News Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Is Probably At The Door

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VideoCardz shares a render of the unannounced EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB FTW3 Ultra Gaming graphics card.

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[VforV]

Reference fairy tale MSRP: $1000.
*(I would be really surprised if it's $900, not that it would be much better)
Actual shop price: $1800, or more.

Jensen needs that new kitchen so he can "cook" those new Lovelace GPUs at over 550W to fight RDNA3. So now nvidia will have 3080 12GB, 3080Ti, 3090 and 3090Ti (at $3000 !? real price) all of them vs RX 6900 XT(H)... that's pretty funny. But we all know he cares more about miners, that's why he gave the 3050 8GB Vram, for them.

Despite me not liking nvidia and making fun of Jensen, I think he's brilliant at what he does, especially at marketing. I consider fools those with more money than sense that buy these extremely overpriced GPUs. Not to mention how all these bricks will be mocked by next gen GPUs with their 2x or more perf over them.

Buy a 3090 Ti at $3000 next month, only to see a 4090(Ti) 6-8 months later beat it by 2x perf for almost the same price.

edit: Here we go, looks like I was right about the price:
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB cards already on sale in Germany at 1699 EUR

 

[RodroX]

I guess is nice for someone that can actually find one, have the money, and play games at 4K that need 12GB of VRAM. Thats really a small bubble of users.

 

[VforV]

I guess is nice for someone that can actually find one, have the money, and play games at 4K that need 12GB of VRAM. Thats really a small bubble of users.

Pricing aside, the 10GB version was never a 4K GPU and it will prove going forwards even more so.

So yes, 12GB is the minimum a GPU like this should have. I believe that this "intentional mistake" will not happen again from nvidia, especially now that intel enters the GPU wars too.
This is a direct response to exactly that, countering intel Arc in terms of Vram, the 3080 12GB and 3070 Ti 16GB both are.

Only the 3090 Ti is the e-peen move to beat the RX 6900 XT(XH) at all resolutions. Jensen does not like that the RX 6900 XT(XH) wins at 1080p high refresh gaming. He really does not like that Steve from HUB is using it in his CPU benchmarks (justifiably so, unlike most of the other sites and YT channels that continue to promo the 3090) and intends to change his mind with the 3090 Ti.
It's about perception and mind share here... besides the obvious much higher margins and getting us ready psychologically to accept both more expensive and more power hungry (550W+) next gen Lovelace GPUs.

 

[RodroX]

In any case with intel been... well intel, it does not matter how many players we get in the GPU segment, I think we gamers are still long away from seen fair gpu prices back, if ever again.

As for GPU power requirements, thats something we may have to wait till we get the real product and see some benchmarks and test. After all if 2x the performance for extra 55% more watts than current top gen (more or less), it does not seem too bad of a deal. Don't get me wrong! it is of course not great or ideal for people like me that care a lot about power usage.
But If you just want, like me, something better (performance wise) than for example my current card, we may be able to get it with a decent power usage, if things get better with stock and prices on next gen.

 

[VforV]

In any case with intel been... well intel, it does not matter how many players we get in the GPU segment, I think we gamers are still long away from seen fair gpu prices back, if ever again.

As for GPU power requirements, thats something we may have to wait till we get the real product and see some benchmarks and test. After all if 2x the performance for extra 55% more watts than current top gen (more or less), it does not seem too bad of a deal. Don't get me wrong! it is of course not great or ideal for people like me that care a lot about power usage.
But If you just want, like me, something better (performance wise) than for example my current card, we may be able to get it with a decent power usage, if things get better with stock and prices on next gen.

I agree on all points.

For me, I'm not interested in over 250W GPUs, but my concern is that if the top end gets to 550-600W then those mid range carsd I'm interested in, may no longer be at 250W, but 300-350W and that I would not like at all.

The same I'm not interested in CPUs over 125W. At least there things have not gone so crazy and after the failure or Rocket Lake, AL is more efficient now. Zen4 and Raptor Lake should also both be as or more efficient, so that's good on that front.