At the beginning of the month, the network was filled with insider information about the upcoming generation of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4000 video cards. No less interesting rumors appeared about the current RTX 3000 series, which NVIDIA does not seem to be going to abandon . Thanks to the materials of the VideoCardz thematic site, we have collected all the news together according to the seniority of generations and models.
New NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, RTX 3060 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti
A MEGAsizeGPU insider claims that three mid-budget RTX 3000 graphics adapters are being prepared for release at once. Yes, despite the imminent presentation of the RTX 4000, the company is working on a generation introduced two years ago.
Upcoming RTX30 lineup：
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GA106 128bit 8GD63060Ti D6X
GA104 256bit 8GD6X3070 Ti
GA102 256bit 8GD6X— MEGAsizeGPU (@Zed__Wang) September 7, 2022
GeForce RTX 3060 with 8 GB VRAM
Perhaps NVIDIA will release a memory-cut version of the RTX 3060. The standard equipment of this video card includes 12 GB of GDDR6 video memory, receiving and transmitting data over a 192-bit bus at a speed of 360 GB / s. The novelty with 8 GB GDDR6 will work with a 128-bit bus and transfer 240 GB / s. Obviously, it will be less fast and less expensive model.
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GeForce RTX 3060 Ti with GDDR6X memory
The RTX 3060 Ti graphics adapter may receive GDDR6X memory instead of the GDDR6 installed on it. It is not known, but it is obvious that changing the type of memory will be associated with an increase in bus bandwidth and video card speed. Energy consumption will also increase.
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti with new GPU
The RTX 3070 Ti is rumored to get a GA102 GPU. Moreover, the new, more powerful processor will have 6144 CUDA cores active – 4608 cores will be disabled. This configuration may maintain or slightly increase performance at the cost of more power consumption. Obviously, we are talking about the use of rejected older chips in younger video cards.
So far, nothing is known about the release date of these three video cards, and the information has not been confirmed by other sources. However, such a move by the company is quite logical, given the intention to sell the remaining RTX 3000 GPUs as quickly as possible and at a higher profit.
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 with 20 GB of memory
An MSI RTX 3080 graphics card with 20 GB of VRAM can be seen in photos posted by Chinese social media users. Officially, this model was not released.
The appearance of video cards coincided with the end of Etherium mining and the sale of farms by miners. It is possible that MSI shipped representatives of an unreleased model to large cryptocurrency miners. The photo shows the plugs on the display connectors that are not needed for mining. The adapter provides a hash rate of 97.48 MX / s, it does not use LHR.
100pcs 3xxx RMB？ pic.twitter.com/sOrH3UYgzN
— hongxing2020 (@hongxing2020) September 5, 2022
Graphics adapters are sold in China for $432-$600 and look brand new. We are talking about hundreds of video cards, where and when other such cards may appear is unknown.
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti giveaway from NVIDIA executive at GTC
Japanese and Korean media are reporting that those who register for the GTC conference taking place in the second half of September can win an RTX 3090 Ti signed by Jensen Huang. The publications got hold of photos and promotional materials depicting a video card box.
Pre-registration for the event began on August 23 and will last until September 22 – GTC will be held from September 19 to 22.
Never released NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 SUPER
An image of the RTX 3090 SUPER Founder Edition and a screenshot of that graphics card’s data in GPU-Z have surfaced on the NGA forums. This is so far the only evidence of plans to release the SUPER line within the RTX 3000. The photo shows a reference cooler with a black radiator frame – the rest of the generation has a silver one.
According to GPU-Z, the graphics card is equipped with the same GA102 GPU with 10752 CUDA cores and even the same ID as the RTX 3090 Ti. In fact, we are talking about an analogue. Perhaps NVIDIA at some point resorted to rebranding, releasing the RTX 3080 Ti, 3070 Ti and 3090 Ti line.
First photo of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
An Elysian Realm (KittyYukko) insider published a photo of the reference version of the GeForce RTX 4080. The video card is very similar to the representatives of the previous generation – approximately the same length and width, it can occupy two or three PCI slots in height.
The inscription on the map is made in the new proprietary font NVIDIA Sans NALA. Interestingly, the name is devoid of the designation GeForce.
RTX 4080 to have 12GB and 16GB VRAM options coming out at the same time
MEGAsizeGPU reports that NVIDIA plans to introduce 16GB and 12GB RTX 4080 cards at the same time – just like they did with the 6GB and 3GB GTX 1060 a few years ago.
4080 16G and 4080 12G will be released and launched at the same time, just like 1060 6G and 1060 3G https://t.co/nTWYuSGZUm
— MEGAsizeGPU (@Zed__Wang) September 6, 2022
The alleged RTX 4080 12GB model already has board numbers and SKUs. It’s possible that the AD104 and AD103 are not pin-compatible – then chances are the RTX 4080 12GB will get the AD104 GPU and not the AD103.
some updates.
We already know some specs, but the corresponding relationship between specs and models has not been determined.
There is a possibility
PG141-SKU340/341=RTX 4080 12G;
PG141-SKU336/337=RTX 4070.— kopite7kimi (@kopite7kimi) September 5, 2022
So far, there have only been leaks about RTX 4090 (AD102) and RTX 4080 16GB (AD103) using the same PG139 board, but nothing about AD103/AD104 on PG141.
Large fans on GeForce RTX 4090 renders
The render posted by QbitLeaks shows the RTX 4090 Founders Edition graphics card. It is clearly seen that the corporate design has been changed in the direction of increasing the fan.
Perhaps a larger fan indicates increased heat dissipation or a change in graphics card cooling calculations. The published image also reveals the three-slot layout of the video adapter.
One last thing…. pic.twitter.com/3U9e0TPuBN
— FCL (@QbitLeaks) September 7, 2022
Photo of the GeForce RTX 4090 video card from an unknown partner NVIDIA
The photo was posted by Twitter user @greymon55 – he claims that this is an AD102 (RTX 4090) based video adapter. The non-original cooling system indicates that we have a prototype of a serial product from one of the manufacturers (GALAX, Gigabyte, ASUS or MSI are supposed to be).
All coolers in the photo have the same direction of rotation, which can narrow the circle of “suspects”. Given the comparable thermal performance of the RTX 3000 and RTX 4000 generations, manufacturers can modify existing cooling systems very little.
