An alleged listing by a Polish retailer, X-Kom, states that the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X OC graphics card is up for sale on its online store. However, the retailer is not taking any pre-orders as of now.
However, the shadiness doesn’t end there; according to sources, the retailer allows customers to ask for the availability of the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X OC but doesn’t provide an exact shipment, pre-order date, or pricing.
The retailer confirms that the card is going to be announced soon, as for when he doesn’t know. However, recent rumors point out a 26th May hard launch for the NVIDIA 3080 Ti. There’s a possibility that retailers will be allowed to go live with pre-orders soon after the announcement.
The MSI 3080 Ti Ventus 3X OC graphics card comes with a 2.5 slot and triple-fan cooling solution, featuring a graphene backplate and getting power from dual 8-pin connectors, the card will feature the standard HDMI and triple Display Port outputs.
Coming to the main attraction itself, the NVIDIA GeForce, RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB FE (Founders Edition) graphics card, will feature the PG132-SKU18 PCB design and the GA102-225-KD-A1 graphics core. It is expected that the GPU will feature clock speeds of 1365 MHz for the base and 1665 MHz for boost, both of which are slower than the existing GA102 GeForce RTX GPUs.
The GPU will also feature 12 GB of GDDR6X memory at 19 Gbps. Since it sports 12 GB memory, the card will be using a 384-bit bus interface which equals a total bandwidth of 912 GB/s. The NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti is expected to feature an MSRP of around $999 US; however, several rumors suggest that the price will be placed around $1200 US in the Asian-Pacific retail market.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series ‘Ampere’ Graphics Card Specifications:
| Graphics Card Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti? | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti? | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 |
| GPU Name | Ampere GA107 | Ampere GA106? | Ampere GA106-300 | Ampere GA104-200 | Ampere GA104-300 | Ampere GA104-400 | Ampere GA102-200 | Ampere GA102-225? | Ampere GA102-300 |
| Process Node | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm |
| Die Size | TBA | TBA | TBA | 395.2mm2 | 395.2mm2 | 395.2mm2 | 628.4mm2 | 628.4mm2 | 628.4mm2 |
| Transistors | TBA | TBA | TBA | 17.4 Billion | 17.4 Billion | 17.4 Billion | 28 Billion | 28 Billion | 28 Billion |
| CUDA Cores | 2304? | 3584? | 3584 | 4864 | 5888 | 6144? | 8704 | 10240? | 10496 |
| TMUs / ROPs | TBA | TBA | 112 / 64 | 152 / 80 | 184 / 96 | 192/ 104? | 272 / 96 | 320 / 112? | 328 / 112 |
| Tensor / RT Cores | TBA | TBA | 112 / 28 | 152 / 38 | 184 / 46 | 192/ 48? | 272 / 68 | 320 / 76? | 328 / 82 |
| Base Clock | TBA | TBA | 1320 MHz | 1410 MHz | 1500 MHz | TBA | 1440 MHz | 1365 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Boost Clock | TBA | TBA | 1780 MHz | 1665 MHz | 1730 MHz | TBA | 1710 MHz | 1665 MHz | 1700 MHz |
| FP32 Compute | TBA | TBA | 12.7 TFLOPs | 16.2 TFLOPs | 20 TFLOPs | TBA | 30 TFLOPs | TBA | 36 TFLOPs |
| RT TFLOPs | TBA | TBA | 25.4 TFLOPs | 32.4 TFLOPs | 40 TFLOPs | TBA | 58 TFLOPs | TBA | 69 TFLOPs |
| Tensor-TOPs | TBA | TBA | 101 TOPs | 129.6 TOPs | 163 TOPs | TBA | 238 TOPs | TBA | 285 TOPs |
| Memory Capacity | 4 GB GDDR6? | 6 GB GDDR6? | 12 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 8-16 GB GDDR6X? | 10 GB GDDR6X | 12 GB GDDR6X | 24 GB GDDR6X |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 192-bit? | 192-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 320-bit | 384-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Speed | TBA | TBA | 15 Gbps | 14 Gbps | 14 Gbps | TBA | 19 Gbps | 19 Gbps | 19.5 Gbps |
| Bandwidth | TBA | TBA | 360 Gbps | 448 Gbps | 448 Gbps | TBA | 760 Gbps | 912 Gbps | 936 Gbps |
| TGP | 90W? | TBA | 170W | 200W | 220W | 250W? | 320W | 320W | 350W |
| Price (MSRP / FE) | $149? | $199? | $329 | $399 US | $499 US | $599 US? | $699 US | $999 US? | $1499 US |
| Launch (Availability) | 2021? | 2021? | February 2021 | December 2020 | 29th October | May 2021? | 17th September | May 2021? | 24th September |
