NVIDIA Might Cancel GeForce RTX 3080 20GB and RTX 3070 16GB

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/22/2020 07:28 AM | source: videocardz | 81 comment(s)

There is a lot of noise with all NVIDIA lately, some based on rumors other based on the recent development with CTD and stock issues. A new one is that NVIDIA might cancel or at least delay GeForce RTX 3080 20GB and RTX 3070 16GB.

Earlier chatter indicated a release in December, a product series that NVIDIA would wait on to see how AMD's Big Navi would be doing. However, with all that is going on, RTX 3080 20GB and RTX 3070 16GB might be delayed and canceled. We know for a fact that the 20GB RTX 3080 is a real thing so that the actual reason might be more complicated, think high cost or yields related to GDDR6X graphics memory as well. NVIDIA can't produce enough 3080 cards even now, so why introduce a new model already, eh?

Nvidia would have already scrapped plans for an RTX 3070 Ti, which also has been a real thing. We do know that a GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is is still in the pipeline, though. Likely with a release mid-November.

Graphics card	GPU	Board (FE / reference)	Shader cores	Mem	Date
RTX 3090	8nm GA102-300	PG136 / 132 SKU 10	10,496	24GB	September 24
RTX 3080 20GB	8nm GA102-200	PG133 / 132 SKU 20	8704	20GB	Deleted
RTX 3080 10GB	8nm GA102-200	PG133 / 132 SKU 30	8704	10GB	September the 17th
RTX 3070 Ti	8nm GA104-400	PG142 / 141 SKU 0	6144	16GB	Deleted
RTX 3070 16GB	8nm GA104-300	PG142 / 141 SKU 5	5888	16GB	Deleted
RTX 3070 8GB	8nm GA104-300	PG142 / 141 SKU 10	5888	8GB	29 October
RTX 3060 Ti	8nm GA104-200	PG190 SKU 10	4864	8GB	Mid-November

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Dragam1337
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#5845354 Posted on: 10/22/2020 07:43 AM

I reckon the real reason is that they will be doing the 3070s and 3080s on TSMC 7nm next year.

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#5845359 Posted on: 10/22/2020 07:49 AM

This launch can be redubbed as Ampwhere because I have no idea where these cards can be found.

Kosmoz
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#5845363 Posted on: 10/22/2020 08:03 AM

I reckon the real reason is that they will be doing the 3070s and 3080s on TSMC 7nm next year.

If they do that one a completely different node with a different Fab Company they will need to do the 4000 series. It's not possible from many POVs (legally, design, etc) to do that what you (and a few others) are saying/thinking.

I think they are cancelling these cards and pushing the 4000 series sooner than they wanted, because Ampere is another underwhelming generation in lots of ways and AMD is bringing the head this time around. nvidia backed themselves into another corner and now they will want the next gen out sooner.

Basically this is anther flop-ish generation, like Turing, but for slightly different reasons.

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#5845364 Posted on: 10/22/2020 08:04 AM

Don't think I've ever felt the 'vibe' from such a poor launch like this before.

I mean, I've bought a lot of different high-end video cards over the years and read a lot of internet articles, but you can really feel the weight of it this time...

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#5845366 Posted on: 10/22/2020 08:16 AM

I wonder if this simply is down to the 8nm node process.
I can only assume 1 of 2 things - either that the professional industry is taking every available ampere gpu (though these are supposedly available to purchasers from mid-Dec?), or that the node process is continuing to generate poor yields

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