Nvidia rumored to postpone the RTX 3080 Ti launch to February, pushing the RTX 3060 12 GB release to January 2021

[Redaktion]

Despite the production problems and shortages, Nvidia is planning for new RTX 3000 releases in early 2021. Previously believed to launch in January, the RTX 3080 20 GB version that is essentially an RTX 3090 with 4 less GB of VRAM should land in mid to late February, according to new reports. Nvidia is instead pushing the lower-mid-range RTX 3060 cards with 12 GB for an early January release.


https://www.notebookcheck.net/Nvidia-rumored-to-postpone-the-RTX-3080-Ti-launch-to-February-pushing-the-RTX-3060-12-GB-release-to-January-2021.509479.0.html

[Kondor999]

Great.  More crap we can't buy at MSRP. Call me in 2022.

[IQuackYou]

The 3060 6GB if around 300USD seams like a good card for 1080p, expecting it to be made by TSMC 7nm already whishfull thinking probably.

Cps

[Jonathon Schott]

Ok, i gotta call shenanigans. The article says, 'the performance difference between the 3080 and the 3090 is too wide...', in what universe? There's a whopping 10-15% perf difference between the 2. Besides, the memory controller is a part of the sm, so having the cuda count with a cut down bus just does not work with their architecture. Also, that card would totally cannibalize the sales of the 3090, so unless they plan on re-writing the drivers for the 3090 and actually making it a 'titan' class card, then it makes no sense. Besides, call a duck a duck. They are releasing this card and shoehorning into their product stack because amd actually gives them a run for their money in rasterization for once in a great while. I'm not saying the rumors are true for the specs, but if they are Nvidia is duuuuumb.

[arconz]

The article doesn't say the "performance difference" is too wide. It says the "gap" is too wide. This could mean the price, or the VRAM offering, both of those would be very true. The 3090 is simply not compelling at $1,500 to most buyers. $1,000 for performance close to it would be.

[Dan1991ro]

4gb of vram for the 3050?And just 6 for 3050ti??
Come on...I am a low budget gamer and this makes those cards very unatractive or...useless...