I Can't Get Excited For an RTX 3080 12GB, Even If Nvidia Announces One Tomorrow

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I can’t get excited for an RTX 3080 12GB, even if Nvidia announces tomorrow.

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In the midst of GPU shortage the rumoured card is reportedly being announced tomorrow.

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Nvidia is planning to bolster the memory capacity on some of its RTX 30-series cards, a rumour that just won’t quit.

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Rumours have existed since 2020 and even reared their head again in December.

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According to WCCFTech, Nvidia could be planning to make moves.

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11 January announcement date for an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 12GB, WCCFTech claims to have spoken to sources that relayed.

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It might be released before the RTX 3050 and RTX 3090 Ti.

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This graphics card would not only increase memory capacity but also incorporate a wide memory bus.

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CUDA Core counts could increase from 8,704 to 8960 further reported.

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This would put the RTX 3080 12GB’s TDP a little bit closer to RTX 3080 Ti reportedly.

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There are two spare pads for memory chips on the RTX 3080 10GB so these improvements are indeed possible.

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These upgrades would result in just a marginal performance improvement over the 10GB RTX 3080.

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From price and performance wise I’m not convinced what this card can achieve from a customer’s point of view.

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