Nvidia’s may have delayed its RTX 3080 Ti until mid-May

Nvidia’s rumoured RTX 3080 Ti will reportedly feature the company’s Ethereum cryptocurrency mining lock and 12GB of 19Gbps GDDR6X memory. Recent rumours have also suggested that the graphics card will feature 10240 CUDA cores, placing the GPU 256 CUDA cores behind the RTX 3090.

Older rumours suggested that Nvidia planned to use 20GB of memory over a 320-bit memory bus, but now it looks like Nvidia may be planning a 12GB GPU that users a 384-bit memory bus. One configuration has 8GB of additional memory capacity, while the other offers gamers 20% more memory bandwidth. Nvidia’s RTX 3080 Ti reportedly uses 19Gbps GDDR6X memory, the same memory speeds as today’s RTX 3080.     

With GDDR6X memory over a 384-bit memory bus, the RTX 3080 Ti would be an Ethereum mining monster. That said, Nvidia’s Ethereum cryptomining lock will make the graphics card a lot less viable as a mining product. With the launch of the RTX 3080 Ti, Nvidia will claim, once again, that Geforce is for Gamers, though it is likely that mining alternative cryptocurrencies will remain profitable. Also, it is possible that Nvidia’s cryptocurrency mining lock could be bypassed again… 

With a rumoured $999 price tag, Nvidia’s RTX 3080 Ti targets AMD’s Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card. If the GPU’s rumoured specifications are correct, this graphics card will perform on-par with an RTX 3090, falling behind by a few percentage points thanks to the GPU’s 256 fewer CUDA cores and slightly slower GDDR6X memory.