According to Kopite, the RTX 3080 Ti will be based on the GA102 and will have specifications between an RTX 3080 and 3090. The exact chip nomenclature is GA102-250-A1 and will feature a 384 bits bus with GDDR6X memory. The bus-size means NVIDIA will either be using a 12 GB buffer or a 24 GB one. Considering Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is already bottlenecked by the 11 GB ram on the RTX 2080 Ti, it would be disappointing to see NVIDIA ship another powerful GPU with a small memory buffer. With RTX IO and asset streaming (Unreal Engine demo for next-generation consoles) becoming a thing in the next year or so, every bit of buffer will help in this paradigm shift.
 
GA102-250-A1, 9984FP32, 384bits GD6X
 
 
https://wccftech.com/nvid...-6000-big-navi-lineup/
 
Another interesting fact is that NVIDIA has already been spotted testing both 11GB and 12GB variants of its RTX 3080 model. Those cards were only the engineering samples, but the point is, such configuration was being evaluated:
 
https://videocardz.com/ne...i-with-9984-cuda-cores

When the 3000 series list "9984 CUDA cores", does that mean it actually has half? [4992 cores] I know they are 2 x throughput, but...

I believe this will come to pass, but not until NVIDIA has managed to catch-up with current ampere demand worldwide. 

O_O bet some people mad.

Yeah, I'll believe it when they actually make an announcement about it, not going to believe based on these rumors though. Would be neat to have a 12GB GDDR6x card with 3090 performance. I would feel a little better about 12GB than 10GB, since I want to play on 4k with a lot of heavy texture packs (Skyrim modding, anyone?). 16GB would be even better, but we might see something like that with the 4000 series that will enable me to keep 120Hz on 4k consistently.

aka_STEVE_b
at this point,  Nvidia might want to just jump ahead to their 40xx series cards ,.. by the time they get anything manufactured into consumers hands ....

Makes you wonder if Nvidia has been artificially limiting supply and sitting on chips while they wait to see what AMD was going to bring.

Who's taking bets? 
 
As for my thoughts? I don't think we'll see a 24GB 3080 Ti. More like a 12GB card and no MSFS 2020 isn't bottlenecked by VRAM as much as it's crippled by CPU limitations. When it get's its DX12 patch and allows for the use of more than 4 cores we'll see significant performance gains. Currently it's a DX11 only title and for some unknown reason really only makes use of 4 CPU cores in game.

Miguell

Sajin
O_O bet some people mad.

yeah... i bet...
even at this moment some gamers already spent a lot and are awaiting delivery....and already is being announced a better product....

Better? I seriously doubt this is going to be objectively "better" than a 3090. It has lesser specs and will be positioned under the 3090 in Nvidia's product stack. Also nothing has been "announced" other than the 3090, 3080 and 3070. Everything else is just rumors and speculation. For all we know this could just be another engineering sample that was making the rounds. Do I think there will be a RTX 3080 Ti? Yeah, but not until mid next year or so. Will it be this? Who knows? 

 
So lemme get this straight...  first it was happening, then it definitely wasn't, then it was (for now). Do these guys get their info from the same people who do political polls?
 
With the gaping hole between 3080 and 3090 in both price and specs, I expect there will be something issued eventually, perhaps a 'Super' version. I only say Super because these same 'sources' said there definitely won't be a Ti version ...before they said there would be, lol.
 
 

Sajin
O_O bet some people mad.

Oh snap.
 
I've been waiting a month and an a half for this news.

I posted on the AMD forum that I would like to see a 16GB card to line up with the new consoles
 
Now AMD has 3 cards that across the board beat consoles. see how long inventory hold out
 
NVIDIA has nothing so vaporware is useless
 

so the 3090 would only offer a nvlink and a bit more (and faster) Vram compared to a 3080 ti? Granted I don't know how much of a factor Nvlink is for people looking at a 3090, but that does seem too close to the 3090 that I wouldn't do it, least not for another 6 months.

wccftech is just the worst with making stuff up.  No way the Ti card comes with a near full chip and 20GB.  Also there's no way they put out a 3080 Ti without SLI. 
 
https://www.techpowerup.c...pecs/nvidia-ga102.g930
 
Nvidia/EVGA, if you're listening, I'm interested in a 12GB card with a slightly cut down GA102 for $899. WITH SLI.

Xavier Zepherious

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Graphics Card To Feature 10,496 CUDA Cores, 20 GB GDDR6X Memory & 320W TGP, Tackles AMD’s RX 6800 XT

 
 
no nvlink
 
https://wccftech.com/nvid...phics-card-specs-leak/
 

Why would they do that when the 3090 is being constantly challenged by the 6900 XT and being beat in some instances?  I understand maybe they don't want to alienate their $1500 customers but man, they sure put themselves in a odd spot.