NVIDIA is going to launch the RTX 3080 Ti soon, but not a lot of people are talking much about its little brother, the RTX 3070 Ti. But some leaks suggest that it's not going to be a slouch, either.
WCCFTech reported that the RTX 3070 Ti has apparently been confirmed to feature faster GDDR6X memory, and not the slower GDDR6. This is according to leaked images, at least. Aside from that, insiders also claim that NVIDIA is equipping the GPU with 8 GB of it, which is fast becoming the standard minimum for games these days.
A few AIB models of the NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti have already been leaked as well, and they both come from MSI: the RTX 3070 Ti Ventus X, and the Suprim X. The cooler design for the Suprim X, however, looks like it's the same as the vanilla RTX 3070, as reported by VideoCardz.
If the rumors are true, the GDDR6X VRAM will certainly balance out the 8 GB buffer, which would be a great thing. It's worth noting that GDDR6X can only be found on the 3080, 3080 Ti, and 3090, which will mean that people are getting high-speed memory on what's basically a mid-range GPU.
There are other rumors, however, that there might be a 16 GB version of the card. As with everything else, however, this is still unconfirmed until the official launch on June 3.
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NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti Specs: What Performance Can Fans Expect?
Being a Ti card, the NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti is supposed to offer more than a simple clock speed bump over the base 3070.
Aside from the GDDR6X memory, the card is going to use the GA-104-400 die. The chip features a massive 6,144 CUDA cores, which is quite a generous bump from the 5,888 that the vanilla 3070 has. For clock speeds, fans can expect a base clock of around 1800 MHz (at least for the Ventus 3X model of the 3070 Ti). Since that is an AIB card, the 1800 MHz figure is most definitely a factory overclock.
As for performance, it's going to offer a lot of power for a non 80-series card. The original RTX 3070 was touted upon its release for offering performance on-par with the RTX 2080 Ti, which was the top-end card from the previous-generation Turing architecture, for its supposed USD $499 MSRP. The 3070 was heralded for its excellent performance at 1440p and 4K.
With the 3070 Ti (assuming that the GPU shortage doesn't affect it), NVIDIA is planning to give gamers a graphics card that will be enough to tide them over possibly until the next console generation of games. But with that relatively small VRAM buffer of 8 GB, it might present a problem when people try to run multiple high-resolution displays with the graphics settings cranked up.
Here's hoping that people actually manage to get a hold of this card when it releases next month.
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Written by RJ Pierce
