Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti spotted in online listing
The MSI flavored 3080 Ti is already making waves
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TheNvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Tihas made a few appearances in the news over recent weeks with rumors regarding its launch date seemingly settling on May 26 – with theRTX 3070 Tito follow hot on its heels.One version of the graphics card, theMSI3080 Ti Ventus 3X OC, has already been mentioned when it was spotted on ashipment bound for the US. The very same GPU has now appeared in a listing on Polish retailer websiteX-Kom, albeit without any images or the ability to preorder the card.
It’s likely the listing is in preparation of an official launch date for the product as the retailer is allowing customers to enquire about stock availability (indicating they are fully aware the page is live), but X-Kom is unable to provide information based on the price of the GPU or any shipment dates.There isn’t any official price for theGeForce RTX 3080 Tijust yet, butspeculation points to it beingon the pricey side at ¥7,999 in China, which is around $1,099 / £800 / AU$1,420. This is still cheaper than the RTX 3090, but certainly not an affordable piece of hardware for everyone.Despite the lack of any actual images, we expect the MSI 3080 Ti Ventus 3X OC graphics card will look identical to the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090, featuring a 2.5 slot and triple-fan cooling solution as well as a graphene backplate. It’s also anticipated the GPU will use dual 8-pin connectors for power and feature the standard HDMI and triple Display Port outputs.
Pro gamer, anti mining
It’s currently anticipated that the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti will have 10,240 CUDA cores, 12GB of GDDR6X video memory, and a 384-bit memory bus, placing it (unsurprisingly) between theRTX 3080andRTX 3090graphics card specifications.There have also been reports thatNvidiawill include the samemining performance limiterwith the 3080 Ti that we’ve seen included in theRTX 3060 GPUto reduce the hashrate of the GPU by 50% when crypto-mining activity is detected, something that aims to prevent the cards being scooped up en masse for use in mining rigs and farms.This didn’t initially end well for the GeForce RTX 3060, with the limiter being removed byNvidia’s own updateand eventually being fully cracked by miners, but Team Green has since gone back to redesign the GPU in a bid to keep its tech in the hands of gamers. Thenew version of the hash rate limitercould be what we see in all newAmpere cardsgoing forward, but this has yet to be officially confirmed.As with any news we get outside of the official source, take all this with a healthy portion of salt until Nvidia makes an announcement. We can at least establish that the RTX 3080 Ti does in fact exist, so all we can do is wait and hope that enough stock is available to purchase when it finally hits the shelves.
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Jess is a former TechRadar Computing writer, where she covered all aspects of Mac and PC hardware, including PC gaming and peripherals. She has been interviewed as an industry expert for the BBC, and while her educational background was in prosthetics and model-making, her true love is in tech and she has built numerous desktop computers over the last 10 years for gaming and content creation. Jess is now a journalist at The Verge.
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