If you’ve looked at Nvidia’s RTX 3080 GPU and thought to yourself, « That’s fine, but I would really prefer something with over 10GB of RAM, » then you’ll appreciate knowing that a 20 GB RTX 3080 model is coming
One of Nvidia’s partner companies, GALAX – which owns some of Australia’s cheapest RTX 3080 models – inadvertently saw its roadmap for future Nvidia RTX cards leaked online The roadmap includes a 20GB SKU from the RTX 3080, which is hardly surprising given the memory gap between the RTX 3080 and 3090 cards
What’s really interesting, though, is that there’s supposedly an unexpected new SKU between the RTX 3070 – which Nvidia pitched as a superior card to the RTX 2080 Ti in its original reveal – and the RTX 3080. :
The suspicion online, and the painfully obvious scenario, is that the new model will be Nvidia’s answer to all versions of AMD with Big Navi It’s unclear how well AMD’s flagship GPU will be able to compete. with the RTX 3080 or RTX 3090 But AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su has consistently suggested this year that they’ll have a high-end GPU for 4K gaming, so it’s highly likely that RTXs 3070, 3080 and all middle price segments will become heavy battlegrounds
The roadmap also confirms an RTX 3060, which isn’t a huge surprise since Nvidia still has an entry-level SKU Outside of RTX 20 series launch times, we’ll likely see this card during the first quarter of 2021, especially given the amount of supply and demand issues around the RTX 3080 and the competition expected from AMD
On the front of the RTX 3090 – which will launch late tonight Australian time – other benchmarks have leaked, or at least official performance slides These have appeared on Videocardz and come from Nvidia’s presentation describing the RTX 3090’s performance delta in productivity workloads compared to the TITAN RTX
According to the leaked details, Nvidia will market the RTX 3090 as 10-15% better in 4K gaming than the RTX 3080 This largely matches some of the benchmarks that found their way to YouTube earlier this week, though. that these are more between 7% and 10% I suspect you’ll see a pretty wide range – some games will be closer to 5%, others closer to 15%, and a whole piece will be somewhere in the middle It just depends on what you’re playing
Still, it really points out that unless you’re specifically playing an 8K game or money isn’t really an issue, the RTX 3090 really isn’t value for money. Nvidia pushes the 8K angle of play a bit more, so there should be decent coverage when reviews fall late tonight
If you have the cash or work in areas like V-Ray, Blender, and other workloads that would truly benefit from a 24GB video card, here’s how to get your hands on one of the RTX 3090 Mwave Cards is the only retailer in Australia with Founders Edition models, but most Australian retailers will have AIB models from tonight
Don’t expect the prices to be cheap: I hear some of the top-of-the-line RTX 3090 models will cost over $ 3,000 Get those wallets ready
Alex Walker is the editor of Kotaku Australia and is known for his work on video games, industry issues, technology and esports. He has written for ABC Technology & Games, jeuxsurnet, PC Powerplay, Techly, Gizmodo Australia, Lifehacker Australia and more
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