tweaktown GIGABYTE confirms GeForce RTX 3080 with 20GB model, RTX 3070 with 16GB

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The above list is a pure smorgasbord of Ampere graphics cards from GIGABYTE, teasing the GeForce RTX 3060 with 8GB, GeForce RTX 3070 with 16GB and the GeForce RTX 3080 with 20GB. We could expect this to be the RTX 3060 SUPER or Ti, the RTX 3070 SUPER or Ti, and then maybe the RTX 3080 SUPER.

Read more: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/75244/gigabyte-confirms-geforce-rtx-3080-with-20gb-model-3070-16gb/index.html

Source: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/75244/gigabyte-confirms-geforce-rtx-3080-with-20gb-model-3070-16gb/index.html

There we have it, the 3080 20GB variant. Wow I would be miffed if I got the 3080 10GB. 

[schuck6566]

23 hours ago, ENTERPRISE said:

Source: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/75244/gigabyte-confirms-geforce-rtx-3080-with-20gb-model-3070-16gb/index.html

There we have it, the 3080 20GB variant. Wow I would be miffed if I got the 3080 10GB. 

and THIS is why I refuse to buy an nvidia card right out of the gate(Wife keeps asking if I don't want a new 1 since they came out & we have the money).They got me with the originol 2070,I'll wait & see what they release after amd releases their cards.

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Yeah you are best of holding on to your money when Nvidia is concerned. To be honest from what I am seeing it looks like RDNA2 is not going to put much of a dent in the Nvidia 3000 Series so I do not think that will force Nvidia to do anything spectacular. However I am aiming for a 3090 which generally speaking they do not tend to out do their own flagship cards...but you never know lol.

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While I'm completely for having 10 GB and 20 GB assuming a $50-100 price difference to help meet more price points, I'm not a fan of how much Nvidia hyped the launch to then only launch the lower size one with no indication (outside of rumors) that there was a larger size variant coming for those who might actually want the higher VRAM.

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1 hour ago, axipher said:

While I'm completely for having 10 GB and 20 GB assuming a $50-100 price difference to help meet more price points, I'm not a fan of how much Nvidia hyped the launch to then only launch the lower size one with no indication (outside of rumors) that there was a larger size variant coming for those who might actually want the higher VRAM.

Aside from the fact I find 10GB of Vram on a high end card questionable at best, I agree. Nvidia should have just been up front about it from the start....or simply not have that stupid SKU at all.

[schuck6566]

14 hours ago, axipher said:

While I'm completely for having 10 GB and 20 GB assuming a $50-100 price difference to help meet more price points, I'm not a fan of how much Nvidia hyped the launch to then only launch the lower size one with no indication (outside of rumors) that there was a larger size variant coming for those who might actually want the higher VRAM.

Heh,Makes U wonder if it's gonna be a deal like the 3Gb & 6Gb gtx 1060 cards? Remember how they even had different gpu's in them and unless you KNEW the code variants there was no way to tell? Average consumer looking @ the boxes just saw 1 had 3Gb ram & 1 had 6Gb and never guessed that the 3Gb also had a weaker gpu. here's an example of the cards I'm refering to side by side if anyone doesn't remember.https://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=3670&gid2=3657&compare=Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Asus Dual 6GB-vs-Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Asus Dual 3GB

They released the smaller 1060 just 1 month after the first one.

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45 minutes ago, schuck6566 said:

Heh,Makes U wonder if it's gonna be a deal like the 3Gb & 6Gb gtx 1060 cards? Remember how they even had different gpu's in them and unless you KNEW the code variants there was no way to tell? Average consumer looking @ the boxes just saw 1 had 3Gb ram & 1 had 6Gb and never guessed that the 3Gb also had a weaker gpu. here's an example of the cards I'm refering to side by side if anyone doesn't remember.https://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=3670&gid2=3657&compare=Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Asus Dual 6GB-vs-Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Asus Dual 3GB

They released the smaller 1060 just 1 month after the first one.

Yeah I remember that BS as well. Completely not on and 100% consumer misleading. That sort of behavior ought to be illegal.

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4 hours ago, schuck6566 said:

Heh,Makes U wonder if it's gonna be a deal like the 3Gb & 6Gb gtx 1060 cards? Remember how they even had different gpu's in them and unless you KNEW the code variants there was no way to tell? Average consumer looking @ the boxes just saw 1 had 3Gb ram & 1 had 6Gb and never guessed that the 3Gb also had a weaker gpu. here's an example of the cards I'm refering to side by side if anyone doesn't remember.https://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=3670&gid2=3657&compare=Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Asus Dual 6GB-vs-Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Asus Dual 3GB

They released the smaller 1060 just 1 month after the first one.

I think the difference here, at least from my understanding, is that the larger 20 GB variant will be doubling up on memory chips per channel which could affect the memory bandwidth, but not as much as the 1060 saga wher I believe some of the RAM was actually running at lower speeds or using lower speed RAM on the smaller models.

Hopefully I remember that correctly, but anyone please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

3 hours ago, ENTERPRISE said:

Yeah I remember that BS as well. Completely not on and 100% consumer misleading. That sort of behavior ought to be illegal.

Would be nice if all corporations were properly rated on this kind of thing, it does give even more reason to wait for independent third-party reviews of new tech though.

[schuck6566]

5 hours ago, axipher said:

I think the difference here, at least from my understanding, is that the larger 20 GB variant will be doubling up on memory chips per channel which could affect the memory bandwidth, but not as much as the 1060 saga wher I believe some of the RAM was actually running at lower speeds or using lower speed RAM on the smaller models.

Hopefully I remember that correctly, but anyone please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

Would be nice if all corporations were properly rated on this kind of thing, it does give even more reason to wait for independent third-party reviews of new tech though.

Not sure how the new 3xxx series differences will be, but the gtx 970 had the issue with only 3.5Gb of 4Gb ram running @ the rated speed while the other 1/2 Gig was slower(nvidia lost a class action lawsuit over that) and the 1060's had the same speed memory, but "

The memory bandwidth of the GeForce GTX 1060 Asus Dual 6GB and the GeForce GTX 1060 Asus Dual 3GB are the same, which means the GTX 1060 and the GTX 1060 have equal limitations when it comes to graphical data transfer.

The GeForce GTX 1060 Asus Dual 6GB has 1280 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 1060 Asus Dual 3GB has 1152. However, the actual shader performance of the GTX 1060 is 2953 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 1060 is 1969. The GTX 1060 having 984 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the GTX 1060 delivers a slightly smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the GTX 1060."

This is because they have different gpu's Pascal P106-400-A1 vs Pascal P106-300-A1  which they have running @ the same core and boost clocks. Makes it almost impossible to know there's a difference in the cards other than the amount of ram unless you ck'd ahead of time. people who saw the cards on the shelf in stores just figured the price savings was due to lesser ram.Edit: lol, I know about the gtx 970 first hand as it was my FIRST major video card purchase and I got like $30 in the settlement.card is still in my Dell.

Edited September 21, 2020 by schuck6566