NVIDIA has an issue. The corporate is outwardly sitting on a mountain of Ampere GPUs which it must filter out earlier than launching its subsequent technology. NVIDIA has been slashing costs to maneuver stock, nevertheless it feels like it will likely be taking extra drastic measures. New rumors recommend NVIDIA will quietly launch three new GeForce RTX 30-series SKUs simply weeks forward of the RTX 40-series launch.
In keeping with Twitter leaker @Zed__Wang, the lineup will include an RTX 3060 with 8 GB of GDDR6, an RTX 3060 Ti with 8 GB of GDDR6X, and a 3070 Ti additionally utilizing 8 GB of GDDR6X with an much more fascinating change.
The prevailing GeForce RTX 3060 options 12 GB of GDDR6 over a 192-bit bus. This new variant is purported to make use of a narrower 128-bit bus, however we don’t but know the supposed reminiscence clocks to understand how bandwidth compares. The decrease reminiscence capability ought to assist additional scale back price in a phase that doesn’t essentially want the additional GDDR6.
The RTX 3060 Ti, alternatively, is receiving a slight improve. The reminiscence capability is remaining at 8 GB however is being upgraded from GDDR6 to GDDR6X. GDDR6X is usually extra energy environment friendly and may carry greater reminiscence bandwidth. It should retain a 256-bit width reminiscence bus, so so long as reminiscence clocks stay comparable customers could discover a slight improve in efficiency for some situations.
Essentially the most radical change is coming to the RTX 3070 Ti. The reminiscence configuration seems to be unchanged, however the brand new revision will use the GA102 relatively than the GA104 the cardboard is at the moment primarily based on. The GA102 is what powers NVIDIA’s BFGPUs, the GeForce RTX 3090 and RTX 3090 Ti. Clearly, the variant discovered on this new RTX 3070 will likely be considerably lower down, however the wafer doesn’t price NVIDIA any much less to supply. This transfer looks like a great way to make use of dies that have been unable to make the RTX 3080 lower.
The trio of latest choices is unlikely to make its means on to shoppers as standalone playing cards. As a substitute, NVIDIA will supply these to OEMs for integration in methods, doubtless at a substantial low cost. We don’t anticipate NVIDIA to make any fanfare about their existence both.
