Nvidia’s RTX 3080 Ti is for gamers – Leaked Specs and Crypto-Limiter

This information was leaked by @kopite7kimi, a reliable leaker of future Nvidia products. Videocardz has additionally confirmed that Nvidia has delivered an update on their RTX 3080 Ti to their AIB partners. 

Koptite7kimi has previously revealed that Nvidia’s RTX 3080 Ti could feature 10240 CUDA cores, placing the GPU 256 CUDA cores behind the RTX 3090. Contrary to older RTX 3080 rumours, koptite7kimi claims that the RTX 3080 Ti will offer its users 12GB of GDDR6X memory instead of 20GB. These new memory specifications will give the RTX 3080 Ti less memory capacity and more memory bandwidth, showcasing a major change to Nvidia’s hardware strategy.   

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.