Nvidia is said to have deleted variants of the GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 3070 with doubled memory. Even before the models with 10 GByte GDDR6X or 8 GByte GDDR6 were announced, rumors were circulating that Nvidia would have a GeForce RTX 3080 with 20 GByte and a GeForce RTX 3070 16 GByte would be pushed.

According to the Often well-informed website Videocardz , Nvidia is aiming for a performance in December 2020, the plans recently deleted. There is therefore no new date. Videocardz does not comment on the reasons.

20 GByte only via detours The idea of ​​a GeForce RTX 3080 with 20 GByte RAM before the presumed setting appeared ambitious this year: GDDR6X chips with 16 Gigabit capacity is only handled by the supplier Micron 2021. For 20 GByte memory the GeForce RTX 3080 would therefore need 20 8 GBit chips in clamshell mode, 10 thereof on the back of the board . Such equipment is expensive and makes cooling more difficult – only with the 20 Euro expensive GeForce RTX 3090 is how Nvidia works. Since the GeForce RTX 3080 is only just 15 percent slower than the GeForce RTX 3090, but only costs half as much, the cost pressure is higher.

The GeForce RTX 3070 uses GDDR6 components without an X suffix, which it also with 16 Gigabit is there, but a 16 – GByte version would not fit well into the portfolio as long as Nvidia does not have a GeForce RTX 3080 20 GByte.

AMD should meanwhile three “Big Navi “Plan graphics cards with 16 GByte RAM: Radeon RX