Nvidia's RTX 3080 Ti appears in shipping - 12GB RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X Spotted | OC3D News (overclock3d.net)
 
Nvidia's RTX 3080 Ti graphics card has been spotted in transit, heading towards the USA with MSI branding. Amongst these boxes are GT 710, Radeon RX 580, RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 boxes, though the most notable box is the one that's labelled as MSI's unreleased Geforce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X 12GB OC graphics card. This label confirms that Nvidia's planned RTX 3080 Ti graphics card contains 12GB of GDDR6X memory, matching the already-leaked specifications of their RTX 3080 Ti graphics card. This change should give Nvidia's RTX 3080 Ti 20% more memory capacity and bandwidth than their RTX 3080, which is a considerable upgrade for the graphics card. 

Nvidia's rumoured RTX 3080 Ti will reportedly feature the company's Ethereum cryptocurrency mining lock and 12GB of 19Gbps GDDR6X memory. Recent rumours have also suggested that the graphics card will feature 10240 CUDA cores, placing the GPU 256 CUDA cores behind the RTX 3090. Older rumours suggested that Nvidia planned to use 20GB of memory over a 320-bit memory bus, but now it looks like Nvidia may be planning a 12GB GPU that users a 384-bit memory bus. One configuration has 8GB of additional memory capacity, while the other offers gamers 20% more memory bandwidth. Nvidia's RTX 3080 Ti reportedly uses 19Gbps GDDR6X memory, the same memory speeds as today's RTX 3080.     

With GDDR6X memory over a 384-bit memory bus, the RTX 3080 Ti would be an Ethereum mining monster. That said, Nvidia's Ethereum cryptomining lock will make the graphics card a lot less viable as a mining product. With the launch of the RTX 3080 Ti, Nvidia will claim, once again, that Geforce is for Gamers, though it is likely that mining alternative cryptocurrencies will remain profitable. Also, it is possible that Nvidia's cryptocurrency mining lock could be bypassed again... 

With a rumoured $999 price tag, Nvidia's RTX 3080 Ti targets AMD's Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card. If the GPU's rumoured specifications are correct, this graphics card will perform on-par with an RTX 3090, falling behind by a few percentage points thanks to the GPU's 256 fewer CUDA cores and slightly slower GDDR6X memory. 
 
Well it looks like this picture confirms the rumors. 
 

 
 
 

transdogmifier
and yet another card regular consumers won't be able to get a hold of ;)
 

That is true. 

 
Official release 04/31/2021. Availability from 12/26/2021. Bah humbug.
 
(that release date is totally made up btw)
 

After the botched limiter on the 3060, I'd wager miners will be all over this launch. Even if they can't get it unlocked, continued shortages will probably make it profitable regardless.

Grey_Beard
This might be the only time a consumer sees this card.

So true, I 

there it is folks..
that's what you call a mirage!  WHY?
for you all you can see it BUT from afar and cannot never touch it.. smell it.. or use it..
 
 
either way 12GB?  was expecting more VRAM in this phase of the championship
... at least 14GB to 16GB  for the ridiculous price they are going to ask for it...
 
 

Miguell
there it is folks..
that's what you call a mirage!  WHY?
for you all you can see it BUT from afar and cannot never touch it.. smell it.. or use it..
 
 
either way 12GB?  was expecting more VRAM in this phase of the championship
... at least 14GB to 16GB  for the ridiculous price they are going to ask for it...
 
 

12GB is the best option actually. (other than 24GB)
 
the normal 3080 is using 10x 1GB modules = 320bit bus
 
12GB = 12x 1GB modules = 384bit bus
 
16GB would be forced to have 8x 2GB modules with only 256bit bus, less than a 3080.
14GB doesn't even make sense. there is no 14 module configuration, and using 7x 2GB would be equally stupid.

a bit of OT.
Does anyone think that this curious mining limiter will change anything in the situation?

I mean with the news of all the new card coming out like this 3080 Ti, they are making tons, but where do they go? I know bots but, how are there 0 going to physical stores except Micro Center and even then its 5 at a time.