If you have been following the latest tech news and Nvidia’s roadmap since past few months or so, then you might have heard rumors that Nvidia was allegedly prepping to launch more SKUs in the current Ampere GPU lineup.
The following SKUs were on the roadmap according to previous rumors, the RTX 3080 20 GB, RTX 3070 16 GB, & RTX 3060 Ti/Super, respectively. Even GALAX’s roadmap and Gigabyte’s Watch Dogs Legion code redeeming website also hinted that Nvidia plans to release more SKUs based on the 8nm Ampere architecture.
Now two independent sources have told Videocardz that Nvidia has apparently cancelled the following Ampere SKUs, the GeForce RTX 3080 20GB and RTX 3070 16GB, respectively. The AIB custom board partners have been given this information, but since we can’t verify the legitimacy of this rumor/source, you should take this leak with a grain of salt.
Nvidia has made no official announcement or given any statement on this issue yet. These cards were planned for a launch this December. Do note that now the sources claim that these two SKUs have been cancelled, and not postponed. The RTX 3070 Ti model was also cancelled before.
PSU manufacturer Silverstone had also listed some list of supported GPUs before, but later on removed the RTX 3070 Ti model entry from the list.
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— 188号 (@momomo_us) October 20, 2020
We were expecting Nvidia to release the RTX 3080 20GB variant in response to AMD’s NAVI 21 GPU lineup, but there is no official reason given for this cancellation. One of the source claims that the RTX 3080 20GB might have been cancelled due to low GDDR6X memory yield issues, or poor availability.
The RTX 3070 16GB variant uses the GDDR6 memory type, but the reason behind the cancellation is also unknown.
But according to me, one major reason could be due to low yield issues of the current SAMSUNG 8 nm fabrication process node, rather than the Memory. We also know that the GeForce RTX 30-series Ampere lineup currently has a very tight stock, and the demand is also very high.
And, the GeForce RTX 3080 and 3090 GPU shortages will also last until 2021, according to CEO Jensen Huang. Even Komachi claims that the issue is with the Samsung’s 8nm/8N process node yields rather than the GDDR6X memory availability.
https://twitter.com/KOMACHI_ENSAKA/status/1318968680772874240
There are also rumors circulating on the web that Nvidia might tap TSMC’s N7 process node for the Ampere 8nm refresh/successor lineup in 2021. This could also be a major deciding factor, though nothing can be confirmed as of now.
According to Tom’s Hardware, there’s no question that TSMC’s N7 process is superior to Samsung’s 8N in nearly every important metric, except price and available production capacity. Besides N7, TSMC also has N7P, N7+, N6, and N5 nodes all in active production.
In other words, there are a lot of options available for Nvidia to consider, any one of which should be better than Samsung 8N, provided TSMC and Nvidia can come to some sort of agreement on price.
We also have to assume that any GPUs manufactured on one of TSMC’s advanced nodes would perform better than the current GA102/GA104 SKUs, so it makes sense to drop Samsung’s 8nm process node.
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Ehhhhhh with most cards having maybe 30 to 40% improvement from turing to ampere like 2080ti to 3090. 12 to 8nm….. 8nm vs 7nm which are both even closer as nm designations arent worth speculating about. 10nm being 14 and 12 being 14 and this special 10nm this is actually 10nm and here its not and so forth….. this would be at best be what= 1%? as there are equal architectural improvements on both 3000 series versions? 2%? less power draw i assume. maybe they clock higher by a tiny bit? even at 144 fps this would be what. 2 fps`?
Ehhhhhh with most cards having maybe 30 to 40% improvement from turing to ampere like 2080ti to 3090. 12 to 8nm….. 8nm vs 7nm which are both even closer as nm designations arent worth speculating about. 10nm being 14 and 12 being 14 and this special 10nm this is actually 10nm and here its not and so forth….. this would be at best be what= 1%? as there are equal architectural improvements on both 3000 series versions? 2%? less power draw i assume. maybe they clock higher by a tiny bit? even at 144 fps this would be what. 2 fps`?
lol, what a bummer for Gamers this year. This sounds like a Trap though.
Nvidia seems to be scared of Big navi’s performance, so they will go for TSMC 7nm next year to release more powerful and efficient GPUs like you mentioned.
when was nvidia not “scared” of AMD? just look what nvidia did with those supers last year and then the thing they did with 1080 and 1080ti to counter vega the 1080ti killer before.
not sure about the rumor ampere going 7nm next year though. but nvidia most likely going to keep that as an option since the very beginning.
When having competition its good to be scared, that keeps innovation going forward so a company don’t stagnate… look at intel in the desktop space… good example of what happens when the competition is taken for granted.
with intel it is more complicated really. their past regret is what end up killing it’s future.
Rumored cards are rumored to be cancelled…
Sounds like someone (not you Metal) is hedging their bets.
I feel like I should now quit Gaming altogether. Nvidia realized that AMD will have better cards so they scrapped all the plan and made a new one: moving ampere to tsmc
I think the reason is rather that their current supplier can’t make enough gpu’s for them to place on the cards… Suspect nvidia will have the top 2 cards but we will know soonish for sure.
i been gaming non stop -exclusively- on PC since the commodore 64c days, so i lol hard at ampere, Big navi delays , cancellations, shortages, scalping, etc ,makes no difference!
It appears to be AMD’s game to lose at this point.
What a Fing Sh.t show xD
Indeed. It got to a point where RTX3000 launch debacle feels like a high school drama experience.
So another gen ill skip
Everyone is skiping cuz it dosnt exsist xD
Except on Ebay where scalpers are charging a lot of money. Hell, one seller is asking $1,900 USD for a 3080 an he doesn’t have it for a few days.
And amazon reseller’s named ” sorry for scalping” is just rubbing our noses in it. Fk that
Yeah. But ppl who buy that sh*t for that mutch money they dont rly care about money
Maybe the wouldn’t get 15% performance from 7nm but they should would get more then 15% efficiency gain.
Samsung 8nm really is bad compared to TSMC 7nm.
Maybe they don’t wish to anger and treat the loyalty of their customers by providing a refresh line up ,every f** year! But worry not, cause most certainly than not those refreshes will be on sale next year.
Nvida doesn’t worry about angering their customers.
Wtf. What a shyteshow.
So much useless speculation and rumor about these cards. It’s all rather dumb. Like a gossip sewing circle for old grannies
Not the people who are mad because it’s rumored that a card that is only rumored to even exist is cancelled? They’re not dumb?