Gigabyte seems to have listed a number of new merchandise on the official EEC registry web site. These merchandise could or could not hit the market. There are 5 new, unreleased graphics playing cards from Gigabyte in whole, however one caught our eye because it appears to be an RTX 30 collection mannequin with a brand-new reminiscence configuration; a GeForce RTX 3070 Ti with 16GB of VRAM. The database entry, unearthed by Twitter’s Harukaze5719 (opens in new tab), carries the unmistakable Gigabyte-style codename of ‘GV-N307TGAMING OC ST-16GD’.
It isn’t the primary time we’ve seen mentions of an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti with 16GB. We reported about this card being lined up by each Gigabyte and Asus in January this 12 months. It by no means turned up, after all, however the latest rumors of an RTX 3080 with 12GB did show true.
We should additionally put the newly surfaced Gigabyte GV-N307TGAMING OC ST-16GD into the attitude of the Nvidia RTX 30 collection predicament. It appears to be like like Nvidia and companions will probably be making an attempt all avenues to unload previous Ampere GPUs within the coming weeks/months, and providing a greater variety of reminiscence configurations throughout the collection appears to be like like a well-liked concept. Every week in the past, one other Twitter leaker identified {that a} GeForce RTX 3060 8GB, an RTX 3060 Ti with GDDR6X, and an RTX 3070 Ti primarily based on the GA102 GPU have been all allegedly coming to market.
At this stage, we don’t know if the 16GB model of the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti will depend on the GA102 GPU, as per the latest rumor, or if it can stick to a model of GA104, like fashions at the moment on the market.
- GV-N307TGAMING OC ST-16GD (Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Gaming OC Stealth 16 GB)
- GV-N307TGAMING OC ST-8GD (Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Gaming OC Stealth 8 GB)
- GV-N3070GAMING OC ST-8GD (Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Gaming OC Stealth 8 GB)
- GV-N306TGAMING OC ST-8GD (Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC Stealth 8 GB)
- GV-N3060GAMING OC ST-12GD (Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC Stealth 12 GB)
Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed one thing else comparatively new within the naming scheme; all 5 new playing cards have ‘ST’ of their codename, which signifies they are going to be new Mission Stealth fashions. This stealthy household of gadgets could be very quiet and minimizes airflow obstacles. They use Gigabyte’s respectable however long-in-the-tooth WindForce know-how, a ‘silent’ BIOS choice, and energy connector positioning to cut back cable litter. Nevertheless, they aren’t visually stealthy with their RGB Fusion 2.0 LEDs fired up.
Nvidia is because of launch its first GeForce RTX 40 collection graphics card on the GeForce Past occasion on Tuesday. Nevertheless, we don’t foresee an RTX 3070 Ti successor arriving till early subsequent 12 months. Furthermore, many predict an avalanche of ‘frivolously used’ and ‘practically new’ GeForce and Radeon graphics playing cards on the used market as a result of latest Ethereum merge.
Final however not least, keep in mind so as to add a pinch of salt to the possible launch of a graphics card mannequin primarily based on an EEC itemizing. Generally they arrive, generally they don’t, and generally there will probably be a big delay between a list and a launch.