Nvidia and companions are purportedly concocting no less than three extra GeForce RTX 30-series graphics playing cards, in response to Twitter leakster Zed Wang, aka MEGAsizedGPU (opens in new tab). Within the pipeline, in response to this newest inexperienced staff rumor, are an RTX 3060 8GB, an RTX 3060 Ti with GDDR6X, and an RTX 3070 Ti based mostly on the GA102 GPU. Nonetheless, we expect including these playing cards shortly would sign that there are nonetheless a number of months to attend for mid-range GeForce RTX 40-series (Ada Lovelace) playing cards to hit the market.
If true, introducing a brand new GeForce RTX 3060 with 8GB of RAM would possibly make the most important splash, because the X060 is usually the preferred SKU of any era. In fact, this new mannequin can have much less VRAM than the unique (12GB minimize to 8GB), however there isn’t any mild shone on every other spec adjustments. Within the worst-case situation, Nvidia would possibly minimize the bus from 192-bit to 128-bit for 8GB, decreasing each reminiscence quota and bandwidth. With out rebalancing in another means (CUDA cores, clocks, reminiscence speeds), it should merely be inferior to the presently marketed RTX 3060 and be a change that may draw heavy hearth from lovers.
A extra constructive change is perhaps coming to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti refresh if Zed Wang’s information is appropriate. This mannequin is claimed to be getting a major reminiscence velocity improve. It is going to transfer from 8GB of 14 Gbps GDDR6 to the identical quota, utilizing 19 Gbps GDDR6X. Given this information, we should always anticipate a few 35% enhance to reminiscence bandwidth.
Final however not least, the supply reckons there shall be a GeForce RTX 3070 Ti leveraging the GA102 GPU. This GPU powers Nvidia’s flagship playing cards which it appears eager to shift not too long ago. Maybe there are bins stuffed with GA102 GPUs with simply sufficient working cores for this new RTX 3070 Ti. Such economics are sometimes the rationale behind manufacturing re-jigs like this.
| RTX 3060 | RTX 3060 8GB* | RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X* | RTX 3060 Ti | RTX 3070 Ti* | RTX 3070 Ti | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU | GA106 | GA106 | GA104 | GA104 | GA102 | GA104 |
| Die Measurement | 276 mm² | 276 mm² | 392 mm² | 392 mm² | 628 mm² | 392 mm² |
| Reminiscence Bus | 192-bit | 128-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Reminiscence Measurement | 12GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6X | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6X | 8GB GDDR6X |
| Reminiscence Clock | 15 Gbps | 15 Gbps | 19 Gbps | 14 Gbps | 19 Gbps | 19 Gbps |
*Specs are unconfirmed.
It’s virtually sure that Nvidia will launch the primary Ada Lovelace structure GPUs throughout a GeForce Past particular broadcast per week from Tuesday. Nonetheless, it’s hotly tipped and customary for Nvidia to start out on the premium shopper finish of issues after which work its means down over the next months. With Ampere, issues have been extremely protracted, with the journey from GeForce RTX 3090 to RTX 3060 launches taking 5 months, and it’s finest to not point out the RTX 3050 (add an extra 11 months).
So, at GeForce Past on September 20, we anticipate the RTX 4090 launch and possibly some particulars about pricing and availability. If we’re fortunate, now we have related details about the GeForce RTX 4080 and RTX 4070.
Tom’s {Hardware}’s graphics editor has not too long ago warned to not purchase into the high-end Ampere sequence. In the meantime, Nvidia and companions push the RTX 3080 and above tougher with value drops and the brand new Spider-Man Remastered promotion.