RTX 3080 20Gb and RTX 3070 16Gb SKUs cancelled! Not delayed!

[Tyrchlis]

NVIDIA allegedly cancels GeForce RTX 3080 20GB and RTX 3070 16GB - VideoCardz.com

NVIDIA has just told its board partners that it will not launch GeForce RTX 3080 20GB and RTX 3070 16GB cards as planned. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 20GB and RTX 3070 16GB canceled NVIDIA allegedly cancels its December launch of GeForce RTX 3080 20GB and RTX 3070 16GB. This still very fresh...

videocardz.com

This is a bummer for those waiting on these cards. 3070 8Gb and 3060 Ti 6Gb are still on, but maybe Nvidia got to see numbers on the 6900XTX and decided not to sweat extra models that are unneeded? This doesn't bode well for Big Navi's launch, Nvidia wants to rain on that parade any way it can... unless it doesn't need to.

 

[scavengerspc]

Yeah, I just read that. What the hell? PC mag also:

Report: Nvidia Cancels RTX 3080 20GB and RTX 3070 16GB Graphics Cards

With Nvidia's existing RTX cards being so hard to find, why put even more stress on the supply chain?

www.pcmag.com

 

[Tyrchlis]

It seems between limited Samsung 8nm yields and lack of GDDR6X 2Gb chips, making those cards may be problematic while still trying to supply just the announced ones at this point. Waiting till middle or late next year or so to release a 3070 Super and 3080 Super on TSMC 7nm with the 16 and 20Gb capacities, respectively, might make more sense financially to them.

I do not think there will be a 3090 Super though. Or a 3090 Ti, either. I think Nvidia may cap the 3000 generation Geforce at 3090 vanilla. Sales for a Ti or Super version of it wouldn't justify it, probably. But 3070 and 3080 might follow a 2000 Super series example and sale well actually just due to better yields from TSMC supplying enough product to hit targets actually.