for the spec of the RTX 3070 Ti, that’ll apparently run with 6,one hundred forty four CUDA cores and 8GB of GDDR6X VRAM (although it could also present a 16GB variant as nicely).
Mining deterrent
HKEPC also reports that Nvidia will purportedly implement a mining functionality limiter with the 3080 Ti – anything we have listened to in other places – to minimize the hashrate of the GPU by fifty% when crypto-mining action is detected, a practical countermeasure to prevent stock being bought up by miners. In theory, in any case, giving that miners don’t find a way to circumvent that defense (which is specifically what took place with the RTX 3060 when this anti-mining tech was 1st launched, if you recall).
Absolutely nothing is outlined about the cost of the RTX 3080 Ti here, but current speculation points to it being distinctly weighty (it could run to ¥7,999 in China, which is about $1,099 / £800 / AU$1,420).
All of the 3080 Ti rumors appear to be to be lining up, then, but we’d be foolish to get also carried away as we outlined at the outset. Just after all, keep in mind way back again in November 2020 when the RTX 3080 Ti was rumored to be showing with 20GB VRAM. (And that could indeed have been Nvidia’s plan early on – but designs change).
Also, does it truly make sense to convey another significant-stop Ampere graphics card to the table when the RTX 3090 and 3080 by now dominate when compared to AMD’s rival prime-stop GPUs (specially provided the likes of ray tracing and DLSS)? Wouldn’t it appear to be a additional likely call to tackle the spending plan stop of the sector 1st with the rumored RTX 3050 designs?
This is anything we have been mulling over at TechRadar towers right now, and coming soon, glance out for a additional in-depth piece on exactly where Nvidia is likely to go future with its RTX 3000 GPUs. As at any time, only time will truly notify, but the rumor mill undoubtedly appears convinced more than enough that the 3080 Ti is coming quite soon.