Nvidia recently shared a teaser on their official Twitter account, and while the green team did not reveal any additional details, we can only assume that this teaser is for its upcoming Ampere RTX 30 series graphics cards. We have been hearing a lot of rumors on the exact release date and purported specs of these upcoming Ampere cards.
Now, according to TweakTown’s internal sources in the industry, both the custom-design graphics cards (AIBs) based on the Ampere architecture will launch alongside the ‘Founders Edition’ cards (which features a reference design). This means Gamers don’t have to wait for third-party custom AIB cards to launch at a later date, which might also offer better cooling for the PCB and the card itself.
According to TweakTown, custom models will be launching alongside the Founders Edition models, or at the very least, very shortly after the FE cards ship. NVIDIA board partners have already confirmed this to TweakTown. It appears that AIBs have been actively developing these custom board cards for weeks, so we can expect them to be ready for launch next month.
Two Ampere board designs were also leaked before, the GA102 GPU: ‘PG133’ and ‘PG132’. The former is exclusive to the Founders Edition SKU, and we have already seen some of the Founders Edition SKUs having an irregular-shaped PCB in previous leaks. PG132 board will most likely be adopted by Custom AIB models, which are expected to have the reference PCB, along with a custom cooling solution.
NVIDIA’s upcoming RTX 3000 series Ampere cards might also be built on the Samsung’s 8nm process node. Nvidia has also stated that gamers should expect Ampere graphics cards to arrive on the GeForce Now streaming service. Renders of the ASUS ROG Strix custom GPU were already leaked before. Nvidia has also recently ceased the production of the RTX 20 series of GPUs to make room for the Ampere lineup.
There was also chatter on the web that NVIDIA’s upcoming RTX 30 Series Ampere gaming GPUs may utilize a new 12-Pin power connector interface. We have already seen power consumption figures exceeding 300 Watts on some of the Ampere cards before. The cooler and the heatsink also appear to be a huge update over the traditional reference design that NVIDIA has offered over the years.
According to a recent report by GamersNexus, the RTX 30 series will reportedly be revealed on September 9th. There is a possibility that NVIDIA could announce these cards on September 9th, followed by an official launch on September 17th.
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If any of these rumors are true it seems Nvidia is actually trying again this gen.
Scared of Amd i see so they actually try
I expect things to be quite a bit of fun in a few years if Amd can just get their effing driver team to be up to par.
Good. Custom cards are much better than FE cards. Also, the FE cards are overpriced, and lack proper cooling as well.
FE = Fanboy Edition ! lol
More like Fuq Boy Edition!
Haha ! You made me laugh man !!
Anything For You Homie ?
You have no clue what you’re talking about and neither does the idiot who upvoted you.. The reason FE cards are priced that way is because Founders Edition cards are pre binned by Nvidia, meaning Nvidia keeps the best chips that overclock the highest to themselves and sells them as Founders editions.
Then they send all the rest with weaker yields to their “partners” who slap on huge custom coolers to distract the buyer from the fact they don’t overclock as high as Founder Editions.
there bud, ya learned something new today
you are wrong though
the numbers are not in your favor
I got downvoted by two more clueless dudes so I’m wrong? awesome logic brah… And I’m really not though, what I said is common knowledge in the tech industry, go watch any tech video on YouTube discussing the topic and you’ll see.
I don’t expect keyboard happy edgelord gamers to get the finer details of a topic like that though, they’re always too busy talkin crap
You have no clue what you’re talking about and neither does the idiot who upvoted you.. The reason FE cards are priced that way is because Founders Edition cards are pre binned by Nvidia, meaning Nvidia keeps the best chips that overclock the highest to themselves and sells them as Founders editions.
Then they send all the rest with weaker yields to their “partners” who slap on huge custom coolers to distract the buyer from the fact they don’t overclock as high as Founder Editions.
there bud, ya learned something new today
You have no clue what you’re talking about and neither does the idiot who upvoted you.. The reason FE cards are priced that way is because Founders Edition cards are pre binned by Nvidia, meaning Nvidia keeps the best chips that overclock the highest to themselves and sells them as Founders editions.
Then they send all the rest with weaker yields to their “partners” who slap on huge custom coolers to distract the buyer from the fact they don’t overclock as high as Founder Editions.
there bud, ya learned something new today
This is good news. A 3080ti will pair nicely with a 3770k. Lol I need to upgrade.
nah that 3770k is just fine, not much has changed since. cause just like nvidia, intel had no reason to change. the only reaosn i changed is because my MOBO went dead. or i would still be using my 3770k thats a 10-15 year processor right there.
Custom board cards are going to be expensive as well. I want to see ASUS strix card’s pricing and the cooling of the PCB.
They need to change that old design and shroud for something more robust..
Which idiot buys “founders edition” of a card. You people do know these names don’t mean what they once went when the world started going digital? .Founders Edition, Collectors Edition all mostly garbage. Yes go pay top notch dollar for a blower style card. At least you’ll have heat in the winter. Nvidia never cease to amaze me with their rubbish. Too back we only have 2 choices on the market.