One more rumor about the refresh or second life of the RTX Ampere today. According to information from Videocardz, Nvidia would have the intention to launch a new RTX 3080 based on the GA102-220 GPU and accompanied by a GDDR6X memory of 12 GB, an upgrade of 2 GB compared to the existing reference RTX 3080 10 GB…
It’s hard to get an idea about this possible new reference but it seems obvious that if this version were to be released, the 10GB version would be immediately condemned. Because according to information, the GA102-220 GPU used for this new card should not include any change in the number of CUDA cores. However, the increase to 12GB of memory will allow the adoption of a larger 384-bit memory bus, thus increasing the maximum bandwidth. Once again, all the rumors about this RTX 30 refresh are very inconsistent. Earlier we were talking about a possible RTX 3070 Ti 16GB with GA104-401 GPU that would encroach on the 3080. According to our friend at Videocardz, it seems that Nvidia is not really focusing on the capacity of the Vram but rather on its bandwidth. This card would therefore be a newcomer whose launch could occur in January 2022 alongside the references GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti 16GB. The famous (and smoky) RTX 2060 with 12GB of memory, based on the 2060 Super, should also arrive at this time. Rumors mention it under 300€, our sources tell us of a price very close to the 3060…
